Author Topic: Save the corals (Read 2648 times)

pacai · « **on:** September 21, 2006, 12:54:47 PM »

a friendly reminder to me and all of the divers...

let us be reminded that the coral of the islands along our peninsula is under threat. so i would remind to those who are interested in getting scuba diving license and to those who already have one to be extra carefull when u go diving. please do not smash the corals with your fins. most coral takes about 1 year just to grow a few cm. i've seen lotsa catasthrophic underwater sites caused by irresponsible divers. fin blade's cutting mark on the goniopora sp (brain coral) and acropora sp and porites sp and the other species. it is sad to see how all this lovely corals destroyed in such time while it take them years to grow. with all other bleaching contributors (such suntan lotion, fish feeding and others), the corals are dying each day.

each year, there will be volunteering efforts to clean up the beaches and also the COT and sea urchins. but these efforts is just a part of what we can contribute in conserving the corals. lets it start with us as an individual and then work together as a community.

save the corals...

HoleMaster · « **Reply #1 on:** September 22, 2006, 11:36:58 AM »

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a friendly reminder to me and all of the divers...

let us be reminded that the coral of the islands along our peninsula is under threat. so i would remind to those who are interested in getting scuba diving license and to those who already have one to be extra carefull when u go diving. please do not smash the corals with your fins. most coral takes about 1 year just to grow a few cm. i've seen lotsa catasthrophic underwater sites caused by irresponsible divers. fin blade's cutting mark on the goniopora sp (brain coral) and acropora sp and porites sp and the other species. it is sad to see how all this lovely corals destroyed in such time while it take them years to grow. with all other bleaching contributors (such suntan lotion, fish feeding and others), the corals are dying each day.

each year, there will be volunteering efforts to clean up the beaches and also the COT and sea urchins. but these efforts is just a part of what we can contribute in conserving the corals. lets it start with us as an individual and then work together as a community.

save the corals...

Thanks bro for sharing...a good word of advise

Jim · « **Reply #2 on:** September 22, 2006, 03:13:20 PM »

ade member yg bijak pandai dalam marin sains tak bersetuju kutip COT. Pada dia, ade sebab menyebab COT tu diperlukan. Yg baik katanya, galakkan pembiakan Triton Shell which is the natural predator of COT......

pacai · « **Reply #3 on:** September 22, 2006, 03:38:07 PM »

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ade member yg bijak pandai dalam marin sains tak bersetuju kutip COT. Pada dia, ade sebab menyebab COT tu diperlukan. Yg baik katanya, galakkan pembiakan Triton Shell which is the natural predator of COT......

hmm.. u r right, by natural law, u shudnt disturb the circle of life. the ecosystem. but then the abundance of COT and sea urchins has made the necessary action to be taken. its not that we want to terminate the entire population, we just want to reduce the population. COT and sea urchins generally breed easily and have no problem with feeding since the food abundance (dead coral bersepah kat malaysia). but then the living coral is wat we are protecting. and then, some coral start their new life on dead coral, so we are trying to preserve these juveniles from being scavenge by those COT and sea urchins. mencegah lebih baik dari mengubat. hehehe.. and how can we said we care about Triton Shell breeding, when most divers collect them as souvineer (well, i myself back then did this kinda thing too.) sorry... hehehe...

SeaDemon · « **Reply #4 on:** September 23, 2006, 03:41:38 PM »

Aku memang setuju to save the corals. Untuk mengelakkan dari kena diver punya fins, aku bawak balik ke rumah aje coral tu.

Nak cari Nemo pulak.

HoleMaster · « **Reply #5 on:** September 24, 2006, 02:52:11 AM »

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Aku memang setuju to save the corals. Untuk mengelakkan dari kena diver punya fins, aku bawak balik ke rumah aje coral tu.

Nak cari Nemo pulak.

Lain kali ko bawak giant clam utk aku boleh? nak buat tabung letak duit ;D ;D

SeaDemon · « **Reply #6 on:** September 24, 2006, 10:56:24 AM »

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Aku memang setuju to save the corals. Untuk mengelakkan dari kena diver punya fins, aku bawak balik ke rumah aje coral tu.

