Image starting a UA-cam channel as a hobby and now you travel the world informing people and helping all the fish in the world your a true inspiration keep up the amazing work.
@@Silva_loft How do you think he got those subs? Step 1: Have daddys money, Step 2: Have hobby, Step 3: Monetize with youtube. It starts somewhere moron, do a little critical thinking about how people you actually enjoy watching just have money to spend and don't seem "boring" bc they're poor and cant afford these big trips/expensive items.
It really started to make my heart sink when they said they were getting wiped out quickly but I felt better when they showed all the back ups. We need more back ups
I lived in Florida for years and had no idea the conservation of our reef was faced with a problem that dwarfs the bleaching and pollution issues. Incredibly well produced and edited as well!
Would you believe that it is an organization working with the government that is killing Florida's coral reef? If this naturel sea wall goes away and waves start destroying costal homes they will claim it was caused by Green House effect and pass more laws that suit them...
Excellent mini documentary on these very important coral reefs, and how when we work together we can save such significant structural. Thanks George, and all those who participated.
As a native Floridian Id like to thank you for bringing our coral reef issues to light and how entities are stepping up to try and save our reefs! Good to see how kuch progress they have made and are now reintroducing corals back into the wild. The more hobbyists that support these missions the better off we will all be!
11:03 you can immediately tell if someone is *genuinely loves what they do, just from their tones and excitement* when sharing you the stories about what they're doing. Thank you so much Keri, you're doing God's work ❤
Politicians tone and excitement looks and sounds more geniune, but their hands are always in their pocket. Many scientist/environmentalist talk like a robot monotonous and no emotion, but their two hands are always busy.. Judge a person based on their produced and not on their public speaking.
this actually is also happening here in indonesia, in my last school trip a few years ago at my former highschool, which bought/funded hundreds of local small corals and we students helps around to plant baby corals in our school trip. that was a fun experience and is one of the great school programs my school started to give awareness to our environments and its sustainability (apparently its my school's tradition for like 11 years now even after i graduated 2 years ago. and before that last school trip we were taught about sustainable farming, hydroponics, planting trees on our own, etc). At that time i used to think some of the events and school tasks are tedious and boring (more specifically where we have to do social works near our school, cleaning the streets, or doing tedious projects about sustainability/recycling to be spread to the neighborhoods around the school. But now i think fondly of those days. Well our school could be an exception cause its quite a prodigious school in the city, famous being the top 50 nationally and is really expensive one at that. I'm not from a rich family so whenever i paid the tuition with my parent's card (yes my parents trust me to do so) i'm pained at seeing the receipts.
I find it kind of strange, that Indonesia and Florida both have coral reefs that are dying, and both are cruise line destinations. I have never been on a cruise, so I have no ill will against them, but it is odd, don't you think?
Great video, I love how conservationists and scientist are finally realizing the value we hobbiest bring to the table! We all want the same thing and we all can help the knowledge base.
There is an incredible amount of fertilizer run off down the Mississippi River into the Gulf and runoff from Brazil moving in currents up into the Caribbean. Couple that with the planet's oceans being a carbon dioxide sink leading to ocean chemistry changes(becoming more acidic), and on top of that ocean temperatures warming; it's just seems like too much for these animals to cope with in a very short period of time. They are resilient animals, but human impact on earth's life support systems has consequences.
Yup, this was my first thought as well. Not to mention all of the other shit that’s being dumped into the oceans that we don’t even know about. It’s disgusting. I try not to eat fish anymore because of it.
In Australia the Great Barrier Reef currently has more coral growth than ever previously recorded. They had 3 bleaching events within 10 years and despite higher temperatures it has rebounded back better than the majority of scientists believed was possible. Hopefully the same thing naturally happens in Florida too! The planet is pretty good at self regulation after all this time, thankfully.
@@BrainInjuredTortellinni I want to acknowledge it! It seems very egotistical to think every problem in the world is created by humans and can be solved by humans when we have existed for like .1% of the earth’s existence.
@@robos3809 Do you think coral reefs ever died before the human race was the dominant species? Forest fires make for a fantastic new growth medium for plants. It seems like nature was self sufficient before humans evolved.
Thanks for the awesome video! As one of the many people working on the FRTRP, we appreciate the accessibility that this video provides to people who are unfamiliar with our rescue efforts! Congrats to you and your team on a great video! I'll definitely be sharing this with my friends and family next time they ask "so what do you do with corals?" 😂
9 Years ago. I knew that little George would go places. When I met him at RAP NY 2017, we had a little conversation and i was very surprised about his chosen career vs as to be a marine biologist or something of that nature because of his passion for Coral. I understood his goal as he cleared it out to me. I took a picture with him and told him to keep the Nitrates Low. He smiled back at me and that was it. And look at him now. I knew that he would be going places and indeed he is. No matter how tall and mature he has gotten today, I still remember that little George UA-camr CoralFish12g. Don't stop George. You are doing just fine. Stay Reefing!
It's encouraging to know that our time spent as home aquarium hobbyists contributes to the research for preserving the ocean reefs. Because we want better equipment so that we can have a healthier and more beautiful tank, that translates to better technology that then helps the scientists do better research. The more we love our own tanks, the more we care about preserving what's in the wild.
Love the work your doing George using your influence in the hobby to show the world what is going on beyond what’s going on in our tanks I’m from Australia and it would be a catastrophe if this was to make it to our shores keep up the great work and supporting those institutions in fighting the good fight 👍👍
the bleaching issue is already enormous, and building a coal port in proximity to the reef was a ridiculous choice, australia has had no real interest in preserving the reef.
