Hello all, Just wanted to share some personal views on the hobby and I was curious who else agreed or debated anything. This is not a troll thread, I only wish to have a meaningful discussion.
1: I consider this less of a hobby and more of a conservationist society dedicated to the health and beauty of coral reefs.
2: We all have lost coral at one point or another and can very easily become desensitized to this. After a while it takes a conscious effort to remind ourselves these are living creatures depending on us for their very survival and that losing even one colony of SPS is losing the life of dozens of individual animals.
3: If a coral, invert, or any other category cannot be kept alive but for a short while without the possibility of propagating and keeping alive for others to enjoy and also themselves propagate it should not be collected from the wild.
4: If a species can easily be propagated yet is in danger of threat or extinction in the wild it is our obligation as conservationists to keep that species alive. There are many examples of this in the hobby today. Species that are even 100% extinct in the wild yet thrive in the hobby.
5: When we come across somebody who is new to the hobby it is our obligation to assist them as much as possible so that not only can our society grow and gain honor but so that we might help them avoid mistakes and cause the loss of life that are usually avoidable with the proper guidance. I for one know without the help of many of you I would have made many more mistakes starting from scratch.
6: We should not be viewed as condescending, enlightened, or perceived as arrogant intellectuals but rather as a caring, devoted and wisened group dedicated to the hobby based on points 1-5.
please feel free to correct me if anything I have written just sounds wrong.
1: I consider this less of a hobby and more of a conservationist society dedicated to the health and beauty of coral reefs.
2: We all have lost coral at one point or another and can very easily become desensitized to this. After a while it takes a conscious effort to remind ourselves these are living creatures depending on us for their very survival and that losing even one colony of SPS is losing the life of dozens of individual animals.
3: If a coral, invert, or any other category cannot be kept alive but for a short while without the possibility of propagating and keeping alive for others to enjoy and also themselves propagate it should not be collected from the wild.
4: If a species can easily be propagated yet is in danger of threat or extinction in the wild it is our obligation as conservationists to keep that species alive. There are many examples of this in the hobby today. Species that are even 100% extinct in the wild yet thrive in the hobby.
5: When we come across somebody who is new to the hobby it is our obligation to assist them as much as possible so that not only can our society grow and gain honor but so that we might help them avoid mistakes and cause the loss of life that are usually avoidable with the proper guidance. I for one know without the help of many of you I would have made many more mistakes starting from scratch.
6: We should not be viewed as condescending, enlightened, or perceived as arrogant intellectuals but rather as a caring, devoted and wisened group dedicated to the hobby based on points 1-5.
please feel free to correct me if anything I have written just sounds wrong.