Thoughts on Hawaii Aquarium Fishing Ban & Visions of the Future for Our Reefing Hobby.
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- Опубліковано 5 лют 2025
- This has been a pretty hot topic recently, but is it a good thing? Bad thing? Sign of progress? Challenge to the reef hobby future? Ryan and Randy share their thoughts on Hawaii's DLNR decision to increase the requirements for commercial fishing licenses for commercial aquarium purposes.
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I'm a veteran. Set up my first reef, 90 gallon Plant Aquarium, in 2018 after a combat deployment. I spend hours in front of my tank, often falling asleep looking at it. It's one of my only releases of stress and helps with the occasional mental fog.
Thanks for your service and glad you found a healthy hobby
Thank you for your service, and glad you've found aquariums as a good way to relax and a good way to put energy into a hobby...
Hi guys, your #3 customer, Michael Baumann here. Moved to Clearwater, FL last august, but still love you guys and follow all of your stuff :)
Will eventually get back in the hobby, but keeping tabs on you guys.
I think Hawaiian's are going to realize fairly soon that fishing for the aquarium trade isn't the cause for their reefs declining. More likely it's unsustainable commercial fishing, pollution, rising temps, boat damage, etc... The Hawaiian reefs aren't in that great of shape. I think that the aquarium hobby is one of the best ways to keep people interested in aquatic species and the conservation of the environment. If we can't interact with it then we don't usually care much about it.
There's actually no regulation in Hawaii on fishing for locals.
I remember reading about 15 years ago that a hotel project in Indonesia resulted in a reef getting bulldozed to build the parking lot, the hotel itself, etc. The amount of coral destroyed about equaled the annual amount that was being shipped out of the country that year. And that was 1 location.
It's like the pet industry impact on fish; so many different sources do so much more damage, but the hobby doesn't have people lobbying for it, so it makes us a great target.
I would love to see the industry move more towards captive bread/maricultured livestock. Yes, prices will be higher, but not only will it be better for the oceans, the amount of knowledge this hobby would gain would be amazing.
Thomas is the best guys!!! He does such a great job. So glad you picked him up
Here's a suggestion for you if you do end up hiring "Tank Tour" girl / guy...
We all love seeing awesome, top-of-the-line tanks crammed full with amazing colours..... but how about "Tank rescue" / "Tank doctor" as an idea
Get someone from the BRS Team to review a tank that's either just starting up, or not going so well, give them some tips, hints, tricks, info, lend them some gear and track the progress.
Kind of the 160 gallon progression series, but with the non-professionals doing it. Showing what us mere-mortals can achieve with the right advice.
Someone may be already doing this on UA-cam, but if they are I haven't seen it yet, and its something I'd love to see you guys have a go at...
(I'm in Australia so I'm assuming its a bit far for someone to come and help me out with my nearly-6-month-old tank!)
Love this idea....
Hawaii's actions is appropriate in terms of conservation and natural resource protections.
Quite honestly, captive breeding is the direction fish suppliers should be taking. Breeders should be able to acquire wild stock, through a license or certification process; but the average hobbyist shouldn't have access to wild caught.
Cost is the current hurdle, but as demand for captive bred increase, lower costs can come from streamlining process and scale. And you will revive an more resilient, easier to care for pet.
The other hurdle are those species which are difficult to breed, or do not breed yet in captivity. That requires research and funding, something that will come if people put their money behind captives bred programs.
Our Oceans are threatened, they are over-fished, they are experiencing a rise in acidification, and many of our tropical reefs are on the brink of collapse. Those regions don't need the increased burdens of broad capture programs. We as a hobby need to embrace mariculture and aquaculture for fish, as we have with coral. When a biome is threatened, sustainability becomes the name of the game.
Huge podcast fanatic here. just found the show. Loving it!!!!!!
I think fish/reef keeping as a hobby, and even somewhat as a science, is a good thing in most cases... I think regulating how we affwct the wild reefs is probably a good thing if done right, but any species we aren't allowed to capture SOME of, so we can further explore captive breeding, are at higher risk of eventually becoming extinct. Nice to see so many more captive bred options these days, amd aquacultured specimens, etc...
Hopefully we can keep spending more time and energy as a community on expanding the availability of sustainable specimens, and get through the hoops to get more species into the right facillities to further expand aquacultures variety, etc...
It is all about balance...