I have goosebumps watching this video. It’s heartbreaking to see the corals dying. But it’s also super hopeful to see the conservation efforts. Thank you! Great job!!!
I'm so happy that people actually care about protecting corals, I've never been to a coral reef but its always been my dream. Loosing corals and reefs would be a loss of the most beautiful and alien looking organisms on Earth!
George This was amazing. I lived in the Keys for 15 years. Keep bringing this to your channel. Awareness is the only key to saving the Reef. If you ever get the chance, go diving off the Keys!!
I work at a freshwater mussel propagation facility. The diversity, endangeredness, and services they provide make them a super cool and important group of animals to work with, and I would definitely recommend reaching out to some facilities
Native Floridian here, anything to do with my home state gets my utmost attention. This is astoundingly well produced and glad to hear you're doing your calling! I'm set to go to college here next semester, and I'm going the Biology route, feeding into Marine Biology and minor in English. The Ocean is my favorite part of our little blue world, and the part we should be conserving the most!
As a plant lover (that's as close as I can relate) I can't imagine the pain they must have went through with the babies in the beginning. My cat ate my seedlings and I about had a conniption. I cried over my seed babies.. I'm glad they have it stable for them to thrive
This video is the first introduction I have had to the endangerment of the Florida coral reef track thank you for making it and the sponsors for funding it
These last few videos have been amazing. The behind the scenes stuff is always cool, and your Coral videos are some of the best. Just ordered a waterbox aquarium yesterday and can't wait to start my own corals.
Excellent video, George. Thank you for approaching the subject free of political hysteria. The subject of climate change has been so absurdly and needlessly politicized when it’s a problem all of us should be committed to confronting. Survival should literally be the one subject we all agree on. Climate change is happening and whether it’s going to kill us all or just radically alter our planet, we still need to do what we can to mitigate its effects on earth’s inhabitants. Keep making these videos, George, they’re more important than ever.
Get rid of your coats because you won’t need them because of your beliefs about global warming well let us know if you put your money where your mouth is.
Love the video and the fact you are raising awareness for this crisis. As a fellow aquarist (freshwater scrub albeit) is there anywhere we can donate to help out?
Thank you for this video. What I thought of as I was watching is that there are many aquarists that have the experience, knowledge and desire to be helpful with their own tanks. I appreciate that the places mentioned are carefully vetted. There are home aquarists that could be vetted also.
Would it be a good idea to maybe sell some of the coral babies to hobbyists? If certain species of corals are circulating in the hobby it could ensure that these corals won’t go extinct. Also the money made from these sales could go towards further research. On the other hand however, if a certain coral becomes really popular some people would be more inclined to steal it from the wild? I’m not an expert on this subject, I’ve never kept corals
As someone in the hobby they could definitely introduce some into the hobby but the likelihood that none would be bred is high due to hobbyists not commonly breeding their coral instead choosing to frag them. Which keeps them genetically the same as the original individual
I just moved back to Florida, exactly where I was born strangely enough. It’s sad that the Coral Reef here is experiencing a crisis right now. I really appreciate the work and effort you do to raise awareness on these issues because it is really important to talk about Environmental Concerns. Honestly George, ever since I started watching your UA-cam Videos, I have been fantasizing about scuba diving and exploring the Coral Reef System down in Florida. Seeing how it is experiencing a crisis, I hope I can get in the Ocean sooner rather than later so I can pray and channel my Shiny Luck to share it with the Coral Reef System. Hopefully the Shiny Luck 💖 can help it heal, I try my hardest to share as much as possible when there are major problems on our Planet. I just can’t really do much right now because I slammed my finger on a door. I kinda need to heal a bit first before I do anything out in Nature. Thank You 🙏 for being the Best Content Creator on this Platform George 💖 I really appreciate everything you are doing because your videos speak volumes 👍
So glad this came up in my recommended and even more glad that my local zoo is taking part! Will definitely be upping my trips there and make sure to spend a little extra at the aquarium
I love this in all honesty. A lot of people who don't own exotics (fish, birds, reptiles, etc) hate on hobbyists because we don't want to own a normal cat or dog. Except because we didn't want to, we helped not only the hobby grow and produce better products, but also conversationists gain that technology because of the demand. I hope lawmakers stop trying to extinguish certain animal ownership so that we have big and small conversation bloodlines if anything happens!
This is an amazing and fantastic initiative. I hope they continue to expand and persist in there much needed mission. Thank you for the awareness. However, a point of fair criticism is that many of us would love to assists where possible. But as the video points out, we are legally barred from participating. I can't keep a Caribbean stony coral in most cases. And yes, while the hobby is not generally a good source of true conservation practices for a species. If the threat is truly 90% coral loss and a real risk of extinction (which I have no reason to doubt): allowing hobbyist's to acquire these species, through aquacultured propagation (not wild collection) is a way to further the number of individuals alive in captivity. If you're going to crowd source, then do so. Allow us to help. That's not a criticism of this video nor the scientific community. It's simply a way to gain even more access to potential safe harbors, in addition to the more than qualified zoo staff. Additionally, sale of propagated frags could directly fund the research efforts and conservation work. You only need to look at current Frag prices to understand how much additional revenue may be available... Aquacultured North American Acro's, Maze's, and Brain corals with a large portion of the proceeds going directly back to North American reef conservation. I look at that, and see a missed opportunity.
I can assure you, this thought has not passed them by. Aside from Sea World trying to raise their public image, they know what a good position they are in financially if all the hobbyist start lobbying to be allowed to keep the currently banned corals. "Oh, you want to us to start selling to the public... Well, I suppose it would have to be us because we're the only ones who have them... What to do?! What to do?!..."
