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I can attest to the reduction of juvenile (small) anemone as I've noticed a very sharp drop in their numbers also, almost to the point where they are completely gone. I've also noticed that lately, I catch myself in a thought about how things could get turned around as far as reef restorations, run-off prevention and so on, only to realize that I'm thinking in terms of things plugging along as they always have in recent times and not considering that climate change will probably make all of it a moot point. A very pessimistic outlook which I try to temper with the hope that we do get a grip on CO2 and things can plug along as usual giving us the chance to actualy make a difference through education and breeding efforts, but that too seems to get shot down in flames when the majority of the hobby is still in the "collectors" frame of mind and as Eric mentions, when we do get a breeding success, what happens? We take a breed and morph it into something that will most likely never be able to leave captivity all in the name of "ooooh! thats pretty!". I've got a good mind to fill an aquariums with day-glo painted coral skeletons and submit its photos for the various tank of the month competitions with options to sell the pretty "sticks" down the road.... Then we can turn the hobby towards discussions and methods on how to get the most out of various paints instead of live animals.... Chuck
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There's always this... http://www.wildfirefx.com/
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| If it wasn't actualy so close to the truth behind a large portion of the hobby I would have laughed, which I did of course, but quickly soured when it dawned on me that its not all that far off track. You have no idea how tempted I am to order some of that and paint a few "sticks" and freak out a few forums with "Ultra Rare Hydrothermal vent Acropora".... Chuck
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Except that the paints are likely harmful to the environment in their manufacture, require fossil fuel or other minerals gouged from the earth to make, and pollute the groundwater in the disposal of their waste.
Don't worry; it only seems kinky the first time.
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Except when they aren't. There are many non-toxic dyes and paints (see MSDS charts) and with the exception of the fluorescent orange are stable in saltwater (I may have gotten an old one...yes, there is a reason I know this...I used them in settling experiments) - these can be used on people's skin, and are not very toxic at all. No more so than epoxy or cyanoacrylate or plastics and we use plenty of those. They are acrylics - like the stuff tanks that hold our corals are in. Not to belabor the paint or painted corals in a tank discussion any longer, but I had to clarify a generalization that doesn't always hold true.
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MSDS's (Material Safety Data Sheet's) are great for telling the dangers or otherwise of the products they are describing. They are not certificates of analysis indicating purity of product and they have nothing to do with the process by which the product is made. Cyanoacrylate glue has proven to be reefsafe and is used often in our tanks but it's precursors aren't so sweet, compounds such as methacrylaldehyde, isobutylene, and propionic acid.
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Exactly my point.
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| Just another update, the display side as of today. The seagrasses are doing great! I still need to add a bit more in the middle and some "paddle weed" in the front, lower right sandbed. After that its maybe one or two more small Pocillipora colonies, a bit more sponge and tunicates and that should do it other than a variety of shrimp species that I will have to catch when the opportunity arises. I really enjoy this system so much more now and only wish I could scale it up by a few hundred gallons.... Oh, and I'm just now getting used to having the anemone and clownfish in there, a bit too much of a center piece for my tastes, but what the heck. 
Did a bit of snorkeling yesterday and brought home one small Pocillopora and a few herbivore snails only to discover this morning (much to Linda's delight) that the coral was hiding a few hitch hikers, which I never noticed untill lights on today. 
Oh, and this weeks shot of one of the "babies" 
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if the fish are not sneaking in as your recent additions how do you catch them on the reef?
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man that's cool 
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