I would love to see more "Tank Tour" content, stuff like average hobbyists do.... 20-25g nano, 40breeder, 75gal, etc... also, some adopt a tank type videos, where you pick people, go see their new or young tank, help them along the process for a period of time, then revisit the tank afterwards...
I am interested in possibly taking a shot at doing some writing and such, and will look into that link you mentioned on the website.
That’s a yesssss for me on the tank tours, those that have been a part of BRS for many many years know you will teach us how to use our new equipment but seeing it in action in homes would be awesome from y’all. 👍
Why do I just love listening to you guys talk sooo much!!!🤪🤪 you guys make me love life!!!!
From my understanding of the Hawaii situation is that it was a completely emotionally based argument against the aquarium fishery industry. Sadly, it seems that industry doesn't generate the kind of profits that you need to grease the gears of government.
I am just getting into the reefing hobby and am going 100% captive bred. It is the way forward
I hate the ban. Crazy to me that you can kill as many as you want but you can’t keep one as a pet. I’m all for tank breeding but there should be a balance. I feel sorry for all the people who are now out of work in Hawaii as a result of this ban.
I like these perspectives. It’s definitely hard seeing prices raise but it’s the way the hobby can head eventually if overfished or even mass coral die off. I would say breeding wise we are behind where we could have been if money invested but that can definitely change now. Great talk.
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I'm not convinced that this ban is having much effect on wildlife populations. Regardless, I think BRS is doing so many great things by spreading knowledge and excitement about the hobby. Greater competition and technology for tank gear will lead to lower prices, even if fish prices go up.
I support sustainable aquaculture 100%. If this hobby is going to grow, we all need to support the industry and nonprofit groups/universities that restore coral reefs.
One aspect that no one mentions is what do the people do who's job was to catch fish for the hobby? I would suspect many would switch to food fishing and most likely try to catch more. Thus, the ban of aquarium collection will probably have a higher impact on the oceans. Similar things have happened in Africa and South America in the freshwater world.
My thoughts as well
Do a comparison tank over 2-5 years of two 500 gallon tanks, started from scratch. One with only frags from other reef keepers and tank bred fish.
With the same tank of very similar maricultured or wild corals and wild caught fish.
See how that goes.
Would be an excellent experiment right up your alley.
And keep and disclose the running costs of the two systems, cost of livestock etc.
I was in Hawaii 11 years ago. We went to every island and yes, Kauai was our favorite. That said, it was sad to see the amount of trash around and while we were snorkeling out on Molokini Crater, the reef was so bare. There were barely any corals.
Seeing trash all over the ocean floor is very angering.
@@PatrickJewellTheGreat agreed. I couldn't believe the amount of trash on the beaches.
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I feel that as much as i love keeping a reef tank, i absolutely hate seeing the skeleton of a coral in my care or a specimen that is suffering. I feel that even after 20 years of reef keeping I will still lose animals and make mistakes and unless a person becomes desensitized to the fact that these are animals in its totality and not to a lesser capacity that reef keeping simply isn't something to pursue. Looking at a reef tank and seeing an injured animal can be absolute torture. If creatures are dying so we can "learn" i feel ultimately the lesson is we should just leave them alone in the ocean.
I sympathize, unfortunately that's exactly how nearly all the science is learned... same was true with a dog, plants, birds, crickets, etc.
Behavioral science however is frequently done in the field.
@@Slide-Loc You can't compare keeping a dog or a bin full of crickets to keeping sensitive coral that will die if you even look at them wrong lol.
One of your best videos yet. Good talk guys
I treasure my captive bred Hawaiian Flame Angelfish! Great topic for discussion...thanks!
We learned in the 1930s that crop rotation was critical to the longterm viability of farm land. What if that scaled to the global oceans? After "only" a year of depressed travel to Hawaii, the tour operators who are still working are seeing a noticeable improvement in the corals. This ban will allow the fish populations to rebound at a geometric rate over the next several years. What if we rotated collection permits globally? Very difficult to do but if you could stagger that rotation among scores or even hundreds of reefs it would give them time to recover during their "no collect" time.
I empathize with both camps. The fact is there no reliable unbiased information on the effects of fish capture on fish populations, at least none that I could find. I like the variety of fish that are out there and a large part of that is due to wild capture. As a nano tank hobbyist I am fearful of seeing an already limited selection become smaller. However, Captive bred is where the hobby is going and we should not be taking fish from the ocean to run the gauntlet of mortality that is the aquarium hobby.
my only problem is that I can go to Hawaii dive down and spear fish them and eat them but it's not ok to export them to someone who will keep them?