Yep, I’ve raised this point as well. Hobbyists have driven much of the advancement in species success, lighting, and propagation of many coral species. It’s rather sad that smaller, private exhibits and dedicated biotope tanks can’t be allowed to foster or propagate these corals. I get the not wanting to mix Atlantic and Pacific corals together which makes plenty of sense, but at least allow more private owners to become accredited/trusted to keep them. Hell, we can’t even keep sea fan softies in our tanks.
There's actually a lizard that could not be bred by zoos and is endangered, but hobbyists were able to get it to breed so this lizard is allowed to be kept by very select hobbyists only. I was watching Clint's reptiles or one of the educational reptile channels and they went to one of the big reptile accessory companies and they talked about that lizard since they were able to house that lizard. Wish I could find that video. Was really interesting how the survival of a species is being entrusted to hobbyists. Edit: Found it. It was Snake Discovery and the Zilla guy mentions it at 14:28 how only hobbyists can breed these lizards. ua-cam.com/video/aoBFApXTaP4/v-deo.html
This is such a great piece, thank you for sharing this info to your audience! I know this is a long shot, but I am a coral reproduction biologist, and our team utilizes aquarium husbandry to induce and optimize the reproductive cycles of endangered corals. If you’re ever interested in our work, I would love to chat with you!
All of these people make me a very happy person. It's sad we're in this situation in the first place but it's nice to know there are people out there doing what they can to save these reefs.
I hope Mr. beast watches this and wants to contribute. I mean he planted trees and cleans up the seas so its only natural to plant sea trees now. P.S humanity underplays extinction very badly kudos to all of these people who are helping.
The dying reefs problem is not just happening in Florida. The Great Barrier Reef is over 50% gone and it's the largest on the planet. This problem doesn't get solved with half measures. Climate change is the culprit and we have to change. That said, I salute the folks working so hard in harvesting corals and growing them so that they don't disappear forever.
Hey George! I've been following this project for a while now and this is a really great and informative video! My question is, how can I get more involved in this project? My dream job is literally doing what all these amazing people are doing, collecting and caring for marine animals, so how can I get onboard and help out?
@@joshl2821 I appreciate the idea man, except the problem is I'm a full time uni student, living with my girlfriend and working in my spare time so I can pay the bills. I just don't have the time to volunteer
Good luck, that's not an easy industry to get a call back from let alone get involved in. I'm sure some are different but volunteering is generally a path towards more volunteering unless you are attaining other experience and credentials elsewhere. The MN Zoo can barely be bothered by entire organizations offering help or donations.
@@weefslider yeah I'm actually studying a bachelor of science majoring in biology. I've just heard it's a very competitive game to snag an internship, and I have reached out to my local aquarium before, but never heard back
Crazy how a hobby has more impact in helping biologists than any governmental institution. The fact that the industry has such a void in products and support and is only filled by hobbyist really shows how the "powers at be" really feel about our saving our world. Great work though, this is what you do with such a huge following and reach!
You are one of my number one aquarium UA-camRS that I love to follow showing off all these amazing things and learning and teaching others as well it gives me hope.
Currently in the Bahamas ,years ago I was in the Bahamas and went to dive in a specific diving spot years ago .. Today ,we came back to the same place where from what I remember ,the corrals were all looking great and the reef was beautiful . Today it is mostly destroyed and slowly dying , there is a huge plant invasion that is blocking sunlight etc.. for corrals to grow on certain places where I went , it's killing everything and it's terrifying to imagine that it's going so fast .. Now it became dificult to find a single good diving spot where the corral is not dead or at least healthy .
Excellent video dude. As a former hobbyist I love that institutions acknowledge how the hobbyist industry has made things better for the institutions as far as technology goes. I do have to acknowledge there are bad sides to the hobbyist industry as well, but hopefully those things have gotten better in the past decade that I've been out of the hobby.
The disease is likely a nutrient deficiency due to reduction in water quality. Upping the nutrients in the waters around the reefs would likely fix the problem but may have unintended affects. Worth studying.
This needs more funding. Our oceans are our life. You think if you live in the center of a continent that the extinction of coral has nothing to do with your life. It is all a chain of living ecosystems that depend on each other, when one disappears what can take its place? What have we built that can compare? We still have no idea what we have lost. Some things strengthen all living things. The smallest of US make the biggest difference. Algae and such. Keep up the great work! We are caretakers of this planet while we are here.
Theres a really good short video that explains why some forests in North America rely on salmon to stay alive. Shows the connection of various ecosystems really well, I think you might enjoy it. ua-cam.com/video/rZWiWh5acbE/v-deo.html
Wow.. awesome work.. I'm from the Netherlands, and I didn't even knew this was going on... those people are doing great work! Thanks for creating this video!
Good to see that you try to take care of the problem. Having been to Thailand I've seen beaches covered in dead corals almost everywhere on Phuket. I wondern what is the reason and if Thailand is doing something more than just banning sunscreen.
What qualifications does it take to work taking care of the coral at the Coral Rescue Center? If I could sustain my life doing that as a job in Florida, I think I'd be very happy 🌊✨💕 I'd move there immediately.
Well according to the video: "coral reefs pump 3.4 billion dollars into the US economy, The fish that live on coral reefs are shipped all over the world, lobster and all the different animals that use the reef as their home are commercialy important species. These reefs are protecting infrastructure, shipping ports all over the country and the world." And not sure what your talking about with the feeding fish to clean coral thing given that its a spreading pathogen that's killing the coral reef.
