[quote]Jokes aside, and dealing with your conclusion only at this stage, isn't it also correct that the reason that " most of the light waves corals use for growth are in the range of blue and violet" is because it is only that spectum of the sunlight that penitrates the water to the depth of the coral? [/quoteTo a point John, your not taking the dynamic nature of the coral into play though. Pigments are protiens and the coral ultimately controls dominance. The coral has the ability to take a different light wave and covert it (or flourece it) to a more usable wave. Also most sps type corals live in depths where most light waves penetrates.
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So in reality it is not the coral requiring that spectrum but rather the coral making use of the spectrum that is available?
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No it needs the proper spectrum or waves. Now it has evolved over time to take advantage of what is available, but with out the proper spectrum it wont work
Mike
