Recent content by wrott

I commend you on admitting that this isnt purely a concern for the corals collected in Florida :P

BTW what does this have to do with your website and related issues? Or did you just want to stir the pot some more lol

Why is he picking for pickings sake, I had never heard of Sihaya before her website and I find her obsession with Eric Borneman to be very curious indeed.

My apologies if you think my comments inappropriate, I have seen much worse on this forum :roll: PS I was not judging anyone, just making an observation :D

I dont think my comments are out of line at all. I just hope that she is right otherwise there are about 323423454245 inaccurate threads on the subject and someones named is getting smeared with very 1 sided information no matter how legitimate the source. I have seen Sihaya on this topic on...

Exactly how many boards have you spammed about this? You know I would have taken your website more seriously, and maybe even cared a little, but you are just pushing a little too hard on this :-) I dont know you, Eric or anyone involved but even to me it is glaringly obvious that you have a...

Your assuming that Petco or other big box stores are the only ones that do this? There are plenty of small local fish stores that are just as bad. Im not condoning Petco but there are plenty of crappy shops that sell livestock and give horrid advice.

I was just curious. I dont know you or anyone else involved in this personally, I am just a hobbiest and care about the hobby. I still think there are better ways all this energy could be spent and some serious causes that could better use all this attention :-)

I sent Reef Relief an email with a link to this post and a link to your website. I am just curious if you have their support, if you do that might ease some of the skepticism regarding your motives. As a hobbiest I still dont know why I really care about this more than I should care about any...

Sihaya I have a question as a hobbiest. Why should I as a hobbiest care more about this than say a transhipped order of corals and fish being left on a dock to die because the recipient couldn't get there to pick them up? Why should I care more about this than say illegal collection and...

Actually that is really funny considering the LFS in the original post is one of the shops within 50 miles of me and is one of the top 3 I mentioned earlier in this thread. Might be the best one in the area.

I agree and acknowledge that retailers play a role in bringing new people into the hobby, but there are many ways that people get attracted to the hobby, not just browsing their LFS. My point is, I guess, to let the 25% of the LFS that are actually reputable establishments with good husbandry...

You make some good points. I guess I have just become self sufficient in all these years in the hobby, test my own water, do my own maintenance, assembly, have back up pumps a generator, etc and when I need a widget I can usually figure something out at Lowes or Home Depot :-) I agree all the...

That is true for sure, however I can honestly say I have gotten some of the best service and honest advice via phone conversation with one of the better known Etailers. Etialers are generally cheaper however, they are, in many cases, offering more to the customer than most LFS's.

:( I dont want to argue, just posting my views. From reading your posts I would guess that you are one of the few quality establishments. You care about the hobby or you wouldnt be here. Therein lies the rub, someone is pushing those seaclones and rio's on the consumer. I think at least...