Busted!

[Rickdareefa]

Man Illegally collects Ricordea from Puerto Rico worth $90,000 USD | Reef Builders | The Reef and Saltwater Aquarium Blog

Luis Joel Vargas Martell (Vargas) was the co-owner of a home-based saltwater aquarium business, Carebbean Reefers (spelling error intentional) that also operated online through the EBay store…

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[Anthony king]

That's wild I didn't consider people were really doing this considering the risk that is involved.

 

[Rainblood]

$90k? Ricordea are like $15-20...thats like 5000 mushrooms

 

[Rickdareefa]

$90k? Ricordea are like $15-20...thats like 5000 mushrooms

I think they said he was shipping hundreds of packages labeled as "inanimate objects "

 

[snowmansnow]

<--- honestly who determines the worth of coral. Fine him. That's what should be reported if anything.

 

[Eric_n_Ga]

$90k? Ricordea are like $15-20...thats like 5000 mushrooms

Bulk sales I'm sure

 

[tkallday]

$90k? Ricordea are like $15-20...thats like 5000 mushrooms

OR he got 1 ricordea and slapped with a 90k fine for doing it lol

 

[Rickdareefa]

OR he got 1 ricordea and slapped with a 90k fine for doing it lol

If you read the article i believe they said he was shipping a bunch of it over multiple months