Spread the word, share this video and other publications about the issue, donate to organisations that help in this conservation effort, call your representatives to ask them if they know about this issue and are willing to consider it in their work, etc Theres many ways to help
Great video, obviously love bringing attention to less known/talked about problems. However did anyone else notice that it seems ever si slightly sped up? The video looks fine, but sometimes the audio sounds a bit more mechanical, and I was distracted by it.
This was a super informative, thank you. I hope that Florida will take other steps to protect corals in the wild, like banning sunscreen that causes coral bleaching, working more on plastic pollution etc.
I'm still super concerned because this is just a side of the whole project to save these coral reefs. The other side of the project are people trying so hard to understand why they are dying, and there are teams that have to put them back successfully, there's so many project that tries to re-grow the coral in the ocean but fails and we don't know why, and we can't control the condition in the sea. I really really hope that we can know more about these corals and how to save them in the future.
Fantastic and informative video. Very well done! Shout out to the good people at Fritz, many years ago during my first year out of high school I was hired by Fritz to work in one of their warehouse distribution centers in Texas. Despite this position being as far down the ladder as one can be, every day I was encouraged to feel I was just as much a part of the Fritz team as those at the top, that the little things matter, and that the work I was doing was important and worth the effort. The lessons and experiences of that year have stuck with me throughout my life and have made me a better person. A product is only as good as the company behind it, and a company is only as good as its people, and the people I met at Frits are quality, through and through.
Some weird people would still question these people's work and be like "OMG why are you putting them in enclosures!? Put them back in the wild!". Salute to you guys for conserving wild life and giving them a chance to survive.
You should visit the Dry Tortugas in Key West, Florida. Only accesible by boat or sea plane but you can see one of the only national parks 99% underwater, has amazing coral reefs, untouched by humanity.
Awesome video, It's always exciting to see the positive impact our hobby is having, something not often talked about. Here in Sweden there is a public aquarium in Gothenburg that has been working closely with hobbyists over the years. A few years back they actually put out a call, asking hobbyists to donate frags in order to construct a gene bank of their own. :)
Hat off for this video and the people who are working on such an big project . I m an fisheries student and your video are inspiration for me to save such an beautiful endangered expensive live
There are coral veterinarians?!?!? That’s so cool! I’m over here entering human medicine and regretting that I won’t have enough time in my life to spend with corals, while this lady has both. That’s the coolest job in the world!
I LOVE the babies! But until we figure out WHAT EXACTLY is the problem, releasing is a thought that makes me sad. It definitely could be a lethal combination. What an amazing project!
Image starting a UA-cam channel as a hobby and now you travel the world informing people and helping all the fish in the world your a true inspiration keep up the amazing work.
Ya what a lucky guy!
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@@Silva_loft It's not luck, you've seen his house and the inside koi pond. Its his daddies money that affords these trips and video.
@@Mofuggy with over 1.1M subs i dont think he needs dads $
@@Silva_loft How do you think he got those subs? Step 1: Have daddys money, Step 2: Have hobby, Step 3: Monetize with youtube. It starts somewhere moron, do a little critical thinking about how people you actually enjoy watching just have money to spend and don't seem "boring" bc they're poor and cant afford these big trips/expensive items.
I love everyone who is trying to solve this problem they have my all time respect
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@@robertodiazjr7666 what's the genre of music is this band?
@@brianwnewman jazz
It really started to make my heart sink when they said they were getting wiped out quickly but I felt better when they showed all the back ups. We need more back ups
I lived in Florida for years and had no idea the conservation of our reef was faced with a problem that dwarfs the bleaching and pollution issues. Incredibly well produced and edited as well!
If you are near enough you might be able to volunteer to help the aquariums out. :)
@@Whateverhasbeenmynameforyears i wish i can do that
Please spread the word to other Floridians. I learned about this a few years ago when it was just just a thought that this could happen.
Would you believe that it is an organization working with the government that is killing Florida's coral reef?
If this naturel sea wall goes away and waves start destroying costal homes they will claim it was caused by Green House effect and pass more laws that suit them...
Probably because the local government supports the companies that would hurt the reef. They don't believe in climate change
Excellent mini documentary on these very important coral reefs, and how when we work together we can save such significant structural. Thanks George, and all those who participated.
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As a native Floridian Id like to thank you for bringing our coral reef issues to light and how entities are stepping up to try and save our reefs! Good to see how kuch progress they have made and are now reintroducing corals back into the wild. The more hobbyists that support these missions the better off we will all be!
As an indigenous American this is hilarious 😂
@@BotfromChina as someone who has never even been to america: ok
@@BotfromChina right..
11:03 you can immediately tell if someone is *genuinely loves what they do, just from their tones and excitement* when sharing you the stories about what they're doing. Thank you so much Keri, you're doing God's work ❤
i think she sounds annoying
Politicians tone and excitement looks and sounds more geniune, but their hands are always in their pocket. Many scientist/environmentalist talk like a robot monotonous and no emotion, but their two hands are always busy.. Judge a person based on their produced and not on their public speaking.
@@rejiequimiguing3739 dude wtf 💀
All the babies!!!
@@rejiequimiguing3739 true
this actually is also happening here in indonesia, in my last school trip a few years ago at my former highschool, which bought/funded hundreds of local small corals and we students helps around to plant baby corals in our school trip. that was a fun experience and is one of the great school programs my school started to give awareness to our environments and its sustainability (apparently its my school's tradition for like 11 years now even after i graduated 2 years ago. and before that last school trip we were taught about sustainable farming, hydroponics, planting trees on our own, etc).
At that time i used to think some of the events and school tasks are tedious and boring (more specifically where we have to do social works near our school, cleaning the streets, or doing tedious projects about sustainability/recycling to be spread to the neighborhoods around the school. But now i think fondly of those days. Well our school could be an exception cause its quite a prodigious school in the city, famous being the top 50 nationally and is really expensive one at that. I'm not from a rich family so whenever i paid the tuition with my parent's card (yes my parents trust me to do so) i'm pained at seeing the receipts.
What a great program! I wish more schools would adapt these ideas too.
sounds like my school ngl
we also have programs where students who joins the program they can go to latin american countries to help the locals
I find it kind of strange, that Indonesia and Florida both have coral reefs that are dying, and both are cruise line destinations. I have never been on a cruise, so I have no ill will against them, but it is odd, don't you think?
@@derekwalker4622 It's wasn't that odd. Using a ship no matter what kind always bring pollution, electric ship is also not excepted.
Was that in Amed? I saw their coral propagating rigs when I snorkelled there
As many of them said we as hobbyists help contribute to this conservation by wanting better equipment for our hobby.
Save the Reefs
So much respect for everyone working tirelessly for this very important cause.
Great video, I love how conservationists and scientist are finally realizing the value we hobbiest bring to the table! We all want the same thing and we all can help the knowledge base.
There is an incredible amount of fertilizer run off down the Mississippi River into the Gulf and runoff from Brazil moving in currents up into the Caribbean. Couple that with the planet's oceans being a carbon dioxide sink leading to ocean chemistry changes(becoming more acidic), and on top of that ocean temperatures warming; it's just seems like too much for these animals to cope with in a very short period of time. They are resilient animals, but human impact on earth's life support systems has consequences.
Yup, this was my first thought as well. Not to mention all of the other shit that’s being dumped into the oceans that we don’t even know about. It’s disgusting. I try not to eat fish anymore because of it.
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@@robertodiazjr7666 what genre of music is this band?
This and the amount of disgusting filth coming out of Okeechobee that’s being dumped into the tampa bay it’s terrible no government seems to care.
@@brianwnewman sunscreen!
Great job on the video and raising awareness on this issue. Hope we can maintain the diversity of these corals thru the path of this disease.
In Australia the Great Barrier Reef currently has more coral growth than ever previously recorded. They had 3 bleaching events within 10 years and despite higher temperatures it has rebounded back better than the majority of scientists believed was possible. Hopefully the same thing naturally happens in Florida too! The planet is pretty good at self regulation after all this time, thankfully.
Nobody seems to want to acknowledge this, for all we know this could be natural cycles of the reefs.
@@BrainInjuredTortellinni I want to acknowledge it! It seems very egotistical to think every problem in the world is created by humans and can be solved by humans when we have existed for like .1% of the earth’s existence.
Yes but just because one coral reef is growing at a huge rate after bleaching doesn't mean its natural
@@robos3809 Do you think coral reefs ever died before the human race was the dominant species? Forest fires make for a fantastic new growth medium for plants. It seems like nature was self sufficient before humans evolved.
@@benreynen8739 yes but they are dying too fast right now
Thanks for the awesome video! As one of the many people working on the FRTRP, we appreciate the accessibility that this video provides to people who are unfamiliar with our rescue efforts!
Congrats to you and your team on a great video! I'll definitely be sharing this with my friends and family next time they ask "so what do you do with corals?" 😂
9 Years ago. I knew that little George would go places. When I met him at RAP NY 2017, we had a little conversation and i was very surprised about his chosen career vs as to be a marine biologist or something of that nature because of his passion for Coral. I understood his goal as he cleared it out to me. I took a picture with him and told him to keep the Nitrates Low. He smiled back at me and that was it. And look at him now. I knew that he would be going places and indeed he is. No matter how tall and mature he has gotten today, I still remember that little George UA-camr CoralFish12g.
Don't stop George. You are doing just fine.
Stay Reefing!
Much respect from Australia..........Coral reefs need our help!!
It's encouraging to know that our time spent as home aquarium hobbyists contributes to the research for preserving the ocean reefs. Because we want better equipment so that we can have a healthier and more beautiful tank, that translates to better technology that then helps the scientists do better research. The more we love our own tanks, the more we care about preserving what's in the wild.
I hope you continue advocating for the ocean. You're great at presenting these problems and inspiring people to care as much as you do.
This is an incredible effort to save such an important natural species.
I'm so happy aquariums are starting to take care of themselves!
Love the work your doing George using your influence in the hobby to show the world what is going on beyond what’s going on in our tanks
I’m from Australia and it would be a catastrophe if this was to make it to our shores keep up the great work and supporting those institutions in fighting the good fight 👍👍
the bleaching issue is already enormous, and building a coal port in proximity to the reef was a ridiculous choice, australia has had no real interest in preserving the reef.
I have goosebumps watching this video. It’s heartbreaking to see the corals dying. But it’s also super hopeful to see the conservation efforts. Thank you! Great job!!!
Great video. Definitely don’t want to loose any more coral reefs. I’ve got to snorkel a few the past few years and it’s amazing seeing them in person.
Stop wearing sunscreen to our coral reefs‼️
Love & support for everyone involved.🥰😘 You're a sweetheart ❤️ George! Thank you for bringing awareness. I'm so grateful and proud of you!! 🐠
I'm so happy that people actually care about protecting corals, I've never been to a coral reef but its always been my dream.
Loosing corals and reefs would be a loss of the most beautiful and alien looking organisms on Earth!
George This was amazing. I lived in the Keys for 15 years. Keep bringing this to your channel. Awareness is the only key to saving the Reef. If you ever get the chance, go diving off the Keys!!
This is possibly the most important video you’ve produced yet. Thank you George! Well done!
I work at a freshwater mussel propagation facility. The diversity, endangeredness, and services they provide make them a super cool and important group of animals to work with, and I would definitely recommend reaching out to some facilities
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Absolutely amazing video! So interesting to see everyone working so hard to protect our coral reef.
Native Floridian here, anything to do with my home state gets my utmost attention. This is astoundingly well produced and glad to hear you're doing your calling! I'm set to go to college here next semester, and I'm going the Biology route, feeding into Marine Biology and minor in English. The Ocean is my favorite part of our little blue world, and the part we should be conserving the most!
As a plant lover (that's as close as I can relate) I can't imagine the pain they must have went through with the babies in the beginning. My cat ate my seedlings and I about had a conniption. I cried over my seed babies.. I'm glad they have it stable for them to thrive
This video is the first introduction I have had to the endangerment of the Florida coral reef track thank you for making it and the sponsors for funding it
These last few videos have been amazing. The behind the scenes stuff is always cool, and your Coral videos are some of the best. Just ordered a waterbox aquarium yesterday and can't wait to start my own corals.
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Awesome video. As a native Floridian we need to keep the beaches and oceans around our great state safe/alive
Excellent video, George. Thank you for approaching the subject free of political hysteria. The subject of climate change has been so absurdly and needlessly politicized when it’s a problem all of us should be committed to confronting. Survival should literally be the one subject we all agree on.
Climate change is happening and whether it’s going to kill us all or just radically alter our planet, we still need to do what we can to mitigate its effects on earth’s inhabitants.
Keep making these videos, George, they’re more important than ever.
Get rid of your coats because you won’t need them because of your beliefs about global warming well let us know if you put your money where your mouth is.
Truly a terrific job covering a scary topic!
Love the video and the fact you are raising awareness for this crisis. As a fellow aquarist (freshwater scrub albeit) is there anywhere we can donate to help out?
Thank you for this video. What I thought of as I was watching is that there are many aquarists that have the experience, knowledge and desire to be helpful with their own tanks. I appreciate that the places mentioned are carefully vetted. There are home aquarists that could be vetted also.
Would it be a good idea to maybe sell some of the coral babies to hobbyists? If certain species of corals are circulating in the hobby it could ensure that these corals won’t go extinct. Also the money made from these sales could go towards further research. On the other hand however, if a certain coral becomes really popular some people would be more inclined to steal it from the wild? I’m not an expert on this subject, I’ve never kept corals
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As someone in the hobby they could definitely introduce some into the hobby but the likelihood that none would be bred is high due to hobbyists not commonly breeding their coral instead choosing to frag them. Which keeps them genetically the same as the original individual
such a privilege to have worked with flaq! great company and very conservation focused
I just moved back to Florida, exactly where I was born strangely enough. It’s sad that the Coral Reef here is experiencing a crisis right now.
I really appreciate the work and effort you do to raise awareness on these issues because it is really important to talk about Environmental Concerns.
Honestly George, ever since I started watching your UA-cam Videos, I have been fantasizing about scuba diving and exploring the Coral Reef System down in Florida. Seeing how it is experiencing a crisis, I hope I can get in the Ocean sooner rather than later so I can pray and channel my Shiny Luck to share it with the Coral Reef System. Hopefully the Shiny Luck 💖 can help it heal, I try my hardest to share as much as possible when there are major problems on our Planet. I just can’t really do much right now because I slammed my finger on a door. I kinda need to heal a bit first before I do anything out in Nature.
Thank You 🙏 for being the Best Content Creator on this Platform George 💖 I really appreciate everything you are doing because your videos speak volumes 👍
Absolutely amazing, collaborations like this deserve more attention.
So glad this came up in my recommended and even more glad that my local zoo is taking part! Will definitely be upping my trips there and make sure to spend a little extra at the aquarium
The part of the video with the spawning and the larvae was absolutely mesmerizing.
Such an amazing video. Thank you George for educating and bringing attention to issues like this.
I love this in all honesty. A lot of people who don't own exotics (fish, birds, reptiles, etc) hate on hobbyists because we don't want to own a normal cat or dog. Except because we didn't want to, we helped not only the hobby grow and produce better products, but also conversationists gain that technology because of the demand. I hope lawmakers stop trying to extinguish certain animal ownership so that we have big and small conversation bloodlines if anything happens!
This is an amazing and fantastic initiative. I hope they continue to expand and persist in there much needed mission. Thank you for the awareness.
However, a point of fair criticism is that many of us would love to assists where possible. But as the video points out, we are legally barred from participating. I can't keep a Caribbean stony coral in most cases. And yes, while the hobby is not generally a good source of true conservation practices for a species. If the threat is truly 90% coral loss and a real risk of extinction (which I have no reason to doubt): allowing hobbyist's to acquire these species, through aquacultured propagation (not wild collection) is a way to further the number of individuals alive in captivity.
If you're going to crowd source, then do so. Allow us to help.
That's not a criticism of this video nor the scientific community. It's simply a way to gain even more access to potential safe harbors, in addition to the more than qualified zoo staff.
