nudy6969
RUSTYS BROWN DOUGHNUT
where do fish stores get their fish, corals and merchandise from. im guessing its from marinedepot, dr foster and smith, and liveaquaria.
Yep, Doc is right. My LFS gets all of his livestock from wholesalers in Florida and California.
they also have crazy overhead cost at fish stores, at least the ones doing it right though, it is also how they make their money, it's their job, their families depend on it, I know your not attacking it, but I just wanted to point this out for anything else. I'd rather pay that much for a fish and help one person make a honest living then pay $30 for a shirt that a 10 year old made for 5 cents with all the profit going to some corporation.
i respect people who bred fish and fag corals instead of destroying the environment.
it seems like it does alot of damage if u think about it . Hawaiians get paid a dollar a fish, they have to catch 1000 fish to make a 1000 dollars lets say a month, in a year thats 12,000 fish. lets say 100 people do it. thats 1,200,000 fish a year. thats crazy.
I have a book published a few years ago on reef keeping, and the author suggests that reefs that are set aside for our collecting for the marine reef hobby are much healthier and vibrant than unprotected areas which are fished for food - where strip mining is the way things are done. Reefs set aside for the hobby don't allow the reefs to be over-harvested or otherwise abused, or they lose their livelihood. SUSTAINABLE practices is what it's all about... and the LFS plays a keep part in making sure he buys only from collectors and/or distributors who work in ethical, sustainable ways.