Here is a pasted reply I posted in another thread that I think is valid here:
Cost is driving this hobby. Tell me that there are lots of importers or wholesalers who import yellow tangs from Hawaii rather than from the cheaper Phillipenes where cous cous (cyanide) is used. OR are there lots of importers who prefer to buy from certified "net caught?"
So if the source is, by our definition, unethical, how can we expect a LFS trying to survive educate the customer? The LFS is the middle man for a flawed system driven by the bulk of the hobbyists looking for the cheapest way of doing things.
Demand for the cheapest product results in the products environment being hurt as well as the product itself. We have to be as involved as we can in educating fellow reefers. The reefing leadership touts dangerous DIY chemicals (can you say baking soda?).
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