175 Gallon Reef Aquarium Under Actinic Lights

[igobyjoey]

btw I know some fish don't reproduce well in captivity

[forthefishes]

I live in Hawaii and have seen fish collectors with my own eyes. They trample the coral, killing it and some fish are so rare because they are all taken for aquariums that they can no longer reproduce in the ocean. The fish have their organs punctured to bring them to the surface and their fins are trimmed. Check out forthefishesdotorg, not my site but has good info. Yellow tangs live 40 years on the reef, in a tank perhaps 5-7. That is a shortened life!

[igobyjoey]

@forthefishes I've seen your channel and you post the exact same comment on every video. Are you consciously posting this or are you copying and pasting? even after you say all this there is still something fishy (no pun intended) about it. I can see where your coming from with corals, but I think most aqaurists prefer tank bred fish.

[forthefishes]

@igobyjoey That's because I want people to know where the fish come from. Most saltwater aquarium fish are still taken from the ocean. Millions of fish are taken from Hawaii each year. Hawaii's fish in some cases are being collected to near extinction. The practice of collecting wild fish is spreading around the world. And i would not like to think of fish becoming so rare in other areas that they can no longer be seen there too. Have you ever snorkeled and viewed fish in their natural world. .

[gt2k4srt4]

Forthefishes: if you can tell. His tank is doing fine and there are not fish living a short life.

[forthefishes]

Not cool. Coral reefs are being decimated by fish collecting for aquariums!

Freshwater fish are not taken from their homes to live a shortened life in captivity.

[igobyjoey]

@forthefishes I thought fish and corals could live longer in captivity due to better water conditions, lack of predators, medicine, detectors and easy ways to read salt levels. I honestly don't see a problem with aquariums, especially large ones like this.

[sharpiesreef]

@forthefishes do you want to know who is the biggest fighter against this hobby? A man by the name of scuba bob, a man who profits from not having aquariums because he leads scuba and snorkel expeditions in hawaii... coincidentally the only place he cares about.

Also, unlike other animals that are hunted to extintion; fish reproduce in a much different way. They produce hundreds of offspring at a time and the ones that die do so because of population density. The info on that site is skewed.

[fairmontgirl09]

beautiful tank! i wish i had something like that! all i have now is a 55 gallon freshwater tank with typical fish in it, but anyways nicley done!!!!