Kanga
Retired Moderator
I have been wondering a bit lately about how we as Marine Aquarists affect the world ( Oceans) around us.
You could argue that Reefkeeping does have a negative impact on the environment, I mean with cyanide catching, blast fishing, over fishing, live rock terrorists etc.
However the flip side of the coin I would Imagine is that you have thousands of Marine aquarists over the world with more than just a rudimentary knowledge of coral husbandry and fishkeeping. If nothing more at least this amounts some serious awareness across the world.
And I would have to say the corals and fish in captivity would also help ensure their survival if some environmental disaster (touch wood) would strike. Or am I wrong here?
Then we have people who across the world who add to and detract from the hobby, some amazing research has been done in resent years. They are now seeing how coral larvae move with currents and why sometimes they cannot attach themselves and so forth. We even had a prominent researcher who let large amounts of coral frags destined for research die in his or his appointee's care. Whatever the reason or the outcome was it didnt look good for aquarists
I guess what I am asking, are we benefiting our oceans by what we are doing or not, how do non aquarists view what we do and is what we doing right or wrong.
What do you people think?
You could argue that Reefkeeping does have a negative impact on the environment, I mean with cyanide catching, blast fishing, over fishing, live rock terrorists etc.
However the flip side of the coin I would Imagine is that you have thousands of Marine aquarists over the world with more than just a rudimentary knowledge of coral husbandry and fishkeeping. If nothing more at least this amounts some serious awareness across the world.
And I would have to say the corals and fish in captivity would also help ensure their survival if some environmental disaster (touch wood) would strike. Or am I wrong here?
Then we have people who across the world who add to and detract from the hobby, some amazing research has been done in resent years. They are now seeing how coral larvae move with currents and why sometimes they cannot attach themselves and so forth. We even had a prominent researcher who let large amounts of coral frags destined for research die in his or his appointee's care. Whatever the reason or the outcome was it didnt look good for aquarists
I guess what I am asking, are we benefiting our oceans by what we are doing or not, how do non aquarists view what we do and is what we doing right or wrong.
What do you people think?