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mps9506 · 12-08-2004, 04:34 PM

I was perusing some articles online today and realized I missed reading this article in advanced aquarist this month:

http://www.advancedaquarist.com/issu...2004/media.htm

My college background is in conservation and marine bio, and now I run a store that deals with plenty of wild caught marine critters. So I took some interest in this article.
Now its been a while since I've seen any available captive reared angelfish (at least centropyge) however in my findings these guys would probably retail for over twice or even three tiems as much as wild caught specimens. What I did notice is that it seemed prices for wild caught flame angels seemed to drop when the captive reared ones hit the market.
It just seems unreasonable to me to expect most average aqaurists or aquarium keepers to pay $150 or more for a fish when it can be purchased for say $50 or so. I do agree with the concept, however I think if aquacultured fish are expected to be the saving grace for fish normally collected from the wild, that perhaps some other steps should be taken to make them more competive in price. Say limit the number of flame angels collected, imported etc. Kind of like CITES I guess.
Anyone have input on this or any other part of the article?
Mike

12-08-2004, 04:34 PM	#1 (permalink)
mps9506 They misunderestimated me Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Wilmington, NC Posts: 7,013 View Gallery Karma Komment	reef responsibilty I was perusing some articles online today and realized I missed reading this article in advanced aquarist this month: http://www.advancedaquarist.com/issu...2004/media.htm My college background is in conservation and marine bio, and now I run a store that deals with plenty of wild caught marine critters. So I took some interest in this article. Now its been a while since I've seen any available captive reared angelfish (at least centropyge) however in my findings these guys would probably retail for over twice or even three tiems as much as wild caught specimens. What I did notice is that it seemed prices for wild caught flame angels seemed to drop when the captive reared ones hit the market. It just seems unreasonable to me to expect most average aqaurists or aquarium keepers to pay $150 or more for a fish when it can be purchased for say $50 or so. I do agree with the concept, however I think if aquacultured fish are expected to be the saving grace for fish normally collected from the wild, that perhaps some other steps should be taken to make them more competive in price. Say limit the number of flame angels collected, imported etc. Kind of like CITES I guess. Anyone have input on this or any other part of the article? Mike __________________ Mike "The Bandwith Bandit" Help Build Reefpedia Premium Membership Available! Support Reef Sanctuary Sponsors