CarcharodonCarcharias
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I agree that the technology has made great strides with the popularity of the hobby. But that still does not prevent the corals getting harvested and fish getting taken out of the water in SE Asia for the aquarium trade. When this practice stops, maybe I will shift my opinion.It's a fair point, but all the technology that has been developed by the hobby and all of the science that has been discovered over the years is a direct result from the hobby. It has allowed people to do coral reef restoration, learn how to breed marine fish, and hobbyist are the world's coral seed bank. When politicians finally kill off all the reefs, maybe the hobbyists can help to rebuild them with the same biodiversity.
I disagree with the most exotic comment. The majority of people have the same variation of tank, with the same variation of fish and the same popular variation of coral. Coral strands that have more biomass on land than in the ocean, yet they haven't been in the ocean in years, if not decades.
With regards to the exotic fish comment, people with sharks and rays in their tanks are certainly not helping with the cause.
I am not saying that marine tank enthusiasts are villains. I am just saying the practice of the entire trade industry makes me quite agitated.
But you have a point: When the day that human completely destroys the marine bio-diversity, it will have to rely on the industry help building it back up. Quite an irony.