a aquarium shop at hongkong

auem

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just landed on this video...though many of you already have seen this perhaps,
still for those,who have not seen....
i believe they have almost complete sold-out daily...or else...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NWiM7NlxUCk&feature=related

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Absolutely amazing, I saw a few of those stores last time I was there. Not this one in specific, but other where the tanks look just as crowded. The "secret" if there is one, is water quality, they have a lot of water circulating on these systems, but survivability cannot be more than a few days (or weeks) in such crowded tanks.
 
Large specimens (over 5") are available from time to time on a regular basis if you know where to look... most all come in from Christmas Island through Hawaii... the occasional specimen will get exported out of Majuro in the Marshalls... small specimens are exponentially harder to find and make finding small healthy bandits easy in comparison... A beautiful fish that gets overlooked as the bandits have gained much fame... I could post pics of my little guy tonight...

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every fish looks perfect. I will never understand how these asian fish shops and aquarists are able to overstock their tanks like that and not have a single blemish on their fish.
 
I think its kind of sad actually... assuming of course that they don't sell those fish within a matter of days. I mean really... do you think that there is that much of a demand for saltwater fish ANYWHERE to the point they are selling 20+ of every type of fish imaginable (exaggerating of course, but you saw the video)?

If they do in fact sell out everyday, then that might mean that their customers have to keep coming back for more because their fish are dead within the week.

I think it is kind of our responsibility as reef hobbyists to show restraint when it involves so much life taken out of the ocean... one way might be to place a "max size" on fish taken into the fish trade (i.e., a yellow tank must be between 1" to 4"), that way we can leave the older/larger fish that are more difficult to acclimate and are more sexually mature in the ocean to continue breeding to hopefully replenish what we take out.

Just my two cents...
 
every fish looks perfect. I will never understand how these asian fish shops and aquarists are able to overstock their tanks like that and not have a single blemish on their fish.

As for the fish shops, its probably more the fact that the fish don't have to travel as far from the ocean to get to the LFS...

As for the aquarists, I'm pretty sure they clean the heck out of the water by way of filtration and water changes...

Still sad though... :thumbdown
 
I think its kind of sad actually... assuming of course that they don't sell those fish within a matter of days. I mean really... do you think that there is that much of a demand for saltwater fish ANYWHERE to the point they are selling 20+ of every type of fish imaginable (exaggerating of course, but you saw the video)?

If they do in fact sell out everyday, then that might mean that their customers have to keep coming back for more because their fish are dead within the week.

I think it is kind of our responsibility as reef hobbyists to show restraint when it involves so much life taken out of the ocean... one way might be to place a "max size" on fish taken into the fish trade (i.e., a yellow tank must be between 1" to 4"), that way we can leave the older/larger fish that are more difficult to acclimate and are more sexually mature in the ocean to continue breeding to hopefully replenish what we take out.

Just my two cents...

Sadly these are the same people that eat shark fin soup on the regular. There are no laws what so ever for animals in china, if not all of South East Asia. I doubt they really care about the fish and the effect on the environment. Being around asians most of my life, they just want and don't care about the proper care for an animal and WILL replace it no matter what if it dies. They also tend not to know how to properly handle most pets. I know I'm generalizing, but this is a vast majority of my life I have experienced and seen this over and over and yes I do know there are some that are the complete opposite.
 
As for the fish shops, its probably more the fact that the fish don't have to travel as far from the ocean to get to the LFS...

As for the aquarists, I'm pretty sure they clean the heck out of the water by way of filtration and water changes...

Still sad though... :thumbdown

To bad the fish can't be cheaper because of this...lots of times they are very expensive. It's very expensive to live over there.
 
Absolutely amazing, I saw a few of those stores last time I was there. Not this one in specific, but other where the tanks look just as crowded. The "secret" if there is one, is water quality, they have a lot of water circulating on these systems, but survivability cannot be more than a few days (or weeks) in such crowded tanks.

Hi Luiz.
The real secret is the turn over.
The cheap fish stays there not more than 48hrs.
The others not more than a few days to a week max.

The shop from the vid got a real good system as well, they have a devided system, all work with RK2 skimmers and a huge TMC UV system.

alot of water changes due to the turn over and you got a winning combination.

Its a crazy market.

Now for the others who are critisizing , let's think.
How long it takes to ship fish to HK from most places and how long to the US east and west coast?
Now, what will stress fish more? being in a crowded tank with excellent water quality for 48hrs or in a bag for extra 24hrs or even more?

I can agree that in mainland China many dont know how to keep fish, but in Hong Kong? and that shop in particular is a bad example, they are role models in the industry.
 
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