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Sk8r · 11/15/2011, 05:47 PM

Really interesting, Disc1. I searched this stuff some time ago to try to figure it, and I was just amazed by what a strange creature it is.
It considerably pre-dates the dinosaurs. And one has the extraneous thought of what really early planetary life might be, where all the ecosystems are wide open, but the geological pressures are completely wild and frequent: a lot of extremophiles, perhaps with pretty scary adaptive capacities. And when whatever blitzed the Permian got others, it left us with the ones that don't like oxygen, and this one that produces it; and what we've got left---an oxygen atmosphere---says pretty well who won. That little line you highlighted is enough to have you thinking about it, for sure. I confess, I actually love this stuff. It's so weird.

11/15/2011, 05:47 PM	#14
Sk8r RC Mod Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Spokane WA Posts: 34,628 Blog Entries: 55	Really interesting, Disc1. I searched this stuff some time ago to try to figure it, and I was just amazed by what a strange creature it is. It considerably pre-dates the dinosaurs. And one has the extraneous thought of what really early planetary life might be, where all the ecosystems are wide open, but the geological pressures are completely wild and frequent: a lot of extremophiles, perhaps with pretty scary adaptive capacities. And when whatever blitzed the Permian got others, it left us with the ones that don't like oxygen, and this one that produces it; and what we've got left---an oxygen atmosphere---says pretty well who won. That little line you highlighted is enough to have you thinking about it, for sure. I confess, I actually love this stuff. It's so weird. __________________ Sk8r Salinity 1.024-6; alkalinity 8.3-9.3 on KH scale; calcium 420; magnesium 1300, temp 78-80, nitrate .2. Ammonia 0. No filters: lps tank. Alk and cal won't rise if mg is low. Current Tank Info: 105g AquaVim wedge, yellow tang, sailfin blenny,royal gramma, ocellaris clown pair, yellow watchman, 100 microceriths, 25 tiny hermits, a 4" conch, 1" nassarius, recovering from 2 year hiatus with daily water change of 10%.