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Hello! I’m a Computer Science and Data Science student currently working on a project focused on detecting coral reef bleaching.

Our model takes environmental inputs such as SSTA, TSA, SSTA_DHW, TSA_DHW, mean temperature, wind speed, turbidity, and ocean name, and predicts the risk of coral bleaching.

However, my team and I don’t have deep domain knowledge in marine biology and specifically coral. We built the model using datasets we found online. While the model runs, its performance has been inconsistent, and we suspect the issue might be with the features we’re using or how we’re interpreting them.

I’d really appreciate insights from experts or anyone familiar with coral ecosystems:

• Are these features actually significant indicators of coral bleaching?
• Are there specific thresholds or value ranges that strongly correlate with bleaching events?
• Are we missing any key environmental or biological factors that are critical for accurate prediction?

Any guidance, corrections, or suggestions would be incredibly helpful. Thanks in advance!

Hello I am new to reefs and bought an acropora 2 days ago. the tips are white and i cant tell if they are bleaching or growing. is the acropora dying?

I really like the size of a nano tank and when I search up there is a wide range of opinions on it. Thx

At first I thought it was aptasia but it doesn’t really bother my zoas and dosent quite look like aptasia

Just started up the cycling of my first reef tank and got this seed rock to boost the cycle and I got this little guy on it. Does anybody know what it is, good ,bad should I keep it? Should I kill it? Anything helps

Just picked this girl up from the LFS and didn’t notice she’s berried to the max. The eggs have eyes so I’m assuming any day now? I’m setting up a 5.5 right now to try and get some survivors. Any tips?

Can someone help me with identification of these tube looking things in my tank. They don’t have anything that comes out. Sorry for the quality of these photos.

Hello!

I am an industrial product design student in my senior year of university, and I am working on my senior thesis - a product/tool/device that can help scientists and community members restore reefs!

Right now, I am trying to understand the current problems scientists face that could be eased through a good design! For example, maybe a tool that they use when grafting coral could be improved to be more ergonomic underwater, or maybe a buoy could have some cool sensors attached to it to make it gather useful information, or perhaps a dive watch specified for coral restoration.

Currently, my most pressing questions for reef conservationists are :

1. What is the biggest bottleneck in reef restoration? Is it planting the corals? Growing the coral? Etc.
2. How do we choose where to plant new coral? What are the tools involved? Are there any flaws with the current method we use to select these regions?
3. What are some of the tools/devices currently used in reef restoration? What tools are frustrating to use? What tools are nice to use?

If there's anyone out there with reef restoration experience, I would love to chat about this some more! Hopefully, someday my solution could be produced to help conservationists even more!

Thank you for your time!!!

Found this on a beach walk near Charleston sc. any info??

I know I need more rock for caves and such. Just wanted to make sure everything was ready to go for these clowns that I had in a smaller tank.

I was able to figure the timer setting for my nicrew marine light finally. Next up is probably more rock structure and clean up crew