My frustration with this is the hammer approach that hawaii took. It’s an emotional response to an issue that could have a happy balance. We all know that despite claiming you can get a license, you really won’t be able to. Hawaii should have taken the approach that other industries have where you can harvest, you just pay enough to keep quality, inspection, and policing high enough that you weed out the people breaking the law.
That said, I’m looking forward to more captive bred fish.
Would love to see a captive bred tank only.
Facebook and reef forums are loaded day after day with posts of dying fish, invertebrates, and corals. Most new hobbyist are naïve to the amount of time, money, research and knowledge that this hobby demands in order to achieve success. The only similarity between freshwater and saltwater is that they each contain water. I applaud BRS in their attempt to educate the public, but more is still required. A "best practice" or "standard of care" that insures the best possibility of success must be established and embraced by the reefing community. Those who cannot meet those standards should be discouraged from engaging in the endeavor we call "reefing". As a reefer, I support the ban.
Yes aswell as patience....a must have cause nothing happens quick and you cant change 1 thing without affecting something else chemically in your tank often. Just cycling to acclimating to quarantine to getting your coral to slowly adjust to your specific lighting. I will admit it was not easy to have patience in the beginning but the more you learn the less you stop messing with the reef tank system and just let it grow.
Support! Captive bred needs the push. I doubt it will change what’s happening to the reefs though.
I will never ever pay this much for a yellow tang when they used to be so common and cheap. I rather spend that same amount of money on a gem tang or any other tang that cost that much. This price is fabricated. Once they open back up. Whoever paid the 4 zero zero, will be so screwed. I think their are powers out there that see the money in these pets and will start to manipulate the price and demand. Oh, well, I think I’m rambling. Thank you guys for all you do!!!
I’m running a beautiful tank that is 90% aquaculture and based on South Pacific habitats. It would be 100% if anyone was aquaculturing trochus snails and cleaner shrimp. I highly recommend it! It’s easy and fun and responsible.
Very cool on the captive bred tank
Imagine buying a yellow tang just to find out it’s a jerk at $400
😂 I remember I could buy a yellow tang for $9.99 twenty years ago.
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New to hobby, In the middle of my first cycle.
The videos are awesome!
"Tanks"...for the like Brstv. 👍
Not true of all species but keep in mind "a single female lionfish can spawn over 2 million eggs per year". Outside of reintroducing fish to areas they've disappeared from (over harvest, natural disaster) they'll out produce in many cases anything we legitimately do to supplement that.
Also, great show... tough topic!
Plus Aquarist donate a lot of money to preserve the coral reefs. Research in fish diseases, conservation etc. Banning the industry removes a good portion of that money. a
As it will cause us to shift it from going to preserving, and helping the natural reefs, to captive breeding, and large aquariums like the Newport Aquariums. Or man made habitats. Which at some point will damage the reef, and the fish population will still decrease and not from those fish being cared for as pets, but sure to them being killed and sold for food..
Hey Robert, I am a quadriplegic individual here in Missoula Montana I just recently heard you saying you are from Montana.
I remember when I could get tangs for like 20-25 bucks and corals for like 30 buck but no where near the knowledge we have now I had the best equipment that was out at the time and it kills me to buy fish now for 100 bucks and up but to get one that’s more healthy and will last I’m all for it captive breeding is the future. It would be awesome if you bought one , one would go back into ocean or like 5 sold one would go back especially places on the decline
Periodic bans sounds really good - and we know when one area is protected it explodes in life. But Hawaii is ALL Hawaii - which is ridiculous - if you did 1 year on / 1 year off there what are the collectors going to do for that year? Let them work sections.
My problem with it is that they have only banned the fishing for the aquarium industry. So you can't fish for say an Achilles tang to keep alive in your tank. Or sell for someone else's tank.. But you can fish a giant Achilles tang to kill and sell at a fish market. I could understand limiting the numbers collected as a whole in both industries. But banning collecting them as pets. But not to kill them is disgusting.
I understand what they are trying to do. However, I am wondering how much is because of commercial use and how much is because of damage to the reefs down there.
