afboundguy
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1journeyman
I'm sorry I re-posted but I didn't find out how to private message you and couldn't post because you locked the thread. In no way was I telling people not to buy fish from SWF.com. I even stated that I've had 2 or 3 great experiences purchasing live goods from SWF.com. All I was doing was doing was making it known that people shouldn't purchase these fish blindly because they were cheap. I was merely advocating being responsible.
Over collecting and improper harvesting (especially of hard to keep species) is a major problem in the SW hobby. Look at the legislature that Hawaii is trying to pass by only allowing fish collectors to collect a minute amount of Yellow Tangs (something like 5) {EDIT LINK}
There was a great point brought up in my local forums about how one way to stop over collecting hard to keep species or species that don't fair well in transferring/capturing is to get rid of the demand. As mentioned in my previous thread the 3 species I saw for sale where harder than average species to keep and if one is able to accommodate their needs by all means purchase them. So by making these species $5 bargains you could illicit potential buyers who will just buy them because "they're cheap" which will lead to potential deaths which will lead to possibly more over collecting.
The main point is that I wanted to show was that we need to be responsible and I guess if all that comes out of these two threads is people thinking more about being responsible then it that is a step in the right direction. If you feel like you need to lock this thread up again please do I just wanted to respond and re-iterate that I was not telling people to not buy from SWF.com just urging responsibility because we all need to be responsible in order for this hobby to survive for generations to come.
I'm sorry I re-posted but I didn't find out how to private message you and couldn't post because you locked the thread. In no way was I telling people not to buy fish from SWF.com. I even stated that I've had 2 or 3 great experiences purchasing live goods from SWF.com. All I was doing was doing was making it known that people shouldn't purchase these fish blindly because they were cheap. I was merely advocating being responsible.
Over collecting and improper harvesting (especially of hard to keep species) is a major problem in the SW hobby. Look at the legislature that Hawaii is trying to pass by only allowing fish collectors to collect a minute amount of Yellow Tangs (something like 5) {EDIT LINK}
There was a great point brought up in my local forums about how one way to stop over collecting hard to keep species or species that don't fair well in transferring/capturing is to get rid of the demand. As mentioned in my previous thread the 3 species I saw for sale where harder than average species to keep and if one is able to accommodate their needs by all means purchase them. So by making these species $5 bargains you could illicit potential buyers who will just buy them because "they're cheap" which will lead to potential deaths which will lead to possibly more over collecting.
The main point is that I wanted to show was that we need to be responsible and I guess if all that comes out of these two threads is people thinking more about being responsible then it that is a step in the right direction. If you feel like you need to lock this thread up again please do I just wanted to respond and re-iterate that I was not telling people to not buy from SWF.com just urging responsibility because we all need to be responsible in order for this hobby to survive for generations to come.
