I’ve just read your last article on Reefkeeping, about experimental tests with different salts. I quote:
“We chose Montipora digitata, Cladacora caespitosa and Porites cylindrica as representative scleractiniansâ€Â
I’ve been surprised because the mediterranean coral Cladocora caespitosa has been choosen among tropical corals. I know this favidae use to a wide spectrum of environments, from the surface (3 m of depth) with clear bright water to 60 m and high turbidity, but always sensitive to high temperature: although the maximum growth is between 23 and 24 °C, a temperature of 28 °C for about 10-15 days is enough to damage in a serious way and to kill the colonies.
Could you specify how and why C. caespitosa has been included in the experiment and give us further infos?
Thanks in advance
Stefano
www.aiam.info
“We chose Montipora digitata, Cladacora caespitosa and Porites cylindrica as representative scleractiniansâ€Â
I’ve been surprised because the mediterranean coral Cladocora caespitosa has been choosen among tropical corals. I know this favidae use to a wide spectrum of environments, from the surface (3 m of depth) with clear bright water to 60 m and high turbidity, but always sensitive to high temperature: although the maximum growth is between 23 and 24 °C, a temperature of 28 °C for about 10-15 days is enough to damage in a serious way and to kill the colonies.
Could you specify how and why C. caespitosa has been included in the experiment and give us further infos?
Thanks in advance
Stefano
www.aiam.info