To start off with, I have been seeing for the last year a lot of UV dive lights, UV night dives, UV photography etc. Besides being an avid diver, my income as well as my hobby is generated from the keeping of live corals and reef aquariums
I am curious how many folks are aware that UV light is severely damaging to corals?
I imagine most of you know it isn't the greatest thing in the world for us to be over exposed too, and that part of our bodies are more sensitive to it. For corals it is absolutely brutal, the very thin tissues that are the coral polyp are incredibly sensitive to UV, and just a couple minutes of UV exposure can end in death.
Anyone that has ever spent any time on the pacific reefs, especially shallow ones that are exposed to air have noticed that the corals emit a sort of slime after a few minutes exposed to air. One purpose of that is for UV protection.
So I guess at the end of the day I am curious who already knew this, and knowing this if you still intend to do "UV dives".
I am curious how many folks are aware that UV light is severely damaging to corals?
I imagine most of you know it isn't the greatest thing in the world for us to be over exposed too, and that part of our bodies are more sensitive to it. For corals it is absolutely brutal, the very thin tissues that are the coral polyp are incredibly sensitive to UV, and just a couple minutes of UV exposure can end in death.
Anyone that has ever spent any time on the pacific reefs, especially shallow ones that are exposed to air have noticed that the corals emit a sort of slime after a few minutes exposed to air. One purpose of that is for UV protection.
So I guess at the end of the day I am curious who already knew this, and knowing this if you still intend to do "UV dives".