Chasing coral

FlexingFishSticks · Jul 9, 2020

Has anyone watched the Chasing Coral documentary on Netflix? Quite depressing and eye opening as well

Fezbearer · Jul 9, 2020

I watched it. I agree very depressing and eye opening.

Zuma · Jul 9, 2020

Will check it out, thanks for the heads up. Its good to reflect on all the aspects of this hobby..

FlexingFishSticks · Jul 9, 2020

Zuma said:
Will check it out, thanks for the heads up. Its good to reflect on all the aspects of this hobby..

Indeed. Makes me appreciate and value the well being of all my coral and tank inhabitants.

mccune · Jul 9, 2020

Chasing coral chasing ice both great on Netflix
They show the impact we are having in the world it’s sad

redfishbluefish · Jul 14, 2020

Watching right now.......

Website for the show

Photography is great!

Yes, depressing....I dove the Keys in the early 70's when there was coral, long spiny urchins, and large Jew fish and Groupers.......All gone!!!

FlexingFishSticks · Jul 14, 2020

redfishbluefish said:
Watching right now.......

Website for the show

Photography is great!

Yes, depressing....I dove the Keys in the early 70's when there was coral, long spiny urchins, and large Jew fish and Groupers.......All gone!!!

Wow I’m sure it really hit home for you then....It’s great that you were able to witness the beauty during the 70s before humanity destroyed it :/

Everything Aquatics · Jul 14, 2020

I have watched it

redfishbluefish · Jul 14, 2020

FlexingFishSticks said:
Wow I’m sure it really hit home for you then....It’s great that you were able to witness the beauty during the 70s before humanity destroyed it :/

What hit home for me was when we had Ken Nedimyer from Coral Restoration come and talk at our local club in NJ....about ten years ago. I talked to Ken and mentioned I dove Florida waters in the early 70's and he was the one who informed me about the death of both the spiny urchins (which would totally cover the ocean bottom so you couldn't kneel down) and corals....all gone. Our club made a major donation to his cause. I believe Ken has since moved on, but here's a video about his rebuilding of the reefs in FLA (and elsewhere)

FlexingFishSticks · Jul 14, 2020

redfishbluefish said:
What hit home for me was when we had Ken Nedimyer from Coral Restoration come and talk at our local club in NJ....about ten years ago. I talked to Ken and mentioned I dove Florida waters in the early 70's and he was the one who informed me about the death of both the spiny urchins (which would totally cover the ocean bottom so you couldn't kneel down) and corals....all gone. Our club made a major donation to his cause. I believe Ken has since moved on, but here's a video about his rebuilding of the reefs in FLA (and elsewhere)

That’s awesome!! Do you know if those nurseries were successful and still being implemented today? What a great guy!

redfishbluefish · Jul 14, 2020

Yes....still going on. That suspended method of propagating was discovered by Ken....originally gluing and growing on the sea floor, but discovered that when suspended on those "trees" they grew considerably faster. He suspected the additional flow/food added to the increased growth. Great guy, great cause.

Tuffyyyyy · Jul 14, 2020

FlexingFishSticks said:
That’s awesome!! Do you know if those nurseries were successful and still being implemented today? What a great guy!

Yeah Coral Restoration Foundation is very active. They usually make it to larger frag shows to get donations.

redfishbluefish · Jul 14, 2020

Coral Restoration Foundation.

FlexingFishSticks · Jul 14, 2020

You guys made my day! Thank you for the info will check it out! I was planning on going to reefapalooza in California but it got cancelled unfortunately due to covid....not sure if I would have ran into coral restoration there but I’d hope so.

BighohoReef · Sep 17, 2020

Want to bump this up again especially with all the things happening around the world that will have an impact on reefing as a whole. It’s a fantastic and fascinating film that’ll leaving you wanting to change. If you’ve even been out to scuba some of the worlds most amazing reefs Balize, GBR, The Pacific this movie will break you... but hopefully make you realize change is still possible.
This reminded me of the movie this morning:
https://amp.cnn.com/cnn/2020/09/16/...ange-barrier-reef-c2e-spc-intl-scn/index.html

NOAA also has a great write up on how we can help everyday:

What can I do to protect coral reefs?

Even if you live far from coral reefs, you can still have an impact on reef health and conservation

oceanservice.noaa.gov

Let’s help save what we love so much!

FlexingFishSticks · Sep 17, 2020

Great video! Totally agree the movie broke me too...Inspired me to share the knowledge vocally amongst friends and family is sure they’re sick of hearing about it lol

BighohoReef · Sep 17, 2020

FlexingFishSticks said:
Great video! Totally agree the movie broke me too...Inspired me to share the knowledge vocally amongst friends and family is sure they’re sick of hearing about it lol

All our friends know we’re coral nuts so when I bring it up they know what’s coming

BeltedCoyote · Sep 17, 2020

I ended up watching this a few weeks back with my girlfriend. She walked away really interested in coral and understanding my love of all things marine. She also asked why we hobbyists haven’t been able to do more about repopulating the reefs.

Which is funny. Because part of why I’m so passionate about this hobby is because I kind of have a dream of somehow using this passion as a way to make a difference.

very eye opening film regardless. Thanks for posting! More people need to see this

FlexingFishSticks · Sep 17, 2020

BeltedCoyote said:
I ended up watching this a few weeks back with my girlfriend. She walked away really interested in coral and understanding my love of all things marine. She also asked why we hobbyists haven’t been able to do more about repopulating the reefs.

Which is funny. Because part of why I’m so passionate about this hobby is because I kind of have a dream of somehow using this passion as a way to make a difference.

very eye opening film regardless. Thanks for posting! More people need to see this

Nothing better than having your significant other onboard! I watched it with my gf as well. She cried and then told me I better never let any of the corals die in our tank.

I hope to make a difference as well. Currently getting scuba certified and see where I can go from there. Cheers to all us reefers!

Pistondog · Sep 17, 2020

Sorry, haven't watched the shows, but the rapid rise in temp and co2 is at least partially to blame. If 50% by some estimates of worldwide coral losses have occurred i think sunscreen and boat props are not the main issues here. We need to reduce our carbon footprint.
Sorry for the doom and gloom, but this deserves a mention in this thread.
Stop here politics ahead: NOAA has been dumbed down by the current administration.