Due to El Niño and global warming, wild bony corals around the world are facing extinction. Some people even joked that buying some bony corals now may be worth more than gold 40 years later...
Coral is a creature that is both strong and fragile.
They are strong because they keep replicating and splitting, and can survive for thousands of years. The coral reefs formed by the accumulation of dead bones gradually rise, and finally surface, forming a string of pearl-like reefs or even islands in the vast sea. For example, the Nansha Islands and Xisha Islands are composed of coral islands and reefs.
Without corals, China's territorial waters would be much smaller than it is today.
They are fragile because although most of them live in tropical oceans, they cannot tolerate water temperatures above 30 degrees for a long time, otherwise they will expel the symbiotic zooxanthellae in their bodies and quickly die.
However, the intensification of the greenhouse effect has caused the global sea water to continue to heat up, and corals cannot swim to cool waters to inhabit like fish. It may take less than 40 years. In 20 years, there will probably be no wild bony corals in the world.
In addition to the rise in water temperature, seawater acidification and eutrophication are also important reasons for the extinction of bony corals, both of which are entirely due to the discharge of human domestic sewage and industrial wastewater.
The seabed of Dapeng Bay in Shencheng was an underwater paradise with dense corals and rich species more than ten years ago, but now it is a large underwater desert.
In this context, the country has decided to vigorously rectify the aquarium market and prohibit the exploitation and trade of wild bony corals, especially in the South China Sea. In fact, because digging corals is profitable, in addition to farming, fishermen in Indonesia also go to the sea to dig corals to increase production. Anyway, they are mixed together for sale, and it is difficult to distinguish whether they are artificially farmed or wild.
There are not so many taboos for soft corals, because soft corals have a relatively high temperature tolerance, and there is no risk of extinction for the time being, so there are obviously more types of soft corals in this store than hard corals.
The female customer browsed through the store before, but she didn't seem to find the coral she liked, and she showed a disappointed look. She shook her head, as if about to turn around and leave.
The owner of this coral specialty store intends to keep it. He raised his chin, pointed to the one hanging on the wall, and said proudly: "I have a license to operate here, and it took a lot of effort to get the license. Before Those colleagues who made jokes about me are eating in jail now. You guys just happened to come today, why not wait a bit, a new batch of corals will be sent over soon.”
"Oh?" The female customer suddenly became interested, "How often do you introduce a new batch of coral here?"
"The time is uncertain, probably about three months." The boss replied: "Generally, we will buy new ones when they are almost sold out, and we will introduce new ones to see which ones sell well, and at the same time introduce a small amount of new varieties for trial sale. "
The female customer frowned, "Your business method is too conservative. There are too few types and colors so that people can't even arouse their interest in buying, okay? The big disc coral is only golden, and the brain coral is basically only green. , Whether it’s the horoscope brain or the Australian donuts are all green, dark green, light green, dark green, you like to give your brain green so much?”
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Xiaoxue couldn't help laughing when she heard it, and the netizens in the live broadcast room laughed so hard that their stomachs ached, only wishing there were no pictures to watch.
The female customer spoke sharply, and she sounded like a senior aquarium player. She embarrassed the store owner and argued with a wry smile: "I also want to introduce more species, but corals are too delicate, and many types of corals are not even suitable for me. They are not enough to support them, so they must be sold as soon as possible after the introduction, otherwise it will be on the hands of others.”
The store owner dared to run a coral store, and he must be an expert in coral cultivation, and the breeding level is definitely higher than that of the female customer, but he has to take care of too many corals, and each coral is sensitive to the breeding environment such as water temperature and light. The requirements are different. After a long time, you must be exhausted, and you will suffer heavy losses if you are not careful.
Zhang Zian was deeply sympathetic, but he didn't intend to wade into this muddy water, lest he would get himself involved.
He focused on observing the corals currently on display in the store. It was indeed as the female customer said, although there are many types, they are all common ones. Although the colors are rich, they often lack rare colors. All tanks are green.
The color of coral is an important factor in determining the price. Even for the same coral, as long as the color is different, the price can vary several times or even ten times.
Rare things are more expensive, everyone wants to grow corals with rare colors, so corals with rare colors are often sold out as soon as they appear in the aquarium market, and corals with common colors are not so popular.
Zhang Zian originally planned to visit other coral shops, but when he heard the news that a new batch of imported coral was about to arrive, he and Xiaoxue decided to stay and wait for a while.
Xiaoxue wanted to broaden his horizons, while he and the female customer exchanged glances, tacitly wishing to find treasures. If he could find rare types of corals or corals of rare colors, it would definitely add color to his aquarium. few.
However, this means that his wallet is going to bleed profusely.
Xiaoxue tentatively asked: "Boss, you are not allowed to take pictures in the display area of the landscaping tank outside. Is it possible here? I am a live broadcaster. If I can, maybe it can play a certain role in promoting your store..."
The boss pondered for a while, seeing that Xiaoxue is a beautiful woman, he reluctantly nodded and agreed: "Just shoot in the store, in fact, I don't expect any publicity effect, after all, corals are raised in a small circle, and only those who buy corals in this city You can buy it here."
With his permission, Xiaoxue was finally able to openly take out her mobile phone and use the camera to look around the store. The bizarre coral tank immediately aroused the amazement of netizens in the live broadcast room.
Some netizens were dissatisfied when they heard the boss's words, saying that they would come to this store to buy corals in two days, and they also specifically stated that they watched Xiaoxue's live broadcast...
Ding!
The elevator stopped on the second floor. It was not an ordinary elevator for customers, but a freight elevator for employees. The entrance and exit were wider than ordinary elevators.
"Flash! Flip! Flip! The one in front, please step aside!"
As soon as the elevator doors opened, employees in fish market uniforms appeared in the elevator pushing delivery carts and shouted to customers who were blocking the way.
The cart was stacked with huge incubators, which looked quite heavy.
"Here we come." The boss cheered up and quit the mobile game he was playing.
Zhang Zian and the others were also looking forward to it.