murph
Active Member
Lets face it, the odds of getting quality fish stock seems to have become a thing of the past.
The retail opotions in my area are fish horribly comprimised by parasitic infection or fish that have been swimming around in copper for god knows how long.
I am currently useing hypo to clear up a parasitic infection that went from low level managable to full blowen after a tank move. Grant it this was my fault by carelessly makeing an addition without proper QT procedure but I think I am done with higher dollar fish species in general.
My 75g reef is currently fish less and at this point I am leaning toward damsels as a disposable fish source to keep the reef in better balance. My angels tangs and clown will be going back and traded out for damsels. Tank will then become centered on corals.
I suspect I am not alone in this and the only way to get the wholesalers and retailers to make efforts at rectifieing this problem is for all of use to start speaking with our dollars. Damsels are active interesting, pleasing to the eye, inexpensive and completly reef safe. Not only will we be sending a message as reefers but giveing the much abused damsels some much due respect.
After my reefs fallow period I will be saveing a group of damsels from there copper soaking and that will be the extent of my fish list.
The retail opotions in my area are fish horribly comprimised by parasitic infection or fish that have been swimming around in copper for god knows how long.
I am currently useing hypo to clear up a parasitic infection that went from low level managable to full blowen after a tank move. Grant it this was my fault by carelessly makeing an addition without proper QT procedure but I think I am done with higher dollar fish species in general.
My 75g reef is currently fish less and at this point I am leaning toward damsels as a disposable fish source to keep the reef in better balance. My angels tangs and clown will be going back and traded out for damsels. Tank will then become centered on corals.
I suspect I am not alone in this and the only way to get the wholesalers and retailers to make efforts at rectifieing this problem is for all of use to start speaking with our dollars. Damsels are active interesting, pleasing to the eye, inexpensive and completly reef safe. Not only will we be sending a message as reefers but giveing the much abused damsels some much due respect.
After my reefs fallow period I will be saveing a group of damsels from there copper soaking and that will be the extent of my fish list.