My philosophy is only captive bred species [fresh and salt water] because of ecological impact. I it is a good feeling this topic is on discussion for serious reasons :)
I guess I’m the oddball because if I lose a single shrimp from my cherry tank I get really upset and start testing and looking for an issue... never found one and I still do it... they cost a dollar... the price doesn’t matter to me... losing a critter that I have been caring for hurts no matter what the price is. I paid $25 for 10 shrimp and have been breeding those shrimp for a year... I trade them for $1 credit at my lfs. I don’t have any cost for them and will still feel really bad if one dies...
I am definitely looking forward to you guys doing equipment setups and stuff. I have 4 XR 15 Pro's but all I see online is the love for the blue's. i would love to know how to set my 4 xr 15 pro's to perform as well as the blue's. right now i have them set up with the default AB+ schedule but not sure if that would suffice for a Waterbox 220.6. i have a ton of euphilia and they are looking good but corals such as my meat corals are not as vibrant as when i purchased them. i keep all of my parameters in check and perform bi weekly water changes. any advice? can you share a schedule for PRO's?
Definitely check out Randy's XR15 G5 Pro setup guide. In that video, he has a few setting suggestions based on tank size and coral types 🙂
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Touching on pricing, look at torches. Think back to 2013 when torches was everywhere, they was in ever LFS 10 dollar frag bin. Now fast forward to 2020 where a normal Aussie torch was 75+ a head. Now fast forward again to 2021 where the prices are dropping back down on them. Because everybody was refusing to pay that much to get healthy corals in. Now people are willing to pay it and the prices are going back down because everybody is cultivating them from their colony at home to fill the market back up
The ethos play they alway go for about fish is interesting. Mentally, the relationship between human and dog versus fish in regards is vastly different no matter how expensive you make fish.
If captive bred becomes too high, it will drive the illegal fishing for the yellow tangs. Hence, the rationale in trying to keep the price down. Greatest idea ever in making a "Captive fish only" tank.
Are you also hiring a video person to fix your white balance?
(Ha. I’m just jabbing ya. This was one of the better conversations you guys have had lately! Keep it up! Excited to see what you do with the investment.)
Live in the Philippines don't know if there is any need for anything there?
I support periodic temporary bans. But this should be applied to all industries that collect fish. As an industry we should be focusing on breeding and aquaculture as much as possible. When new people come into the hobby the rest of us should steer them to these types of products.
I WOULD LOVE IF YOU GUYS SOLD LIVE STOCK !!!!
Very fair. Should have done it years ago. There is no need to take wild caught animals. And I agree it is pushing the limits of captive bred.
I would love if you sold fish/corals
More could be done to help the wild fish populations if there was a $10/ fish tax that was allocated 50% to captive breeding research and 50% to researching them in the wild. Mandate it at the retailer level to reduce the black market activity.
I need some help with my tank and I bet y’all can help there is white algae starting to grow and stop up my power heads idk how to get rid of it please help!
I keep getting more and more bummed out that I live too far away from the states to apply for a job with you guys. 😒
Also I'm too lucky with what I have here in the Netherlands as well.
Can't have it all sadly..
The question I have, wouldn't this hobby help corals and fish in the long run as more people help to find cures for problems, diseases, and such as more people care?
Not if they're being harvested at an unsustainable rate. Problems you might face keeping fish/corals is often quite different than what is threatening them in the wild. However, there is something to be said for having hobbyists that know how to grow and propagate coral that's in trouble!
No it absolutely won't. If history taught you anything, then the only consequences this will have is the growth of the black market, smuggling and following that increase of prices that will make the hobby even more inclusive than it already is. China and other countries will still continue to fish and destroy reefs in the international waters which is the main reason for extinct species and damaged reefs.
Corals are already exclusively farmed in coral nurserys. It would be way to expensive to collect them in reefs (Unless you are excited for large chunks of brown porites sp.)
Marine aquariums were a great tool to raise awareness and make people "care". Well looks like this is a great oppurtunity for the indopacific and australian traders to increase their market share.
This is a good thing. Captive bred fish are healthier in aquariums and are easier to feed. Discus are a perfect example.
How do you get captive breed fish ? Genetic diversity?
@@jaksmith6465 What do you mean how do you get captive breed fish? People find ways to breed them and you buy them.
The larval stage for a clownfish is about 13 days and can be fed easy to culture rotifers. The larval stage for a potters angelfish is 110 days, and requires difficult to culture copepods.
Aquaculture may also have a larger carbon footprint as compared to wild collection, a lot of electricity and water goes into producing fish. I 100% support aquaculture, where it makes sense, but access to wild collection is still important to provide broodstock, as well as provide income for locals.
