Comments on: Deep Sea Car Wash http://deepseanews.com/2008/08/deep-sea-car-wash/ All the news on the Earth's largest environment. Thu, 18 Mar 2010 11:57:29 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: The Mermaid http://deepseanews.com/2008/08/deep-sea-car-wash/comment-page-1/#comment-5853 The Mermaid Thu, 19 Mar 2009 11:11:05 +0000 http://deepseanews.com/2008/08/deep-sea-car-wash/#comment-5853 The other day I spotted another strange ocean-themed carwash. Will try to get a picture of it for next year's exhibition. Feel free to send any ocean themed shop fronts etc (especially) from places nowhere near the sea!) for World Ocean Day 2009. Are you doing anything on this blog? On Saturday I'm going on a field trip to a former ocean in your fascinating country. Will hopefully get to see the Pacific for the first time as well! >)))D The other day I spotted another strange ocean-themed carwash. Will try to get a picture of it for next year’s exhibition. Feel free to send any ocean themed shop fronts etc (especially) from places nowhere near the sea!) for World Ocean Day 2009. Are you doing anything on this blog?
On Saturday I’m going on a field trip to a former ocean in your fascinating country. Will hopefully get to see the Pacific for the first time as well!
>)))D

]]> By: Peter http://deepseanews.com/2008/08/deep-sea-car-wash/comment-page-1/#comment-3704 Peter Sun, 17 Aug 2008 12:29:32 +0000 http://deepseanews.com/2008/08/deep-sea-car-wash/#comment-3704 Yes, I agree, fish and urchins are natural reef cleaners, in a sense. A depressed herbivore population (from fishing) is a likely reason algae grows out of control in the first place. Note that fish can be selective about which algae they eat. Some algae have chemical defenses against predation, which may play a factor in their dominance. Yes, I agree, fish and urchins are natural reef cleaners, in a sense. A depressed herbivore population (from fishing) is a likely reason algae grows out of control in the first place.
Note that fish can be selective about which algae they eat. Some algae have chemical defenses against predation, which may play a factor in their dominance.

]]> By: kevin z http://deepseanews.com/2008/08/deep-sea-car-wash/comment-page-1/#comment-3703 kevin z Sun, 17 Aug 2008 11:37:55 +0000 http://deepseanews.com/2008/08/deep-sea-car-wash/#comment-3703 They will never get *all* the algae with the vacuum cleaner. In fact, enough was left behind that algae feeding fish should (theoretically) be able to keep the population in check. The problem comes when the algae grows too fast for the fish and snails etc. to keep up. Given optimal light and nutrient conditions (including from agricultural runoff) algae can rapidly take over a reef! They will never get *all* the algae with the vacuum cleaner. In fact, enough was left behind that algae feeding fish should (theoretically) be able to keep the population in check. The problem comes when the algae grows too fast for the fish and snails etc. to keep up. Given optimal light and nutrient conditions (including from agricultural runoff) algae can rapidly take over a reef!

]]> By: Mrs Hilary Victoria Minor http://deepseanews.com/2008/08/deep-sea-car-wash/comment-page-1/#comment-3702 Mrs Hilary Victoria Minor Sun, 17 Aug 2008 07:15:39 +0000 http://deepseanews.com/2008/08/deep-sea-car-wash/#comment-3702 A question from a lay enthusiast : About that giant reef vacuum cleaner thing - what happens to the fish that feed off algae? I know reefs can get so clogged up with algae that they die off, but surely some algae is needed? When the reefs in the Maldives suffered that disastrous die-off after El Nino, there was found to be no fall in the numbers of reef fish feeding off the algae that grew on the dead coral. Aren't these fish acting as natural reef cleaners? Of course, it's much better to stop the coral from dying back in the first instance, but just how clean is the reef vacuuming making the reef? A question from a lay enthusiast : About that giant reef vacuum cleaner thing – what happens to the fish that feed off algae? I know reefs can get so clogged up with algae that they die off, but surely some algae is needed? When the reefs in the Maldives suffered that disastrous die-off after El Nino, there was found to be no fall in the numbers of reef fish feeding off the algae that grew on the dead coral. Aren’t these fish acting as natural reef cleaners? Of course, it’s much better to stop the coral from dying back in the first instance, but just how clean is the reef vacuuming making the reef?

]]> By: Bing McGhandi http://deepseanews.com/2008/08/deep-sea-car-wash/comment-page-1/#comment-3701 Bing McGhandi Tue, 05 Aug 2008 15:09:50 +0000 http://deepseanews.com/2008/08/deep-sea-car-wash/#comment-3701 I'm wondering why they have a station to wash those little manually powered service cars you see on railroad tracks. (Wait for it...See? Funny.) HJ I’m wondering why they have a station to wash those little manually powered service cars you see on railroad tracks.

(Wait for it…See? Funny.)

HJ

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