With the growing trend of educated and ecologically minded hobbyist, so is the demand for farm raised, tank raised, aquacultured livestock. It seems that with this growing demand that a growing number of online stores and local retailors are marketing their beautiful animals as such.
I am not in the business or do I know the relationship between the LFS/OLS and the wholesaler. But, I would like to believe that there is someone in the industry who knows the truth as to who actually supplies aquacultured animals and who supplies wild caught or both. I mean anyone can take a wax pencil and scroll "aquacultured" on a tank charge more and ease an aquarists mind to boot. But the question lies...how do we know?
Is it possible that a list can be comprised of wholesalers that supply such animals? Then a reefer could do a simple Q&A with the retailor? Or does it go beyond this and is a more complex issue? Does anyone really know where these organisms are coming from.......well, we know Fiji, right?
Please note that I am not beating my chest and denouncing wild caught animals. I am really just wanted to be purchasing and paying for what I am told I am getting. This mainly stems from the post about Advertising I answered earlier.
Thanks for any answers,
Kurt
I am not in the business or do I know the relationship between the LFS/OLS and the wholesaler. But, I would like to believe that there is someone in the industry who knows the truth as to who actually supplies aquacultured animals and who supplies wild caught or both. I mean anyone can take a wax pencil and scroll "aquacultured" on a tank charge more and ease an aquarists mind to boot. But the question lies...how do we know?
Is it possible that a list can be comprised of wholesalers that supply such animals? Then a reefer could do a simple Q&A with the retailor? Or does it go beyond this and is a more complex issue? Does anyone really know where these organisms are coming from.......well, we know Fiji, right?
Please note that I am not beating my chest and denouncing wild caught animals. I am really just wanted to be purchasing and paying for what I am told I am getting. This mainly stems from the post about Advertising I answered earlier.
Thanks for any answers,
Kurt