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Oh my whale has Ick, oh wait that's me. Well got to start the black worm, white worm, fish gut bacteria laden diet and kick this ickIts easier to keep a whale shark with ich than a crinoid
I agree on the price. I see way cheaper options that will work just fine. But for some reason the industry wants to jack up the prices [emoji857]. Or is it to keep any schmoe from buying marine fish & killing them off due to inexperience?
Coral price contriols. Getting really crazy to pay $100’s of dollars for a 3/4 inch nub. When I started my first tank in the late 90’s I could get 8” or larger colonies for $150.
Larger selection of aquacultured or captive bred livestock - especially invertebrates such as anemones, crabs, shrimp, snails, as well as fish.
We need more vendors like ORA. Obviously not as huge, but even small vendors that specialize in tank raised livestock are few and far between.
Tons and tons of corals are easily grown, fragged and sold, over and over again forever. Yet most vendors have corals collected from far away reefs, which no doubt must cost an arm and a leg considering all the expenses (shipping, packing, all the collectors/divers/packers wages). No doubt, aquaculture requires way more time and effort for vendors themselves, but longterm it costs a lot less than wild collection.
Livestock that's used to captive conditions is more likely to survive tank life than their wild counterparts. What's required to keep them alive and thriving isn't a mystery. Also, disease is virtually nonexistent, unlike the never ending constant risk of disease that comes from the wild.