seaoats exploitaion
seaoats exploitaion
WILL - I hear you & agree totally, but mind, this is not a huge public forum (believe me, please). Most folks in this hobby are used to getting the gardeners' equivalent of "slips"; tiny but viable samples of coral, macroalgae, phyto/zoo-plankton/microarthropod cultures, even bacteria/in-fauna-flora DSB seeder samples...and fully agree with & understand why it is unethical , unnecessary, and just plain risky, wasteful, and uneconomical to acquire large colonies of ANYthing from the wild to place in our very artificial (no matter how well-managed) tank environments. Seaoats, IME, are more likely to be trampled down during peak beach season/winter tourist influx times in FL than for any other reason. Also, although I can't remember the names of these plants, there are at least three more equally tough, resilient, viable partially to fully emmersed lagoon/tidal zone/dune plants besides Mangroves that could work well as nutrient export plants for home aquaria (aquaponically-special soilless media). I strongly feel that thinking people, who are the ones who stay in this hobby, should (and want to) be responsible for the well-being of their captive specimens, and are already IMPACT conscious, but should be willing to try just about any natural system to assure the long term survival and "happiness" (for lack of an un-anthropomorphic phrase) of those involuntarily captive animals & plants. Ethics/morals are easily the most important aspect of this hobby; but how do we find the balance? Knowledge, research, experimentation within humane limits...that is the best we mortals can do, or, if you realize you don't have the time to dedicate to this task, move on to something equally fascinating, but not harmful to innocent creatures...Anyway, I thank you for making a very valid point in a public forum, and hope folks will think twice before yanking huge chunks of seaoats (anti-erosion plants) from our shores the world over...'cause you 'probly can't figure out how to make them live in yer 'fuge if you're THAT desperate and stupid!:rolleye1:
