[ wip ] Coral (Anthozoa) (Patreon)

[idea sketch] Corals and Planktivore 

[ wallpaper ] Coral 

About a year has passed since the day I sketched the idea!

I thought that I would like to finish it this summer.

I've tried to include as many corals as possible, which were requested in comments last year. 

Some corals were inevitably replaced with similar relatives😅

Many people mistake them for plants, but they are animals. Probably everyone here knows it well. Their impact on the world eco system is so great but they seem to be one of those animals that are underestimated.  They are threatened enormously by the climate crisis and ocean acidification 🥲

( If we reduce our carbon footprint as much as possible and use sunscreen that does not affect the reef, we can help the coral and all the fish that live in it!)

Sketch

I wanted to focus on their splendor and variety.

There are so many varieties of them that I had to pick just a few.

For those who have a reef tank, the stony coral is probably the most familiar. In my late teens and early 20s I wanted to have a reef tank, so I read quite a bit of articles on aquarium forums.  I dreamed about a tank with anemone and reef fish....  but I also learned that raising both at the same time is quite difficult. 

Well, that's a thing of the past, and I don't have any plans to have reef tank at all now. It's not that my interest in reef fish and corals has gone away, but I'm not confident enough to take good care of them due to my circumstances. (Frequent moving, big difference in room temperature due to the four seasons where I live, etc.) I am satisfied with the current freshwater tank 😂  

Anyway, that's the reason I drew stony coral most. 

Detail

Thank you!