As part of a class I am doing a "citizens science" project and want to collect some data to preform statistical analysis and display the results. The results should correlate various aquarium parameters to coral growth rates.
I would appreciate if as many people would give me data, as the more data I get the better the results will be.
For coral growth, approximate the doubling time of the coral - how long it took to reach its current size as a colony from half that size, pictures may help
Please provide data on any of these common coral species you may have:
Acropora lokani (ORA Hawkins ‘echinata’), Acropora millipora, Acropora nausta (pink lemonade or shortcake), Acropora valida (GARF bonsai, tricolor, or purple nana), Acropora sp? (ORA red planet)
Montipora capricornis (any color), Monipora danae (superman, sunset, mystic sunset, pokerstar, or reverse sunset), Montipora digitata (forest fire, German blue, or orange)
Seriatopora hystix (pink, blue polyp, green, or ORA bird of paradise)
Euphyllia divisa (green with purple tips)
Favia sp. and Favites sp.
Zoanthus (any named variant)
Palythoa (any named variant)
Then please provide data on these water parameters to be analyzed vs coral growth:
Photo period
Cal
alk
mag
ph
Flow turnover rate (main pump and all powerheads)
Tank size
nitrates
phosphates
average amount of food added daily
Thanks so much everyone, I'll be sure to post any findings I get.
I would appreciate if as many people would give me data, as the more data I get the better the results will be.
For coral growth, approximate the doubling time of the coral - how long it took to reach its current size as a colony from half that size, pictures may help
Please provide data on any of these common coral species you may have:
Acropora lokani (ORA Hawkins ‘echinata’), Acropora millipora, Acropora nausta (pink lemonade or shortcake), Acropora valida (GARF bonsai, tricolor, or purple nana), Acropora sp? (ORA red planet)
Montipora capricornis (any color), Monipora danae (superman, sunset, mystic sunset, pokerstar, or reverse sunset), Montipora digitata (forest fire, German blue, or orange)
Seriatopora hystix (pink, blue polyp, green, or ORA bird of paradise)
Euphyllia divisa (green with purple tips)
Favia sp. and Favites sp.
Zoanthus (any named variant)
Palythoa (any named variant)
Then please provide data on these water parameters to be analyzed vs coral growth:
Photo period
Cal
alk
mag
ph
Flow turnover rate (main pump and all powerheads)
Tank size
nitrates
phosphates
average amount of food added daily
Thanks so much everyone, I'll be sure to post any findings I get.