exotic fish

[jcm]

just wandering has any one cought exotic fish to put in there salt water aquarium and if you have what is the way of doing this

 

[HappyFunBoater]

Ooo... This is going to be good. You may want to remain seated for your beating.

 

[sasscuba]

Just say no.. :bigun2: :whack: Buy them at the pet shop instead.......

 

[eckybay]

This should be good...

 

[Amphibious]

When I lived overseas I had over 150gals of Salt Water Aquariums. I caught every fish, invertibrate, etc I put in them.

just like hunting for my food, I value something much more if I was the one to provide it.

plus, after working in a massive (200 tank) aquarium store, I'd prefer to know how my $$$$ saltwater aqaurium fish were treated before I bought them.

I find it funny that people here have no problem hunting fish on scuba, but catching them for your aquarium is a no-no. what a wonderful ethical montage......

Flame On!

 

[ReefGuy]

I had a pipefish that Walter and I nabbed at Venice Beach in my 75g aquarium. Hurrican Charlie finished him off along with the rest of my tank, and I haven't had the heart to rebuild it since.

Amphibous, I spear on scuba and (obviously) have no problem with catching fish for my tank. Much better than buying at the store. At the store you can get fish that were caught using cynide, which drastically shortens it's lifespan. Also, like commercial fishing, the mortality rate of commercial pet store fish is rather high.

 

[sasscuba]

When I lived overseas I had over 150gals of Salt Water Aquariums. I caught every fish, invertibrate, etc I put in them.

just like hunting for my food, I value something much more if I was the one to provide it.

plus, after working in a massive (200 tank) aquarium store, I'd prefer to know how my $$$$ saltwater aqaurium fish were treated before I bought them.

I find it funny that people here have no problem hunting fish on scuba, but catching them for your aquarium is a no-no. what a wonderful ethical montage......

Flame On!

You have no control over the fish that were caught that end up in the pet store, you do have a choice whether to take them out of their environment or not. Hunting is different if you catch to eat but if you hunt to kill that is also wrong, IMHO.

 

[billblack]

First: Read all regulations having to do with catching and keeping indigenous fishes. Make sure you know which ones are protected or you may be paying more in fines than you EVER would have paid for the fish.
How: Slurp gun. Google it while I put on my flame-proof flip-flops.
Best of luck to you and your new friends.

 

[ReefGuy]

Slurp guns are very difficult to use (at least for me). A net works better.

 

[Johnoly]

I've dove with several commerical "gather'ers" on the SE of Fla. Each has different techiniques. Most use hoop nets and most all of them use specimen jars that hold the fish underwater and bring them to the surface. Some of the fish need to have their air sacks drained with a syringe and others don't. The gather'ers don't typically sell to the pet stores, but usually to retail business's with salt water tanks which they also service and clean. In watching them on the boats, it's a very involved process, since if the fish dies, they don't get paid.

Guess I'll stay out of the Aquarium debate also.