I just read through your whole thread and really enjoyed it, You have done what few with no experience in this hobby can do the first time around. You must have really done your homework on learning all about this pretty complicated equipment you are using and doing it well. Any help you get from Ching in Thailand is always a good thing as IMO he is the master reefer Ha ha.
Your tank looks as good as they get even for someone that has much more experience in keeping a reef tank than you did when you started. I like the fact that you did a lot of DIY in putting it all together instead of just paying someone to do it for you. You did a great job of making it all work and keeping these animals all alive and thriving in your little piece of the sea.
The fact that you can't take anything from the Red Sea confuses me as we here in the US can buy Red Sea Tangs and other fish from there so how does that work? Is it some kind of Permit to collect from there that they sell to wholesalers? Or are these Fish being collected Illegally?
Shaloam
Bill
wow thanks man for the Compliments !!!
about chingchai he is the master there is no doubt about it
Not only a master but also a great person
it was a pleasure to get to talk to him and meet him in person
about the fish and corals that you and me get from the red sea
there is 2 opsions :
1.they r being Smuggled from the sea in israel but im Doubt it because
here in the red sea in israel we got Many inspectors that do not allow to get animals from the sea and the Penalty for doing that if u get caught is very high its starts with a fine (from 500$-5000$ ) and you can get arrested as well .
and Trade in native wildlife in israel is forbidden .
2.they r being caught in the arab side( sinai ),there im Doubt that there are laws against trading in wildlife And even if there is a law against it
u can just bribe the inspectors and do what ever you want
so you can say they r being collected Illegally
you can see on this map our side and the sinai side
by the way sinai used to be israely land untill we gave it to egypt as a peace agreament so if we would not give this land to egypt maybe i would shipp you some fish later on :lol2:
so stores here in israel when they r importing animals they change the names on the invoice so they will have the pormit to import this livestock
so usually the animals r being shiped from the red sea (sinai ) to anouter contry i think to the u.s and then back here to israel
so for example you will pay for a purple tang (zabrazoma ) lets say 100$ ill need to pay for the same fish 200$ and thats just becouse i needed to pay for the Transport a few times more then you ...bummer .
hope i answerd you question .
shalom my dear friend :wavehand:
