CGill311 wrote: I can't speak for others, but I personally would feel some guilt
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CGill311 wrote: I can't speak for others, but I personally would feel some guilt
Your average fist size acropora is less then a year old. (from frag to finished product)CGill311 wrote: for the mere fact that I know how slowly it takes for LPS and SPS to grow.
Say it takes 5-10 years for a coral to grow to a suitable collection size..
Kalkbreath wrote: There actually is more reasons to be concerned about which wild fish we as hobbyists purchase then wild coral collection effecting the reefs...
but thats another can of worms ........
jmaneyapanda wrote: Nearly every single thing we use nowaday follows that exact pattern you describe. Paper comes from trees which takes decades to grow, and minutes to cut. Textiles comes from plants that takes seasons to grow yet days to manufacture. This is why we have management authorities for these resources. So that they can say, "you are going too fast". or "you have taken too much", or whatever. We arent going to stop using paper or cotton clothes, or whatever because it follows this pattern, but we will manage our resources. Kalk has it right...
jmaneyapanda wrote: The moral is- have faith in the systems that are out there (CITES, IUCN, etc). They have the resources, ability, wherewithal, and elbow grease to effectively watch the reefs.