@@MrChadVossen The carbon footprint thing is barely a thing. raising fish hasn't ever been brought up as a large concern in the sense of a carbon footprint. Your the first person I've ever had argue that point. As for the job situation, that's a mute point. Raising and breeding these fish will make jobs if not more then were killed, so if the fishing jobs are gone they can move to breeding.
Also the fact that the fish will have a significantly higher survival rate in tanks being tank breed makes is way more ethical. Tank bred fish drastically decrease the chances of new tank syndrome, and the tank breed fish are usually very receptive to pellet and flake foods making them easier to keep healthy for the average fish keeper.
@@MrChadVossen Also if the collectors are now breeding they will care more about their product aka the fish and treat them better to get better stock. The initial loss from lack of care when collecting was insane.
Biota tank would be awesome. I would even help fund it
I think they could have come up with regulations that keep down the harvesting numbers instead of a outright ban. I do support captive breeding and hope Hawaii would allow that to happen. I have only bought captive breed and don’t have a problem paying a little more just don’t make it impossible for the budget reefers to be able to get their favorite fish. I only buy aqua-cultured corals and I will stay that way.
Would suggest doing videos on peoples struggling tanks. Do a video on your evaluation of the tank. We don't always need to see the great tanks.
Actor right here
Achilles sailfin ect are harvested for food in Hawaii
I live in Hawaii and have saltwater tanks. Just like exotic birds, so many deaths before a few survivors arrive at stores. Many die in the stores. Many more die with new hobbyists. Just like with freshwater fish, saltwater fish hobby will only survive with farm raising. Climate change, overfishing and aquatic harvesting are taking too much a toll.
We need to try to increase captive breeding.
Certain groups want to stop anyone from keeping any pet, including fish, birds, dogs and cats. It's a slippery road we have started on, I do believe the hobby and industry needs to be more proactive but how many tonnes of fish are taken from Hawaiian waters food or sport fishing, etc.,, how much damage does tourism do to reefs and the ocean. Are they going to stop those?? We are an easy target, sorry BRS no fish, no hobby, no BRS, even if everything goes to tank raised, they do still need to get new stock for breeding from the wild. What are the fish catchers going to live off?? From freshwater, look at Redtail black shark and Zebra Plecos for examples, raised only in captivity for the trade, extinct in the wild because people cared about their environment - not.
Exactly, for example lake Victoria , Africa . Due to excess of over fishing for(food industry) , most of the species have gone extinct there. But you can still find those rare fish in tanks , there are people who are committed to carry those species forward . I really doubt aquariums hobby in general has ever had a bad impact on freshwater or salt water fish . Every single thing that is going extinct in the ocean is due to excess of fishing .
@BRSTV I know I’m late to the live but perhaps check out the documentary Chasing Coral on Netflix. It opened my eyes.
I cherish every fish.
Just lost my yellow tang (and other fish) in the texas deep freeze. Now I can’t replace it. Very frustrating
Sorry to hear about that, that's devastating 😢
I'm down to show my tank. Thats awesome
I’m in Australia and we can’t import captive bred fish, only wild caught as soon as it happened yellow tangs went to over $1100 for the ones wholesalers had in stock already...
When I told my wife, there was about a 10 second delay before she said "He's not that special, if you can sell him for a profit, he's out of here!".
Needless to say my prized Yellow Tang is still in my Melbourne house and won't be going anywhere until he outgrows the tank!
Of course we can import captive bred fish. The entire freshwater hobby is based on captive bred fish.
what if these Hawaiian fish can be found outside Hawaii? I have seen Moorish Idols in wet markets in the Philippines. I saw somewhere that Moorish Idols are hawaiian fish.
The Moorish Idol can be found in many locations around the world, so even though collection has stopped in Hawaii, it's still available to aquarists.
@@BRStv I don't really know which ones can ONLY be found in Hawaiian waters, but I guess basically as long as the fish/corals are not collected from Hawaiian waters, then they are OK to be in the trade market. So if yellow tangs/achilles tangs somehow swam all the way to Indonesian/Australian waters, then they are OK for collection there. Thanks.
If you do tank tours please standardize the data set and make it accessible (tab-return) downloadable. You are collecting data. People may find very interesting relationships.
Good video
are all these jobs on the site? I don't see them all. Where can we email?
Here is the link 🙂
www.bulkreefsupply.com/careers
It is my personal opinion that the harder tree huggers try the worse they make it. Save the trees and stop using paper bags and then the plastic needs up in the ocean.
