Here is my general consensus. Both parties involved are guilty. The sanctuary for actually allowing it to happen and Mr. Borneman for what had transpired. If the sanctuary actually knew that reefsavers was a wholesale company(essentially a pet shop) do you think they would have ok'ed the permit? Eric is a very smart guy no doubt and knew what he was doing, I have no doubt about that what so-ever. As soon as those corals hit the reef savers systems they were contaminated. He was now studying Caribbean corals with indo-pacific diesiese. He knew that from the get go IMO. Do you think that Drs. Fosters and smith could apply for a permit to get these corals? Sure, would it be approved? Not a chance. The sanctuary dropped the ball and someone caught them sleeping. Later on they realized there mistake and asked for our contaminated corals back that could never ever be relocated. This is truly a slap in the face for the hobby and should not go un-noticed.
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