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.

[Trigger Man]

I would pay more, but probably 50% more, not double.

[GreenSpottedPuffer]

Yes. It saves a lot of money. I am not sure why people are even saying they would not pay double...It will save you lots in the long run when you have the fish for years and do not have to "replace" it. Not to mention this is such an environmentally unfriendly hobby that is already expensive and you should be doing anything to help the situation even if that means paying double or triple. Thats the only way things would ever change.

The problem is how to guarantee they are not cyanide caught? The cyanide exits their system right away. It does permanent damage while in the fishes system but then cannot be detected easily. After death there is a way to test but it includes some very expensive equipment and putting the fish in a blender.

[J.Lloy]

I would pay more for a 100%Cyanide free fish just for the fact that chances are it will live a lot longer life. I would prefer having a nice fish for three years not months.