Sounds like you guys are on both sides the fence. All you have to do regulate keep track of population. Nobody talking about have many fish were lost this month on shipments not moving from airports. Due to cancel and less flights.
Yes I agree with Hawaii... can wait to win those XR15... lol...
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Why can’t new species or more species and variety come in from the Caribbean?
Wildlife management is practiced every day by studying populations in hunting and sport fishing with tags and or bag limits, why can’t this be applied to ornamental fish collection?
They did have this and the science showed improvement in numbers by environmentalists over several decades in Hawaii. The environmentalists who pushed the ban did so with fear mongering and falsified/unsubstantiated claims that were easily refuted.
They don't care about management, they care about people not being allowed to have a tank at all unfortunately.
All god for those that can import and do captive breed but in Austrlia we can't bring them in and the market is far smaller. So we will either never see them or if soemone does it will likely be very very expensive.
I'm all for regulation and sustainable collection and also captive bread if fair and available but sometimes they won't be an option.
I'm all for captive bread fish / corals, but the govt needs to work more with Cities and remove the restrictions for captive breeding. The fact that I cant buy captive coral from the states OR even move across the border needs to go.
I am just getting in to the hobby again after about 25 yrs and have ordered a cade pro 2100 and I wanted to put my dream fish in it achilles tang and now I can't .
BRS can come check out my tank. It's a year old now and my second over the years. I followed the bra/wwc method as well the ulm series for my hardwere. I did dry rock w/ no sand and didn't have any problems at all with a 6 moth cycle. I have a chalice and montipora collection that is already showing encrusting growth when whole tank. I use exclusively tropic marin and brightwell. It's a 75 gallon with 16 fish and I feed homemade reef chili as well as brs reef chili for the heavy in heavy out. I would love for others too see and to share my success useing BRS method's
sounds like captive bred fish will be the future of our great hobby… they better start captive breeding tangs and everything else just like they do with clowns
The larval stage for a clownfish is about 13 days and can be fed easy to culture rotifers. The larval stage for a potters angelfish is 110 days, and requires difficult to culture copepods.
Aquaculture may also have a larger carbon footprint as compared to wild collection, a lot of electricity and water goes into producing fish. I 100% support aquaculture, where it makes sense, but access to wild collection is still important to provide broodstock, as well as provide income for locals.
@@MrChadVossen agreed
It was banned from hawaii because people were taking fish (especially yellow tangs) by the hundreds with a huge mortality rate before they even made it to stores. The past few times I went diving is the first time I’ve seen wild yellow tangs in years and even now I only see them one at a time.
Some Hawaiian couple was just fined for a ton of fish illegally caught( lots of tangs from the picture I saw) without a license, in their boat. And now crazy prices.....wich came first I wonder. Them being caught and opened up officials eyes to the extra depleting of fish unaccounted for or them trying to make a killing after rule and price increase?
At least now they are being tank bred and raised so it’ll cause less strain on the wild population, while the tank bred are expensive as it gets more efficient I trust they will become more affordable.
Wow awesome brs. Great for you guys
Sportfishing is legal beacuse you are putting the fish right back into its habitat after the fight. I am an aquarium owner that supports wild collected fish and corals because I understand what little impact it has. I am also an avid saltwater fly fisherman. I, as well as every other sport-fisherman, do not keep any single fish that is caught because we like to see them swim away, healthy. That was a very poor comparison.
I’m getting my degree in accounting. Do you hire your own in house accountants or outsource that?
We have our own in-house accounting team. When we have open positions, we post them at this link 🙂 : www.bulkreefsupply.com/careers
Part of the problem is there is a lite of people that jus jump into it an have no knowledge about coral fish an killing every thing because thy don't do the research. Thy jus jump into it an start the 21 questions like last time I was at petco a couple were buy fish jus cuz it was cute not knowing if it was compatible with each other an there tank was only acclimated for a month people need to do research before buying them things will stop dieing an won't keep buying more to replace what died
Y’all need to do a video with ECC!!
I definitely have been sourcing from ORA, Biota, and other sustainable aquaculture when ever possible due to being hardier.
I think any shut downs to reefs may be detrimental. These species wont exist outside our tanks in 50 to 100 years.
We harvest fish by the tun for food every year. Taking fish for sale would not put a strain on the system.
I just bought one yelllw tang $200 which their regular price was $50-60