Additionally, sale of propagated frags could directly fund the research efforts and conservation work. You only need to look at current Frag prices to understand how much additional revenue may be available... Aquacultured North American Acro's, Maze's, and Brain corals with a large portion of the proceeds going directly back to North American reef conservation. I look at that, and see a missed opportunity.
yup they could make a lot of money off them for funding too they need to spread it to as many people as possible
I can assure you, this thought has not passed them by. Aside from Sea World trying to raise their public image, they know what a good position they are in financially if all the hobbyist start lobbying to be allowed to keep the currently banned corals. "Oh, you want to us to start selling to the public... Well, I suppose it would have to be us because we're the only ones who have them... What to do?! What to do?!..."
Yep, I’ve raised this point as well. Hobbyists have driven much of the advancement in species success, lighting, and propagation of many coral species. It’s rather sad that smaller, private exhibits and dedicated biotope tanks can’t be allowed to foster or propagate these corals. I get the not wanting to mix Atlantic and Pacific corals together which makes plenty of sense, but at least allow more private owners to become accredited/trusted to keep them. Hell, we can’t even keep sea fan softies in our tanks.
There's actually a lizard that could not be bred by zoos and is endangered, but hobbyists were able to get it to breed so this lizard is allowed to be kept by very select hobbyists only. I was watching Clint's reptiles or one of the educational reptile channels and they went to one of the big reptile accessory companies and they talked about that lizard since they were able to house that lizard. Wish I could find that video. Was really interesting how the survival of a species is being entrusted to hobbyists.
Edit: Found it. It was Snake Discovery and the Zilla guy mentions it at 14:28 how only hobbyists can breed these lizards. ua-cam.com/video/aoBFApXTaP4/v-deo.html
@@Yaj8552 Mate, that's awesome! Thanks for putting up the link too!
I'm glad that this very important work is being done. There is still hope that our beautiful ocean ecosystems can be saved.
This is such a great piece, thank you for sharing this info to your audience! I know this is a long shot, but I am a coral reproduction biologist, and our team utilizes aquarium husbandry to induce and optimize the reproductive cycles of endangered corals. If you’re ever interested in our work, I would love to chat with you!
All of these people make me a very happy person. It's sad we're in this situation in the first place but it's nice to know there are people out there doing what they can to save these reefs.
I hope Mr. beast watches this and wants to contribute. I mean he planted trees and cleans up the seas so its only natural to plant sea trees now.
P.S humanity underplays extinction very badly kudos to all of these people who are helping.
i love how excited the woman in charge for raising the coral babies. yessss girl MORE BABIES!
The dying reefs problem is not just happening in Florida. The Great Barrier Reef is over 50% gone and it's the largest on the planet. This problem doesn't get solved with half measures. Climate change is the culprit and we have to change. That said, I salute the folks working so hard in harvesting corals and growing them so that they don't disappear forever.
Bless you all so much love and respect share the shit out of this get the support and hype going!
Hey George! I've been following this project for a while now and this is a really great and informative video! My question is, how can I get more involved in this project? My dream job is literally doing what all these amazing people are doing, collecting and caring for marine animals, so how can I get onboard and help out?
Connections bro. Go to your local aquarium and ask to volunteer and slowly move higher
@@joshl2821 I appreciate the idea man, except the problem is I'm a full time uni student, living with my girlfriend and working in my spare time so I can pay the bills. I just don't have the time to volunteer
Good luck, that's not an easy industry to get a call back from let alone get involved in. I'm sure some are different but volunteering is generally a path towards more volunteering unless you are attaining other experience and credentials elsewhere. The MN Zoo can barely be bothered by entire organizations offering help or donations.
@@Kye_2000 Well, what are you studying? If you're studying something biology related you could try to snag an internship with an aquarium.
@@weefslider yeah I'm actually studying a bachelor of science majoring in biology. I've just heard it's a very competitive game to snag an internship, and I have reached out to my local aquarium before, but never heard back
This video is very well done. Thank you for tackling an important subject and posting this for everyone to see.
I respect everyone who were involved in this Seriously the best piece that i ve ever seen on UA-cam 💌 Hate off to well all 💟 love your videos.
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Studying environmental science and corals are my passion. Would love to do something like this in the future.
Crazy how a hobby has more impact in helping biologists than any governmental institution. The fact that the industry has such a void in products and support and is only filled by hobbyist really shows how the "powers at be" really feel about our saving our world. Great work though, this is what you do with such a huge following and reach!
You are one of my number one aquarium UA-camRS that I love to follow showing off all these amazing things and learning and teaching others as well it gives me hope.
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Much respect to those doing what they can to save these reefs.
getting coral to spawn reliably in captivity is monumental. BRAVO
Thank you for stewarding our earth well. God bless you.
Thank you for this awesome video! I am doing a lesson with 3rd graders on the importance of coral reefs and this is a perfect introduction!
This is what got me into reef tanks, after diving the Great Barrier Reef in 2016 seeing the bleaching was scary!
Currently in the Bahamas ,years ago I was in the Bahamas and went to dive in a specific diving spot years ago ..
Today ,we came back to the same place where from what I remember ,the corrals were all looking great and the reef was beautiful .
Today it is mostly destroyed and slowly dying , there is a huge plant invasion that is blocking sunlight etc.. for corrals to grow on certain places where I went , it's killing everything and it's terrifying to imagine that it's going so fast ..
Now it became dificult to find a single good diving spot where the corral is not dead or at least healthy .
Excellent video dude. As a former hobbyist I love that institutions acknowledge how the hobbyist industry has made things better for the institutions as far as technology goes. I do have to acknowledge there are bad sides to the hobbyist industry as well, but hopefully those things have gotten better in the past decade that I've been out of the hobby.
You are doing a great job, not a lot of people know about these problems and your videos are certainly spreading the knowledge to a huge audience.