Nak cari Nemo pulak.

Lain kali ko bawak giant clam utk aku boleh? nak buat tabung letak duit ;D ;D

Giuant clam aku tak pernah bawak naik. Itu Comrade punya kerja. Aku cuma kopak bukak kasi ikan makan aje. What you take from the sea, you give back to the sea some...

anas · « **Reply #7 on:** September 25, 2006, 10:02:26 PM »

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Aku memang setuju to save the corals. Untuk mengelakkan dari kena diver punya fins, aku bawak balik ke rumah aje coral tu.

Nak cari Nemo pulak.

Lain kali ko bawak giant clam utk aku boleh? nak buat tabung letak duit ;D ;D

Giuant clam aku tak pernah bawak naik. Itu Comrade punya kerja. Aku cuma kopak bukak kasi ikan makan aje. What you take from the sea, you give back to the sea some...

Yeah.. i agree with SeaDemon

on "What you take from the sea, you give back to the sea some..."
for example:
You are on the live-aboard. You take say, a giantclam or a fish (as a figure of speech). You ate them. A few hours later, you pass motion back to the sea... so, "what you take from the sea, you give back to the sea 'some' "

Unlike the corals, you kick it, then kena tunggu some time for it to grow. What a shame. But then again, i have seen a few divers done that, including yours truly here during early open water diving. But that was many years ago, i guess those corals that i kicked have certainly grown to some extent. ;-)

anas · « **Reply #8 on:** September 25, 2006, 10:05:48 PM »

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ade member yg bijak pandai dalam marin sains tak bersetuju kutip COT. Pada dia, ade sebab menyebab COT tu diperlukan. Yg baik katanya, galakkan pembiakan Triton Shell which is the natural predator of COT......

Jimmy, have you got a pic on Triton Shell? Care to enlighten us a bit.

bobo · « **Reply #9 on:** September 25, 2006, 10:54:11 PM »

this what the triton's supposed to do (left) but end up to be this (right pix) jadi lampu sheeesss >

yang jadi lampu minyak pun ada (kiri)...yang jadi hon jangan tanya la...

adamm84 · « **Reply #10 on:** September 26, 2006, 01:05:22 AM »

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ade member yg bijak pandai dalam marin sains tak bersetuju kutip COT. Pada dia, ade sebab menyebab COT tu diperlukan. Yg baik katanya, galakkan pembiakan Triton Shell which is the natural predator of COT......

That's true to some extent, because studies on coral predation are pretty recent and nobody knows how many COTs are out there and how they have affected corals (in a long-term scale). Furthermore, by grazing on hard, fast growing corals, they enable other species to grow and relieve them of competition. However, it is suggested that nutrient pollution that comes from land has contributed to the survival of the COT larvae, causing outbreaks of COTs in a few places. Global warming too, is suggested to be the culprit. But let me remind you that these studies are pretty recent too. Only a few coral reefs in the whole world are monitored rigorously, like the Great Barrier Reef in Australia.

adamm84 · « **Reply #11 on:** September 26, 2006, 01:11:25 AM »

Speaking of coral reefs, any of you guys see how badly the tourists in Pulau Redang Marine Park treat the corals? It makes my blood boil to see them standing on to of corals just to take a picture >

SeaDemon · « **Reply #12 on:** September 26, 2006, 01:13:30 AM »

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ade member yg bijak pandai dalam marin sains tak bersetuju kutip COT. Pada dia, ade sebab menyebab COT tu diperlukan. Yg baik katanya, galakkan pembiakan Triton Shell which is the natural predator of COT......

That's true to some extent, because studies on coral predation are pretty recent and nobody knows how many COTs are out there and how they have affected corals (in a long-term scale). Furthermore, by grazing on hard, fast growing corals, they enable other species to grow and relieve them of competition. However, it is suggested that nutrient pollution that comes from land has contributed to the survival of the COT larvae, causing outbreaks of COTs in a few places. Global warming too, is suggested to be the culprit. But let me remind you that these studies are pretty recent too. Only a few coral reefs in the whole world are monitored rigorously, like the Great Barrier Reef in Australia.

