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lara1018:hi everyone! am very glad to see so many divers involved in reef protection/conservation efforts.i guess the point i'm trying to make, is that a reef is complex ecosystem. and when trying to rebuild one, we should be extra cautious. we don't fully understand everything down there, and how they interrelate... when in doubt, stop and ask a marine biologist
good luck to everyone! i wish everyone success with their reefs! keep up the effort
Point well taken .
To clarify or add some points;
Before i became a scuba diver, i have been in the aquarium hobby specifically studying propagation of fishes and corals.
I am happy to say , so far of those coral transplanting we did, even Relocating Giant CLams, All have survived and are growing with various organizms growing beside them living in symbiosis.
as for the location , the location where the artificial reefs are in a location around rocks, and very close to boulder formations that have tumbled down from the mountain. and again as it has been stated in the earlier thread, the current in the area is mild. I have been diving in the particular area for several years now, year in and out, even have done dives during TYPHOONS !!!! (great diving during this times) and the current has always been manageable even by newbie divers. The area in in more or less in a naturally protected area.
One point comes into mind. I hope those doing Clean ups, would brief divers to observe debris they remove like (bicycles, refrigerators, chairs, other objects) that no organism has taken the "trash" (trash to us, but home to others) to be their substrate.
I have seen for several years now, objects that have been removed from the sea in these clean up operations , "trash" that have been substrates for various coraline algae, juvenile corals, sponges, etc. This definitely kills them.
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