Nemo Scheme Page A10 of Vancouver Sun
 

I read this article this morning. Would like to hear what others think. Anyone know anymore about this?

can any one scan that article I want to read it.

Brad

The Vancouver Sun is available online. Unfortunately I have not yet found the article in the online edition. :sad:

can we get the gyst of the article ryan?

dang I found it but you have to subscribe to the electronic edition :sad:

maybe this is it?

http://www.herald.ns.ca/Front/465625.html

http://myweb.dal.ca/dibarra/

Hm
 

I saw it in the National Post, funny how I just grabbed the article and walked into my room with it, checked the forum and voila.

It all started with one Prof trying to breed clownfish and hoping to get funding for his breeding project to help deter 'wild caught' practices.
Since he couldnt get the funding, it all crashed. Leaving 250 Ocellaris clowns without a home, sitting in lab tanks only to await euthanasia.

Some of the students (one in particular) decided to sell these clownfish to the public to make up for some of the profs losses and get these clownfish good homes(apparently).
Now where the educated eye sees a problem is the KITS these guys were selling these fish with were.

2-Occellaris Clowns
1-small FISH BOWL
- Some coral and sand
- caretaking instructions
For 50 bucks.
Does anyone else notice the issue here?

So as anyone else would expect, mothers, fathers and their young children came rushing in. Since they put up a "Save a Nemo" website and posters all over the place. He sold them to anyone who came of course...

The administration put an end to this since they didnt want to face legal liabilities after the fish were sold.
DUH

The remaining fish did find good homes apparently in a research facility in a simulated sea tank deal.

Which is better than a fish bowl...or direct Euthanasia. I hope....

I'm still shocked a student who should have known better would have encouraged the sale of these fish in bowls...but I won't get into that.

"He’s created a Save-a-Nemo kit for $50, including two fish, a 4.5-litre tank, air pump, hose and air stone, under-gravel filter, hood with light, anti-evaporation acrylic lid, two plastic plants, coral-based sand, marine rock, a one-month supply of sea salt and food, and a pamphlet with instructions on clownfish care and information on the species and the coral reef ecosystem."
Funny how you read one article and they say BOWL and quite little else
then another states all sorts of junk and that its a tank...though...barely over a gallon....for two clowns.
And...well...I'm not even going to go into the rest.

There's a thread floating around on RC somewhere about this.

Pretty sad... they posted a picture of what the "kit" is , and it's just a 1g "tank" ? with two ocellaris, and air pump.. then they have a pop can to the right of it for size reference hah.. ahhhh :(

Thanks Christy.

Wow, the idea came from someone with a PhD too.