Queen Conch
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peef
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Hey I am not trying to preach at all here or anything (no sarcasm either) but I was just going to get on and tell you they are very protected and dying here in florida, so I am very happy and give you daps for being a good person and returning them! I work in the Marine biology field so I am partial to proper treatment. THANKS!!!!!
you're better off not bringing them back to the sea to protect the rest of the wild.
jessica47421
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look very much like nass snails to me as well.
t316
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Originally Posted by zeke92
that tank won't have many issues it would be bringing to the wild, and it's a giant ocean a tiny little bit of something on a small conch isn't gonna do much if anything. he has to take them back, there numbers are dropping and it's kinda illegal to have them from the wild.
That was my thought....isn't it illegal in the first place?
that tank won't have many issues it would be bringing to the wild, and it's a giant ocean a tiny little bit of something on a small conch isn't gonna do much if anything. he has to take them back, there numbers are dropping and it's kinda illegal to have them from the wild.
That was my thought....isn't it illegal in the first place?
renogaw
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Originally Posted by zeke92
that tank won't have many issues it would be bringing to the wild, and it's a giant ocean a tiny little bit of something on a small conch isn't gonna do much if anything. he has to take them back, there numbers are dropping and it's kinda illegal to have them from the wild.
look up slipper snails, killer bees, caleurpa algae (in california), and tons of other "small things" introduced into places that the ecology did not have any way of controlling...
that tank won't have many issues it would be bringing to the wild, and it's a giant ocean a tiny little bit of something on a small conch isn't gonna do much if anything. he has to take them back, there numbers are dropping and it's kinda illegal to have them from the wild.
look up slipper snails, killer bees, caleurpa algae (in california), and tons of other "small things" introduced into places that the ecology did not have any way of controlling...
m0nk
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Originally Posted by renogaw
look up slipper snails, killer bees, caleurpa algae (in california), and tons of other "small things" introduced into places that the ecology did not have any way of controlling...
I read that blue hippo tangs aren't really noted for being local to Hawaii but in recent years they've been appearing, possibly due to someone letting them "go", and it could cause issues for grazing yellow tang populations...
look up slipper snails, killer bees, caleurpa algae (in california), and tons of other "small things" introduced into places that the ecology did not have any way of controlling...
I read that blue hippo tangs aren't really noted for being local to Hawaii but in recent years they've been appearing, possibly due to someone letting them "go", and it could cause issues for grazing yellow tang populations...
earlybird
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Originally Posted by m0nk
I read that blue hippo tangs aren't really noted for being local to Hawaii but in recent years they've been appearing, possibly due to someone letting them "go", and it could cause issues for grazing yellow tang populations...
There's no telling what a species not native to the region will do. Florida is battling invasive intruders which is costing the state a lot of money and damaging our ecosystem. The melaleuca tree was brought to Florida from Australia and is damaging the Everglades and are everywhere in Florida now. I'm staring at one right now. There are many nonindigenous occurrences in Florida. In Boca Grande they have an "Iguana" Tax Advisory board who meet to determine what to do about the invasive iguanas. I've been up there and they are everywhere. They out number the residents 10-1 for a total of a little over 10,000 iguanas. They are still paying a trapper $15/iguana to trap, kill, or freeze an iguana. It's brutal but they are a nuisance.
I read that blue hippo tangs aren't really noted for being local to Hawaii but in recent years they've been appearing, possibly due to someone letting them "go", and it could cause issues for grazing yellow tang populations...
There's no telling what a species not native to the region will do. Florida is battling invasive intruders which is costing the state a lot of money and damaging our ecosystem. The melaleuca tree was brought to Florida from Australia and is damaging the Everglades and are everywhere in Florida now. I'm staring at one right now. There are many nonindigenous occurrences in Florida. In Boca Grande they have an "Iguana" Tax Advisory board who meet to determine what to do about the invasive iguanas. I've been up there and they are everywhere. They out number the residents 10-1 for a total of a little over 10,000 iguanas. They are still paying a trapper $15/iguana to trap, kill, or freeze an iguana. It's brutal but they are a nuisance.
mscarpena
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Originally Posted by peef
I think the chances of some voracias florida ocean killing parasite coming from his tank is slim to none. If your tank has some health problems right now then no don't release them but if your tank is healthy as far as you can see then I say do.
I agree. You really don't know what could be in the tank from other oceans. I live right near the great lakes and we are having tons of problems with mussels, gobies, lampreys, and asian carp invading and destroying the natural wildlife. I would not return them. First off I would not have taken them in the first place, but thats already done. The tank raised ones are only about $5.00 from ORA.
I think the chances of some voracias florida ocean killing parasite coming from his tank is slim to none. If your tank has some health problems right now then no don't release them but if your tank is healthy as far as you can see then I say do.
I agree. You really don't know what could be in the tank from other oceans. I live right near the great lakes and we are having tons of problems with mussels, gobies, lampreys, and asian carp invading and destroying the natural wildlife. I would not return them. First off I would not have taken them in the first place, but thats already done. The tank raised ones are only about $5.00 from ORA.
coral keeper
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Isn't everything else wild caught too? Where else do you think everything comes from?
mscarpena
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Yes some stuff is wild caught. Thats why you should try to get livestock from the same ares of the ocean rather than mix from different areas of the ocean. Also if you mix things and you get a parasite, bacteria or something else you can do treatments in your tank, but you can not treat the ocean. Also you could remove the affending kritter from your tank. Also if one or two things die in a tank relatively speaking no big deal, but if you kill off all of those species in an area of the ocean that ONE HUGE DEAL. There are just more things you can do to treat or remedy problems in an aquarium than in a entire ocean.
