Hi folks,
I've been seeing a LOT of fish disease problems in the forum that didn't seem so prevalent when I was last active on a marine aquarium forum (back in 2010). Specifically: Uronema and other problems on green chromis and anthias. These were never bulletproof fish, and "grade B Asian" imports were always "poor do-ers", but I just don't remember such severe issues.
I was on a Zoom call today with some public aquarium curators and somebody mentioned that a major LA importer said they were having terrible issues with importing fish due to COVID. I had suspected this might be an issue, and that seems to confirm it. The problems cited were:
1) Fish sizes going down (to get more fish per box)
2) The pack are getting tighter, like they used to be back in the 1970's (120+ damsels per double box)
3) Due to poor flight scheduling, the supply chain has gotten much longer
4) Prices are way up due to freight going from like $2 USD/kilo to $8
It's' the third point that might play into the issue with chromis and anthias - they just don't handle the longer supply chains well.
Anyone here in the industry, can you confirm this?
Thanks,
Jay
I've been seeing a LOT of fish disease problems in the forum that didn't seem so prevalent when I was last active on a marine aquarium forum (back in 2010). Specifically: Uronema and other problems on green chromis and anthias. These were never bulletproof fish, and "grade B Asian" imports were always "poor do-ers", but I just don't remember such severe issues.
I was on a Zoom call today with some public aquarium curators and somebody mentioned that a major LA importer said they were having terrible issues with importing fish due to COVID. I had suspected this might be an issue, and that seems to confirm it. The problems cited were:
1) Fish sizes going down (to get more fish per box)
2) The pack are getting tighter, like they used to be back in the 1970's (120+ damsels per double box)
3) Due to poor flight scheduling, the supply chain has gotten much longer
4) Prices are way up due to freight going from like $2 USD/kilo to $8
It's' the third point that might play into the issue with chromis and anthias - they just don't handle the longer supply chains well.
Anyone here in the industry, can you confirm this?
Thanks,
Jay