The disease is likely a nutrient deficiency due to reduction in water quality. Upping the nutrients in the waters around the reefs would likely fix the problem but may have unintended affects. Worth studying.
This needs more funding. Our oceans are our life. You think if you live in the center of a continent that the extinction of coral has nothing to do with your life. It is all a chain of living ecosystems that depend on each other, when one disappears what can take its place? What have we built that can compare? We still have no idea what we have lost. Some things strengthen all living things. The smallest of US make the biggest difference. Algae and such. Keep up the great work! We are caretakers of this planet while we are here.
Theres a really good short video that explains why some forests in North America rely on salmon to stay alive.
Shows the connection of various ecosystems really well, I think you might enjoy it.
ua-cam.com/video/rZWiWh5acbE/v-deo.html
Wow.. awesome work.. I'm from the Netherlands, and I didn't even knew this was going on... those people are doing great work! Thanks for creating this video!
The quality of this video is amassing.
Good to see that you try to take care of the problem.
Having been to Thailand I've seen beaches covered in dead corals almost everywhere on Phuket. I wondern what is the reason and if Thailand is doing something more than just banning sunscreen.
Highest respect for all the people giving effort and time to this problem. ❤️🔥
Money well spent. Thank you for your hard work and your kindness!
It's really incredible how far people have come with conservation efforts! Thank you for bringing attention to the issue
Also I love the baby corals!!
Good to hear that corrals are being saved.
What qualifications does it take to work taking care of the coral at the Coral Rescue Center? If I could sustain my life doing that as a job in Florida, I think I'd be very happy 🌊✨💕 I'd move there immediately.
Amazing film George. Kudos to you (and Fritz) for the time, effort and skill to make such an important topic so watchable 👏👏
So outside of being a super expensive wall. what else is coral important for?
Wouldn't it be cheaper to feed fish to clean the coral?
Well according to the video: "coral reefs pump 3.4 billion dollars into the US economy, The fish that live on coral reefs are shipped all over the world, lobster and all the different animals that use the reef as their home are commercialy important species. These reefs are protecting infrastructure, shipping ports all over the country and the world." And not sure what your talking about with the feeding fish to clean coral thing given that its a spreading pathogen that's killing the coral reef.
@@DI-uk9rj I was talking about using fish instead of people to manually clean the coral in the labs.
Wow so Glad to See Lyndsay still working at HDZ.
i’m so glad the coral reef issue is finally being properly publicized, how can we as viewers help?
Spread the word, share this video and other publications about the issue, donate to organisations that help in this conservation effort, call your representatives to ask them if they know about this issue and are willing to consider it in their work, etc
Theres many ways to help
You're a gift to our world mate, thank you
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I can't help but think that hobbyists would love to grow the small corals voluntarily. To later be collected and returned to the reefs.
Great video, obviously love bringing attention to less known/talked about problems. However did anyone else notice that it seems ever si slightly sped up? The video looks fine, but sometimes the audio sounds a bit more mechanical, and I was distracted by it.
ya i noticed that too, super distracting
This was a super informative, thank you. I hope that Florida will take other steps to protect corals in the wild, like banning sunscreen that causes coral bleaching, working more on plastic pollution etc.
also projects like THIS are why zoos and aquariums matter SO MUCH!
I didn’t even know this was going on! Thank you for educating me and everyone about this big issue
I'm still super concerned because this is just a side of the whole project to save these coral reefs. The other side of the project are people trying so hard to understand why they are dying, and there are teams that have to put them back successfully, there's so many project that tries to re-grow the coral in the ocean but fails and we don't know why, and we can't control the condition in the sea.
I really really hope that we can know more about these corals and how to save them in the future.
Fantastic and informative video. Very well done! Shout out to the good people at Fritz, many years ago during my first year out of high school I was hired by Fritz to work in one of their warehouse distribution centers in Texas. Despite this position being as far down the ladder as one can be, every day I was encouraged to feel I was just as much a part of the Fritz team as those at the top, that the little things matter, and that the work I was doing was important and worth the effort. The lessons and experiences of that year have stuck with me throughout my life and have made me a better person. A product is only as good as the company behind it, and a company is only as good as its people, and the people I met at Frits are quality, through and through.
Some weird people would still question these people's work and be like "OMG why are you putting them in enclosures!? Put them back in the wild!". Salute to you guys for conserving wild life and giving them a chance to survive.
You should visit the Dry Tortugas in Key West, Florida. Only accesible by boat or sea plane but you can see one of the only national parks 99% underwater, has amazing coral reefs, untouched by humanity.
See this makes me happy but also break my heart watcing something like this so close to being just a story we tell to kids
Love this channel, I am from the FL Keys, love that you went down there to cover this!
Awesome video, It's always exciting to see the positive impact our hobby is having, something not often talked about. Here in Sweden there is a public aquarium in Gothenburg that has been working closely with hobbyists over the years. A few years back they actually put out a call, asking hobbyists to donate frags in order to construct a gene bank of their own. :)
Hat off for this video and the people who are working on such an big project .
I m an fisheries student and your video are inspiration for me to save such an beautiful endangered expensive live
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There are coral veterinarians?!?!? That’s so cool! I’m over here entering human medicine and regretting that I won’t have enough time in my life to spend with corals, while this lady has both. That’s the coolest job in the world!
I am normally critical with zoos and aquariums but this is important
Didn't know this issue was happening or there even was a coral reef off of florida. Insane story and amazing video.
I LOVE the babies! But until we figure out WHAT EXACTLY is the problem, releasing is a thought that makes me sad. It definitely could be a lethal combination. What an amazing project!