Corals can hear?

phenom5 · 05/15/2010, 01:08 PM

Interesting article in the LA times.

Study links coral growth to sound

jchase1970 · 05/15/2010, 06:34 PM

Time to buy one of the ocean wave mood tapes to play for my tank

mscarpena · 05/15/2010, 06:43 PM

That is very interesting. Great post.

travis32 · 05/15/2010, 08:08 PM

I was wondering what the effects of having home theatre sound within 3 feet of the tank is on corals and fish? I know water muffles and slows sound waves, but, do they have any negative impacts on fish or corals?

reefboy1994 · 05/15/2010, 09:33 PM

is it from the vibration that the sound causes? im sure sound waves boucing around in the tank must agitate stuff to cause extremely minute vibration

DThompson · 05/16/2010, 08:54 AM

In the paper this morning it seemed that they were blaming "people" now for noise pollution as being the cause of the reefs decline.

Quote:

Many coral reefs worldwide have been dying, and Simpson pointed out that human activity in the ocean could be making enough noise to interfere with the baby coral’s ability to find safe places to settle.

DaytonaJoe · 05/16/2010, 11:38 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by travis32

I know water muffles and slows sound waves, but, do they have any negative impacts on fish or corals?

It's actually the opposite. Sound travels about 4x faster in water than in the air.

Metal Man 1221 · 05/16/2010, 11:47 AM

hmm it seems there needs to be more testing to prove such a theory, its very interesting though

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05/15/2010, 06:43 PM	#3
mscarpena Registered Member Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Buffalo, New York Posts: 1,924	That is very interesting. Great post.

05/15/2010, 08:08 PM	#4
travis32 Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: West Fargo, ND Posts: 2,161	I was wondering what the effects of having home theatre sound within 3 feet of the tank is on corals and fish? I know water muffles and slows sound waves, but, do they have any negative impacts on fish or corals?