I am an advocate of reintroducing the King Tritons onto our reefs..and also hte Harlequin Shrimps..those are the natural predators of the COTs.

adamm84 · « **Reply #13 on:** September 26, 2006, 01:25:29 AM »

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ade member yg bijak pandai dalam marin sains tak bersetuju kutip COT. Pada dia, ade sebab menyebab COT tu diperlukan. Yg baik katanya, galakkan pembiakan Triton Shell which is the natural predator of COT......

That's true to some extent, because studies on coral predation are pretty recent and nobody knows how many COTs are out there and how they have affected corals (in a long-term scale). Furthermore, by grazing on hard, fast growing corals, they enable other species to grow and relieve them of competition. However, it is suggested that nutrient pollution that comes from land has contributed to the survival of the COT larvae, causing outbreaks of COTs in a few places. Global warming too, is suggested to be the culprit. But let me remind you that these studies are pretty recent too. Only a few coral reefs in the whole world are monitored rigorously, like the Great Barrier Reef in Australia.

I am an advocate of reintroducing the King Tritons onto our reefs..and also hte Harlequin Shrimps..those are the natural predators of the COTs.

I'm cool with that idea, lets' start a breeding program for those little buggers!

Jim · « **Reply #14 on:** September 26, 2006, 11:18:25 AM »

.....hmmm where & how to start? any suggestions?

babynemo · « **Reply #15 on:** September 26, 2006, 12:13:09 PM »

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Aku memang setuju to save the corals. Untuk mengelakkan dari kena diver punya fins, aku bawak balik ke rumah aje coral tu.

Nak cari Nemo pulak.

Hmm.. tak yah susah-susah cari i k

hehe
But i totally agree on saving the corals.. anything got to do with the environment and wildlife memang i sokong

Jim · « **Reply #16 on:** September 26, 2006, 02:15:51 PM »

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ade member yg bijak pandai dalam marin sains tak bersetuju kutip COT. Pada dia, ade sebab menyebab COT tu diperlukan. Yg baik katanya, galakkan pembiakan Triton Shell which is the natural predator of COT......

Jimmy, have you got a pic on Triton Shell? Care to enlighten us a bit.

sorry mate, no pic.....

Jim · « **Reply #17 on:** September 26, 2006, 02:19:12 PM »

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Speaking of coral reefs, any of you guys see how badly the tourists in Pulau Redang Marine Park treat the corals? It makes my blood boil to see them standing on to of corals just to take a picture >

...have seen it over the years, mate.....

bobo · « **Reply #18 on:** September 26, 2006, 04:38:32 PM »

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I am an advocate of reintroducing the King Tritons onto our reefs..and also hte Harlequin Shrimps..those are the natural predators of the COTs.

i'm with u bro, kena p indon ka thailand ka cari ada kot...

deepblu · « **Reply #19 on:** September 28, 2006, 06:37:38 PM »

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Speaking of coral reefs, any of you guys see how badly the tourists in Pulau Redang Marine Park treat the corals? It makes my blood boil to see them standing on to of corals just to take a picture >

...have seen it over the years, mate.....

i think this is very much due to ignorance.

bila kita sound kat they all, we get glares.

some even shout back : i paid fot this holiday what!

so how? :-/

SeaDemon · « **Reply #20 on:** September 28, 2006, 08:25:48 PM »

Show the middle finger signal

bobo · « **Reply #21 on:** September 28, 2006, 09:34:53 PM »

yeah...double the middle finger signal. after that give them a splash.. and show the signal again and again... hahaha ;D

deepblu · « **Reply #22 on:** September 29, 2006, 01:51:47 PM »

actually, i noticed snorkellers these days dah tak pakai fins (on my last trip to redang last month)

wa tanya "is there a reason for this?"

and i was told "its to prevent them from destroying the corals."

but i think otherwise, sbb kalau tak terror berenang, memang gerenti they all will stand on corals to rest.

what u all think?

SeaDemon · « **Reply #23 on:** September 29, 2006, 02:41:37 PM »

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actually, i noticed snorkellers these days dah tak pakai fins (on my last trip to redang last month)

wa tanya "is there a reason for this?"

and i was told "its to prevent them from destroying the corals."

but i think otherwise, sbb kalau tak terror berenang, memang gerenti they all will stand on corals to rest.

what u all think?

I find the ruling stupid. Snorklers use personal flotation device (lifejackets) when they snorkle. Maybe tey should extend the ban to divers as well as many divers (myself included) will once in a while whack some coral with my fins blade.

Most operators take snorklers out to where the corals are nicer, and they are hardly areas where you can actually stand at. Think if the surface current is strong.

pacai · « **Reply #24 on:** October 04, 2006, 10:08:04 AM »

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actually, i noticed snorkellers these days dah tak pakai fins (on my last trip to redang last month)

wa tanya "is there a reason for this?"

and i was told "its to prevent them from destroying the corals."

but i think otherwise, sbb kalau tak terror berenang, memang gerenti they all will stand on corals to rest.

what u all think?

agree, including those who yang dah terer berenang, for sure they all taknak pakai life jacket, then bila penat main diri je atas coral. memang resort operator tak bagi fins kat guests, sebab save budget sikit. bukan sebab nak save corals. kalau nak save corals, kenapa kena bagi guest diaorang berguni guni roti untuk bagi makan kat ikan tu. kenapa tak nasihatkan guest diaorang jgn pakai sun tan or sun block lotion sebelum gi snorkling. dan ada sebilangan guest, diaorang lagi suka tengok coral porites yang besar besar gedabak dan area coral yang dah mati instead tengok staghorn and other species punya coral. pelik jugak. apa apa pun if we can start it just by ouself first, itu pun dah cukup bagus kan.. tapi cam biasalah, kita hanya manusia.. kekadang tu kita pun buat silap. termasuk la hamba.

GOD · « **Reply #25 on:** October 06, 2006, 02:43:59 AM »

Saving the Corals ... very good but as long as there are divers or water sports, is tough.

Lets not blame the new divers or students, why do instructors take new divers to coral areas?

Cant 100% save the corals without stopping diving... but can always do it with minimum impact, starting with the educators.

Start with yourself ... by not being afraid to let others knows what they are doing is wrong even towards friends & family members.

Minimum Impact, is the way to go.

;D

SeaDemon · « **Reply #26 on:** October 06, 2006, 12:11:41 PM »

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Minimum Impact, is the way to go.

;D

Absolutely

deepblu · « **Reply #27 on:** October 06, 2006, 12:26:01 PM »

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Start with yourself ... by not being afraid to let others knows what they are doing is wrong even towards friends & family members.

Minimum Impact, is the way to go.

;D

Agree wif u there, bro.

buat penat aje practice the show-the-middle-finger-and-splash-water-and-show-middle-finger-again technique bobo suggested.

;D ;D

i suppose, family n frens wud be more willing to hear u out.

strangers or other divers in the group, on the other hand, may not. esp more so if u are not a DM or Instructor.

flying_tapir · « **Reply #28 on:** October 06, 2006, 10:49:46 PM »

how can we save the corals??..coz we who started to destroy it..isnt it right?

SeaDemon · « **Reply #29 on:** October 06, 2006, 11:05:36 PM »

Actually Parrotfish, Nudibranch, Crown of Thorns and Hawksbill Turtles. Everyday they chew and crunch corals.

Author Topic: Save the corals (Read 2648 times)

pacai

HoleMaster

Jim

pacai

SeaDemon

HoleMaster

SeaDemon

anas

anas

bobo

adamm84

adamm84

SeaDemon

adamm84

Jim

babynemo

Jim

Jim

bobo

deepblu

SeaDemon

bobo

deepblu

SeaDemon

pacai

GOD

SeaDemon

deepblu

flying_tapir

SeaDemon