There is probably hardly a reader who has not been almost bombarded with vocabulary such as "coral bleaching", "coral bleaching", "El Niño", "climate change" and "increasing water temperatures in the oceans" for some years now. What billions of coral polyps created in about 600:000 years of construction, the formation of the largest coral reef in the world, the Great Barrier Reef in Australia, humanity is destroying in record time. Now - thank God - a first active rescue attempt by scientists is emerging to save the reef after all.
The import ban from Indonesia is still in place. Since May 2018, no more corals have been coming from there and almost all of them are coming via Australia. This reduces the species enormously. What is the trade doing now with regard to offspring corals? We went to Aquapferkt, a wholesaler, and took a look at their breeding efforts. The whole thing as usual via video.
And again we have to remember new names and forget old, certainly very established, names. The taxonomists have given new names to several corals previously known as Euphyllia. Here is a list of the relevant species and names.
These findings, which are the result of new research methods, have once again led to new genus and species names and we have to "save" these in the lexicon. But besides taxonomic changes, we are pleased to see that completely new genera (e.g. Australophyllia) and new species (e.g. Micromussa indiana and Micromussa pacifica) are described. See the article for more information and photos.
Since we are often asked what the Cites obligation and the necessary certificates are, we have summarised the important key points. Because it sounds wilder at first than it actually is.
Dazzling colours, aren't they? At first you wouldn't believe it, the large polyp coral looks so colourful. Since I was interested in how to achieve something like this, I asked the photographer Duran Le Kepe to tell me something about his 2 systems - and the key data he used. This resulted in a strong picture report and an interview, where we will learn a lot about blue light and UV.
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