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Originally Posted by phil5613
Umm the whole Tax dollar thing come on its more like tax dime or so if you are lucky especially for those that live in the middle of the country. I doubt the state of Il or MO spend a whole loty of its tax money on saving the us reefs. so it would be your Federal tax dollars and I would like to know what actual percent that really is.
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It actually doesn't matter that I live in Missouri. I could even live in Florida and the tax issue would be the same. These corals were under a Federal Permit from the Federal Navy and in the Florida Keys NATIONAL Marine Sanctuary. (Also Federal).
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the whole biodeverse arguement that was had.. Shut up its a fact if you want a mixed tank of any kind and not a species tank you will have things eat other things and then bingo not as biodeverse as when you started its called a food chain or the law of survival for a reason,,, Think Deer culling we build houses where deer live someone has to go and deers havent figured out weapons yet. Same thing happens in the glass.acrylic box holding your reef if someone sets up shop on a rock something else gets culled.
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You cannot fulfill the duties of your permit if you mix Atlantic and Pacific species....plain and simple. This is not a survival of the fittest issue. The corals given to Eric were because he was a member of the CHDC and because someone in the government screwed up. The corals OWNED BY THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT (and by extension, all of us) had a specific purpose under various permits and in the end, none of them could be used for that purpose.