Sps in the wild coral reef

andysho · July 16, 2005

I have visited tioman paya resort 3 - 4 times, so i always just snorke

to oustide of the resort... and observe them as close as possible

and have been observe that the reef near the resort

have gone Stn or watever RTn over the last one year... :cry: :cry:

estimate around 70 percent have left only the white skeleton...

wat could have cause it "No one knows"

However when i went to other part of the island , i saw also some

Sps seems to have stn on the base... however after many months of

visting back to the small spot.. funny thing is that it seems to be still alive

Wat have cause those sps in outside the paya beach island to be wipe out up

to 70 percent while the other par of the island having stn on the base however still

survive after so many months

:huh: :huh:

Wat could have happen to those Sps in the wild coral reefs of tioman island

Light , water parameter or human act or could be some virus

And it seems to be also a increasing rate of pest destroying over sps

in reef tank~~~ wat have happen to the nature that was so beautiful created by

hand of God

Alentino · July 16, 2005

Oh man this is sad. I wonder if its due to increasing development near coastlines. I notice alot of silt when diving in deeper reefs, maybe its natural i don't know. Or could it be due to lack of waste management in the entire island causing nutrient build-ups over the years?

RAV-65 · July 16, 2005

The stn could be due to low flow caused by the growth if the SPS colony itself or neighbouring colony... normally the top portion would still survive.... that's wat happens in nature...

Dispar_Anthias · July 17, 2005

More and more diving activity means more pollution and damage to reef.. naturall most of the sps suffers

marinebetta · July 17, 2005

Wat have cause those sps in outside the paya beach island to be wipe out up

to 70 percent while the other par of the island having stn on the base however still

survive after so many months

One word....tourist :blink: Where do you think all that s**t that people produce daily end up at.... :ph34r: :evil: