Azedenkae Posted January 4, 2015 Share Posted January 4, 2015 http://sosofishy.blogspot.kr/2015/01/thriving-zooxanthellae-can-be-savior-of.html'>Here.Some corals (such as Siderastrea siderea) actually fares better at higher CO2 concentrations and temperatures (to a certain extent). Well, this does bode well for corals. Even if they can't survive at much higher temperatures/CO2 concentrations/acidity, at least they can cope until we find a way to right our wrong. >< Link to comment
amphipod Posted January 4, 2015 Share Posted January 4, 2015 Keep in mind the symbiotic zooxanthellae are algae and require CO2 like all other algae. Link to comment
Azedenkae Posted January 5, 2015 Author Share Posted January 5, 2015 Yep, and that's the something that we keep on forgetting. That zooxanthellae is just as important of a component as the host coral itself, and that in the end, zooxanthellae is just another coral. It's pretty cool really, I actually only just found out about the reason behind that parabolic curve from the article, and that some shifts further to the right/left than others. Would be interesting to see if other corals can 'adopt' zooxanthellae that thrives at higher temperatures/CO2 concentrations, and thus also thrive at higher temperatures/CO2 concentrations. Hm... *goes to search*. Link to comment
amphipod Posted January 5, 2015 Share Posted January 5, 2015 It isn't unheard of for corals to adopt other species of zooxanthalle, that's actually one proposed way to try and save bleaching reefs, give corals warm tolerant zooxanthalle. I've actually seen my aiptasia benefit from amounts of fertilizer. Corals are basically plantimals, half photosynthetic protist, half animal, actually more animal by mass. Link to comment
Azedenkae Posted January 5, 2015 Author Share Posted January 5, 2015 Mhm, do you have any links with you? I'd be interested in reading up on zoo transfer. But yeah, I totally in agreement with you. After all, most people now are having some nitrates and phosphates in their tanks. Like any other algae, zoos benefit from the same things (like your case with the anemones and ferterlizer). Link to comment
amphipod Posted January 5, 2015 Share Posted January 5, 2015 Here's an excellent one. https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&ei=KxaqVMisBMilNrujgZAC&url=http://ejournal.undip.ac.id/index.php/ijmarcc/article/download/7715/6345&ved=0CDMQFjAH&usg=AFQjCNHSlCBKVcxnsvy45wt3d6GQ1SeSzw Link to comment
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