Plastic eating acros ?

[dawgface]

So very interesting ~

 

[declanisadog]

pretty crazy

 

[tonymission]

Yeah that is strange.
reading the headline thought i was going to have to start dosing plastic

 

[dawgface]

tonymission;1013458 wrote: Yeah that is strange.
reading the headline thought i was going to have to start dosing plastic

Still may want to. Based on the research they do not know the repercussions, just they do it. Incredibly interesting.

 

[sewer urchin]

Finally, something that can eat the Great Pacific Plastic Patch...

 

[raz0945]

I wonder what has happen to all the plastic garbage we have dumped into the oceans over the last 50+years? I wonder what they would find in our bodies if they were looking for it?

 

[enderg60]

how would that effect hobbyists?

Its not like we have much plastic dust in our systems.

 

[dawgface]

EnderG60;1013487 wrote: how would that effect hobbyists?

Its not like we have much plastic dust in our systems.

If they are eating to a negitive repercussion I think some of the principal thinking and manufacturing as well as use of the everyday items currently accepted. Wear and tear and breakdown would be a concern on everything from impellers, PVC to silicone along tank seams.

Now obviously these items are certainly not dirextly detrimental in our controlled systems. But could be a missing step to provide better reefkeeping.

Or its the other direction and we must provide them withoee plastics. May be even able to justify the aquatic community as the savior of global warming by riding the world of plastic pollution... One dose at a time.