Due to El Niño and global warming, the world's wild bony corals are facing extinction, and some people even joke that buying some bony corals now and raising them may be worth more than gold in 40 years......

Coral is a creature that is both strong and fragile.

They are said to be strong because they continue to replicate and split, can survive for thousands of years, and the coral reefs formed by the accumulation of bones after death gradually rise, and finally surface to form a string of pearl-like reefs and even islands in the vast sea, such as the Nansha Islands and the Xisha Islands, which are composed of coral islands and reefs.

Without corals, China's territorial waters would be much smaller than they are today.

They are said to be fragile because although they mostly live in tropical oceans, they cannot tolerate water temperatures above 30 degrees for a long time, otherwise they will excrete the symbiotic zooxanthellae in their bodies and quickly die.

However, the intensification of the greenhouse effect has caused the global water to continue to warm, and corals cannot swim to cool waters like fish, which may not take 40 years, and in 20 years, there will probably be no wild bony corals in the world.

In addition to rising water temperatures, acidification and eutrophication are also important reasons for the extinction of bony corals, both of which are entirely due to the discharge of domestic and industrial wastewater.

The seabed of Mirs Bay in the deep city was an underwater paradise with dense corals and rich species more than a decade ago, but now it is a large underwater desert.

In this context, the state decided to vigorously rectify the aquarium market, prohibiting the mining and trade of wild bony corals, especially in the South China Sea, most of the bony corals currently circulating in the aquarium market are farmed in Indonesia, the Philippines and Australia - theoretically, but in fact, because coral digging is profitable, in addition to farming in Indonesia, fishermen will also go to the sea to dig corals to increase production, anyway, mixed together for sale, it is difficult to distinguish whether it is artificially farmed or wild.

Molluscs are not so contraindicated, because soft-bodied corals are more tolerant to temperature and there is no risk of extinction for the time being, so there are significantly more types of soft-bodied corals in this store than bony corals.

The female customer looked at the store and didn't seem to find the coral she liked, so she couldn't help but show a disappointed look. She shook her head, as if intending to turn away.

The owner of this coral franchise store was interested in retaining, he raised his chin, pointed to the "Coral Import License" hanging on the wall, and said proudly: "I have a license here, and I have worked hard to get a license, and my colleagues who joked about it before are now in prison." You're here just in time today, so you might as well wait a minute, as a batch of newly arrived corals will be delivered in a moment. ”

"Oh?" the female customer suddenly became interested, "how often do you bring in a new batch of corals here?"

"I'm not sure about the time, maybe three months. The boss replied: "Generally, when the sale is almost out, we will go to buy new ones, and then introduce which ones will sell well to see which ones sell well, and at the same time introduce a small number of new varieties for trial sale." ”

The female customer frowned, "Your business method is too conservative, there are too few types and too few colors to make people not interested in buying at all, okay?

Burst!

Xiaoxue couldn't help but laugh when she heard it, and the netizens in the live broadcast room also laughed so hard that their stomachs hurt, and they just hated that there was no picture to watch.

The female customer's words were sharp, and she sounded like a senior aquarium player, so she embarrassed the shopkeeper and pleaded with a wry smile: "I also want to introduce more varieties, but corals are too delicate, and many kinds of corals can't even be raised by me, so I must sell them as soon as possible after introduction, otherwise I will be smashed in my hands." ”

This shopkeeper dares to run a coral specialty store, and he must also be an expert in raising corals, and the breeding level is definitely higher than this female customer, but he has to take care of too many corals, and each type of coral has different requirements for the water temperature and light and other feeding environments.

Zhang Zi'an was deeply sympathetic, but he did not plan to wade into this troubled water, so as not to involve himself.

He focused on the corals currently on display in the store, and indeed as the female customer said, although there were many types, they were all common colors, and although the colors were abundant, they often happened to lack the rare colors, and the tanks where the brain corals were kept were all green.

The color of coral is an important factor in determining the price, even if it is the same kind of coral, as long as the color is different, the price can be several times or even more than ten times.

Rare things are expensive, and everyone wants to raise corals with rare colors, so corals with rare colors are often sold out as soon as they appear in the aquarium market, and common colors are not so popular.

Zhang Zi'an had planned to visit other coral shops, but when they heard the news that a new batch of imported corals was about to arrive, he and Xiaoxue decided to stay and wait for a while.

Xiaoxue wants to open his eyes, while he and the female customer look at each other, and they tacitly want to search for treasure shellfish, if they can find rare species of coral or rare color coral, it will definitely add a lot of color to his aquarium.

However, it meant that his wallet was going to bleed profusely.

Xiaoxue asked tentatively: "Boss, photography is not allowed in the display area of the scenery tank outside, is it okay here?" I am an anchor, if I can, I may be able to help your store play a certain role in publicity......

The boss groaned slightly, for the sake of Xiaoxue being a beauty, he reluctantly nodded and agreed: "Just shoot it in the store, in fact, I don't expect any publicity, after all, it is a small circle that raises corals, and those who buy coral in this city can only come here to buy it." ”

With his permission, Xiaoxue was finally able to take out her mobile phone openly and use the camera to circle around the store, and the bizarre reef tank immediately aroused the amazement of netizens in the live broadcast room.

Some netizens heard the boss's words and were not convinced, saying that they would come to this store to buy coral in two days, and they also made a special statement that they had watched Xiaoxue's live broadcast......

Bite!

The elevator stopped on the second floor, and instead of an ordinary elevator for customers, it was a freight elevator for employees, and the entrance and exit were wider than ordinary elevators.

"Flash, flash, flash, the one in front, please give way!"

As soon as the elevator door opened, an employee in a fish market uniform appeared in the elevator with a cart carrying goods, and shouted to the customers who were in the way.

The cart was piled with huge incubators and looked rather heavy.

"It's coming. The boss perked up and quit the mobile game he was playing.

Zhang Zi'an: They are also looking forward to it.