How can someone do this

[ademster]

Some one poisoned a local fish store in Oregon coral tank with copper, killed 40k worth of live stock.

http://blog.aquanerd.com/2012/05/vandals-poison-fish-store-coral-tanks-with-copper.html

 

[ZombieExistence]

Wow... and the fact there have been similar cases is disgusting, wonder if it's one person doing this.

 

[AaronFC]

it doesnt matter what purpose you have these things are LIVE hence the name LIVEstock. just plain stupid and wrong

 

[Willow01]

That's just sick......

 

[ZombieExistence]

I bet it's a LFS trying to wipe out competition...

 

[ademster]

There is talk that it may have been from a animal activist too... Which from what I understand is counter productive

 

[ZombieExistence]

If that is true ^ I could say maybe there thought process is "If I do this it'll put them out of business, and yes it will kill SOME animals, but in the long run stop more corals from being harvested" ??? something backwards along those lines? ergg

 

[lostmyz]

who is to say that the corals at his store weren't harvested from an aquacultured environment like ORA. Here is the thing... with the sheer amount of reef hobbyist out there... if the oceans were depleted of ALL corals the SW Hobby reefers could repopulate the oceans 3x over! Granted not every species would be there but most. Cause lets face it im sure there are corals that we don't even know about yet. Place like ORA do the world justice with aquaculturing things.

 

[Garage1217]

A guy did that at AZSB years ago here locally. Put something in the neg edge tank.

 

[fishntyme1]

locally, and this was probably stupid people not knowing any better, someone put a penny in the display tank at Ocean Floor couple years back. I assume it was a child making a wish

 

[SHARKBAITNC]

A guy did that at AZSB years ago here locally. Put something in the neg edge tank.

I remember that I think they said it was chlorine in a water bottle. At the time they had an idea who did it.

 

[mic209]

Same thing happened to store in Vegas a few weeks ago. Not only copper, but somebody has been posting fake Craigslist ads saying they are closing

 

[briankmarsh1980]

When I was little my grandmother had a pet store and I remember a few times that some kids/teens would dip there hands in bleach then go on her store and run there hands through her tanks killer her fish

 

[GustavoAZ]

Just another case that makes the movie "The Superior Human" even more valid.