Comments on: Coral Mucus, The Unappreciated Slime of Saltwater http://glassbox-design.com/2009/coral-slime-mucus-bacteria/ the modern reef blog Thu, 17 May 2012 17:21:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.4 By: Sponges Recycle Carbon on the Reef | glassbox-design.com http://glassbox-design.com/2009/coral-slime-mucus-bacteria/comment-page-1/#comment-6643 Sponges Recycle Carbon on the Reef | glassbox-design.com Mon, 16 Nov 2009 13:03:32 +0000 http://glassbox-design.com/?p=4273#comment-6643 [...] study estimates that 20% of DOC found on the reefs is the result of expelled coral mucus.  This  coral slime helps drive the food web, feeding bacteria which are then consumed and consumed again. A missing [...] [...] study estimates that 20% of DOC found on the reefs is the result of expelled coral mucus.  This  coral slime helps drive the food web, feeding bacteria which are then consumed and consumed again. A missing [...]

]]> By: Nicholas Sadaka http://glassbox-design.com/2009/coral-slime-mucus-bacteria/comment-page-1/#comment-5530 Nicholas Sadaka Sun, 09 Aug 2009 18:01:51 +0000 http://glassbox-design.com/?p=4273#comment-5530 Very interesting. No doubt nature has science beat by a good deal in aquatics at this point in time. It seems like the reef is such a perfect and efficient growing ground for its denizens that it really shows the extent of damage that man has done to overcome those perfect conditions and destroy some of these fertile areas. If we could just get them back to those perfect conditions they'd be such an endless source of resources for so many differnt things. The reefs and oceans are such an incredible tool for the health of the world. Very interesting. No doubt nature has science beat by a good deal in aquatics at this point in time. It seems like the reef is such a perfect and efficient growing ground for its denizens that it really shows the extent of damage that man has done to overcome those perfect conditions and destroy some of these fertile areas. If we could just get them back to those perfect conditions they’d be such an endless source of resources for so many differnt things. The reefs and oceans are such an incredible tool for the health of the world.

]]> By: SPS Reef in HD Entry Coral Mucus, The Unappreciated Slime Interesting post over at GBD: http://glassbox-design.com/2009/coral-slime-mucus-bacteria/comment-page-1/#comment-5525 SPS Reef in HD Entry Coral Mucus, The Unappreciated Slime Interesting post over at GBD: Sun, 09 Aug 2009 11:11:20 +0000 http://glassbox-design.com/?p=4273#comment-5525 [...] SPS Reef in HD Entry Coral Mucus, The Unappreciated Slime Interesting post over at GBD: Coral Mucus, The Unappreciated Slime of Saltwater | glassbox-design.com I have been injecting air into my powerheads at night for several months when I had read a post on [...] [...] SPS Reef in HD Entry Coral Mucus, The Unappreciated Slime Interesting post over at GBD: Coral Mucus, The Unappreciated Slime of Saltwater | glassbox-design.com I have been injecting air into my powerheads at night for several months when I had read a post on [...]

]]> By: LH http://glassbox-design.com/2009/coral-slime-mucus-bacteria/comment-page-1/#comment-5500 LH Fri, 07 Aug 2009 14:36:08 +0000 http://glassbox-design.com/?p=4273#comment-5500 Fauna Marin's UltraPac food comes to mind... Fauna Marin’s UltraPac food comes to mind…

]]> By: stunreefer http://glassbox-design.com/2009/coral-slime-mucus-bacteria/comment-page-1/#comment-5499 stunreefer Fri, 07 Aug 2009 14:28:54 +0000 http://glassbox-design.com/?p=4273#comment-5499 If we can synthesize coral mucus in captivity, we can unlock so many doors into the world of non-photosynthetic coral like Scleronepthya and Dendronepthya species. Imagine using a dosing pump to dose coral slime as a food source! If we can synthesize coral mucus in captivity, we can unlock so many doors into the world of non-photosynthetic coral like Scleronepthya and Dendronepthya species. Imagine using a dosing pump to dose coral slime as a food source!

]]> By: Tatu Vaajalahti http://glassbox-design.com/2009/coral-slime-mucus-bacteria/comment-page-1/#comment-5495 Tatu Vaajalahti Fri, 07 Aug 2009 08:04:57 +0000 http://glassbox-design.com/?p=4273#comment-5495 Excellent post! Coral mucus is very important part of coral reef ecology and the number of bacteria in mucus loaded "regenerative" sediments is absolutely amazing, higher than anywhere else in nature. I don't think it is irrelevant at all in captivity ;) BTW, this is something I have also wanted to write about :) Excellent post!

Coral mucus is very important part of coral reef ecology and the number of bacteria in mucus loaded “regenerative” sediments is absolutely amazing, higher than anywhere else in nature. I don’t think it is irrelevant at all in captivity ;)

BTW, this is something I have also wanted to write about :)

]]> By: Sean Hall http://glassbox-design.com/2009/coral-slime-mucus-bacteria/comment-page-1/#comment-5491 Sean Hall Fri, 07 Aug 2009 05:11:45 +0000 http://glassbox-design.com/?p=4273#comment-5491 Great read! Great read!

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