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Hi All,
A couple of years ago I've been to the Philippines for almost half a year to do my final thesis. A study about the human inmpacts on the remote Coral reefs of Sogod Bay, Southern Leyte, The Philippines. For this purpose I joined an NGO that surveys the reefs with volunteers to gather data for the local municipalities. With this data they advised on where best to create Marine Protected Areas. For these surveys we've been diving at least 2 times a day to count fish, corals, and invertabrates on of the most untouched reefs. And in are free time we basicly snorkeled for hours.
After spending this many hours on the reefs. You start to find out that there are a lot of differences between the aquarium and a natural reef. I soon started to notice why certain corals need a lot, and I mean a lot of light. And for instance would you keep a reeftank at 29 degrees celcius ? or more.. I have seen anemones and euphyllias hit with currents that we simply can't imagine, without having there flesh torn off.
I have said enough. This thread will be picture heavy.
If you have any questions please feel free to ask.
A couple of years ago I've been to the Philippines for almost half a year to do my final thesis. A study about the human inmpacts on the remote Coral reefs of Sogod Bay, Southern Leyte, The Philippines. For this purpose I joined an NGO that surveys the reefs with volunteers to gather data for the local municipalities. With this data they advised on where best to create Marine Protected Areas. For these surveys we've been diving at least 2 times a day to count fish, corals, and invertabrates on of the most untouched reefs. And in are free time we basicly snorkeled for hours.
After spending this many hours on the reefs. You start to find out that there are a lot of differences between the aquarium and a natural reef. I soon started to notice why certain corals need a lot, and I mean a lot of light. And for instance would you keep a reeftank at 29 degrees celcius ? or more.. I have seen anemones and euphyllias hit with currents that we simply can't imagine, without having there flesh torn off.
I have said enough. This thread will be picture heavy.
If you have any questions please feel free to ask.