Experiment converting corals to freshwater

[mrpizzaface]

I've been growing sps in coors light on my youtube channel for years

I've been growing sps in coors light on my youtube channel for years

I heard the corals turn blue when the water gets real cold.

 

[ichthyogeek]

I think this is like saying you are going to evolve dogs to fly by tossing them off higher and higher structures.

Maybe not dogs. But it might work with dragons?

Bagon (Pokémon)

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[BackToTheReef]

This. This is a path to good science. It could use tweaking, and requires a very large scientific literature search first, but it's on the right path. I have one nitpicky thing: you need to include repetition. That means either doing the experiment over and over again, or having multiple racks. Ultimately, the question at hand is, "how long does it take an organism to transition from being stenohaline to euryhaline". Tissue culture might (MIGHT!) be another viable option for an in vitro experiment.

The words you're looking for are "stenohaline" (hardy to a small variation in salinity) and "euryhaline" (hardy to a wide variation in salinity). Stenohaline species include clownfish, goldfish, and neon tetras. Euryhaline species include florida flag fish (maybe), Guppies and Mollies, and bigger fish like Anguillidae eels, bull sharks, and salmon.

When everyone was banging on the OP about what his methodology was it made me think about how I would do it so I just started thinking about it and how to determine what, if anything, could play into it be successful.

I was thinking of bull sharks as one of the bigger ones, and monos, etc.. Genuinely forgot about Salmon!!!

Then I thought better of it and replaced it with a "." b/c I figured no one would read it given the overall tone of the thread.

 

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