If owning a salt water tank was illegal, what would you do?

[drblank1]

This is more of a for fun type of question. Imagine if having a salt water tank became outlawed. While technically you could still have one "illegally" finding fish, coral, and equipment might be a little bit harder. I am wondering what would you do if this was a reality? How would this affect you if having a tank became much harder or impossible due to it being illegal.

Go on a crusade to get new lawmakers elected with common sense.

 

[Philip Chin]

I would save a lot of money and more storage at home!

 

[The_Skrimp]

I’d be that hippie with a backpack hanging out on college campuses.

“Psst. Yo… I got them zoanthids”

 

[formallydehyde]

Build a tantrum hole to scream in because I just lost the one hobby I had that didn't sound super sketchy when talking to ordinary people

 

[zoomonster]

The'll get my tank when they pry my cold dead fingers from my little friend lol

 

[stoney7713]

Not post on here.

 

[Zionas]

This is how we rise up, heavy as a hurricane, louder than a freight train. This is how we rose up, heart is beating faster, feels like thunder. Magic, static, call me a fanatic, it’s our world, they can never have it. This is how we rise up, it’s our resistance, they can’t resist us.

 

[Spare time]

Having reef tank in Hawaii is practically impossible due to local laws and that’s why I don’t live there.

Lol is that really the only reason you don't live in Hawaii

 

[Townes_Van_Camp]

Be an outlaw I suppose.

 

[MoshJosh]

Lot of good answers here!

I was gonna say be become a back alley coral dealer!

But for real. . . I don't know, could go back to discus or maybe breeding some cool freshwater fish. Maybe go all in on that pond I've always wanted.

 

[Rmckoy]

become a coral and fish dealer, good money in illegal enterprises lol

Customers will be lined up at the door and sleeping in alleys

 

[Rmckoy]

I don’t know what I would do .
But I do know I’d have a lot more money in my pocket .

I’d invest more time and money into finishing my pilots license

 

[Propane]

move it just a holler down copperband road

 

[Wasabiroot]

Surely this thread will end well...


JK...in all honesty, I'd probably use it as an opportunity to try keeping one of the many freshwater species I've always wanted to try, like bichirs, discus, African cichlids, breeding killifish etc.
I think it's more likely keeping *specific* marine species would be illegal vs the saltwater aquarium as a whole.

 

[OrchidMiss]

This is more of a for fun type of question. Imagine if having a salt water tank became outlawed. While technically you could still have one "illegally" finding fish, coral, and equipment might be a little bit harder. I am wondering what would you do if this was a reality? How would this affect you if having a tank became much harder or impossible due to it being illegal.

I'd find loopholes. The same way I did with owning chickens in a suburban development.
Where there is a will, there is a way!

 

[Sleeping Giant]

I'd find loopholes. The same way I did with owning chickens in a suburban development.
Where there is a will, there is a way!

 

[Townes_Van_Camp]

It's the way of the world. Installed leadership creates loopholes. Moonshine but for medicine during prohibition with the proper license, marijuana but with licenses. Municipalities have punished children for running lemonade stands without permits...

Everything is framed with loopholes to punish the poor and middle class for behavior that breakup the wealthy's monopolies.

Shut up and pay your taxes pleb.

 

[Cichlid Dad]

Break out the old pager and stand on the street corner wearing a long over coat. Dark sunglasses of course. I figure 10 to 20 baggies a day and I'm in like Flint.

 

[JayM]

I’d continue to do what I’m doing. Just as I have with everything else that gets banned or heavily restricted.