100% Certified Cyanide Free Reef Fish for Sale.

[Snaz]

100% Certified Cyanide Free Reef Fish for Sale.

Now that is a stamp I would like see on livestock offered by wholesalers and the LFS.

Would you pay double for your fish if you knew they came from a source that did not use reef destroying practices?

I know it would be VERY HARD to police but not impossible. Is there a market? What percentage of you would pay double the regular price?

[Treebeard]

I am not sure I would pay double, but I would definitely pay more if there were some way of proving the fish were caught in an ethical manner.

[tang daddy]

I would but again how would you know if it was or not....

Usually you dont start to see the effects until after a few months but I would definately pay double if I could get one that wasn't cyanide caught forsure. I think it's important to keep the reefs clean as long as possible and instead of buying 2-6 of the same fish over and over, paying double is considered pretty cheap but the best would be captive bred because there wouldn't be any impact on the natural enviroment.

In a way the hobby of keeping corals and fish is pouring gas into the flaming fire atleast they have a handle on the fire extinguisher to put it out if it got out of control. By no means am I any better than the next as I have lots of gasoline to burn however I would much rather buy cultured than wild tank bred over wild caught I wish there was a way that they could breed larger fish like wrasses, angels, rabbitfish puffers and so on....

[Keri]

Yes.

[Myka]

I would pay 50% more.

[my2rotties]

YES!!! If there was proof the fish was caught ethically. I would be upset if the fish died a few months down the road for no real fault of my own.

[reefermadness]

I have seen a few fish in my tank that look perfectly healthy all of a sudden look faded and pass away. This has happened months after purchase. With no sign of a parasite and the fish previously eating well I have come up with a hypothesis that many of our fish are cynaide caught and who knows how this comprimises the health of the fish.

[chandigz]

It sounds good in theory, but I don't think it is possible to police so no I wouldn't pay double for "cyanide free" fish. Cyanide caught fish don't look any different from cyanide free fish. You can not test every fish for cyanide. There are too many chances along the supply chain for unscrupulous dealers and fisherman to substitute for more profit. Just look at MAC, they have been trying for years to regulate the industry, but with all the hassles of paperwork and the cerification process, many along the supply chain have given up or not even bothered. There is one MAC certified wholesaler in canada and no certified shops. So technically there are no true MAC certified fish available ( shops can not call fish MAC certified unless they are certified themselves) There is also the problem of pre exposure to cyanide from other fisherman, so even if the fish was net caught doesn't mean that it is cyanide free.

[dsaundry]

Should also have a "depends" catagory....as it would really depend on the fish.

[GreenSpottedPuffer]

Originally Posted by dsaundry

Should also have a "depends" catagory....as it would really depend on the fish.

So do you mean it depends on the species to you? So some species are ok to be cyanide caught? Or do you mean something totally different?