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To: Bilow who wrote (731273)8/6/2013 3:53:03 PM
From: combjelly  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 1575938
 
You still fail.

Wind driven currents are not relentlessly pushing north. Besides, even if they were, reef corals need a substrate to grow on, you just cannot drop the larvae on a muddy or even a sandy bottom and expect them to survive, much less thrive. Once they settle on a suitable substrate, mortality is high and growth is slow, taking thousands of years to become a thriving community. In the past few decades there have been lots of reefs destroyed, but I am unaware of any new reefs that have spontaneously and naturally been established. Yes, there has been growth on some drilling rigs and work has been done to rehabilitate some dead reefs, notably in Bali, but none of those have become anything like the ones that have been killed off.

Really, you should stick with what you have more than a superficial knowledge of...