Banggai cardinal fish import ban

[adam87]

MSN

 

[SnazzyUrchin792]

We know how to aquaculture these, right?

 

[Gumbies R Us]

Hopefully they aren't banned

 

[Rusty_L_Shackleford]

We know how to aquaculture these, right?

Yes, they breed readily and are easy to raise. I'm honestly surprised were even still importing them. I'm on the lookout for a proven pair for my tank.

 

[royaleFork]

I hope the export is banned. All should be aquacultured at this point since it is heavily endangered due to it's environment shrinking and over fishing.

 

[blecki]

I don't think I've actually seen a wild caught one of these for sale at any of my LFSs in years.

 

[19Mateo83]

This is nothing but a reason for fish stores to hike prices. Get ready for $200 cardinal fish.

 

[MoshJosh]

This is nothing but a reason for fish stores to hike prices. Get ready for $200 cardinal fish.

Thinking I better go to my lfs and grab a pair before the price hike!!!

 

[vetteguy53081]

MSN

Import ban proposal but there are many US breeders and suppliers and even persons finding them in tank or sump noy realizing they have babies.

 

[jda]

I have not seen any Baggers not labeled as AQ in years. Who knows if they are lying or not - I hope that they are all AQ. In any case, this is a good thing. They can be captive bred and aquaculture, so no need to keep taking a threatened species out of the ocean.

 

[Townes_Van_Camp]

I thought these were all aquacultured now?

 

[Northern Flicker]

This is nothing but a reason for fish stores to hike prices. Get ready for $200 cardinal fish.

yes the local fish store cabal definitely infiltrated NOAA and did this so they can charge $60 instead of $25 on Cardinals.

 

[Jamie814]

I thought these were all aquacultured now?

So did I

They're probably the easiest fish to tank breed. I now have 5 that regularly have babies. Didn't even try to raise them and ended up with 2 fry in my refugium that survived until they were big enough to put in my display.

 

[Spare time]

Hopefully they aren't banned

Hopefully they are since they can be captive bred so easily. Catching animals out of the wild and getting one successfully to your aquarium kills quite a lot animals on the way, so it should be a low priority to take wild fish if you can captive breed them.

 

[blaxsun]

Except most of the aquaculture for banggais is outside of the US, and are still banned under the proposal. So it's home-grown or nadda...