Recent content by FortheFishes

Are you sure that they are bite marks? It could be the ammonia level in the water that's eating at their fins.

Some surgeons live to be at least 40 and 50 years (yellow tangs and bluespine unicorns), parrotfishes to at least 30. There just aren't that many studies done on life history traits.

Really? I've rarely heard of hobby fish surviving that long. I did read a report where a sailfin lived for 15 years at the Waikiki Aquarium. Do you think there are there lots of people coming close to that these days?

Yes, sailfins get that big in the wild, but rarely live long enough in captivity to do so. So sad...

Stick with maricultured only Best to stick with only maricultured fish, so wild ones can be left on the reef where they belong.

There are no captive bred yellow tangs. Researchers just got a handful of larvae to the 14 day stage last month. Breeding/raising them in commercial numbers is still years away, if at all possible. Collecting is decimating Hawaii's fish populations, and several species that were once commonly...

There's another thing you can consider: stop buying wild caught fish. At least then, you won't be hurting wild populations when yours keep dying. Hawaii's wild yellow tang populations in collected areas are 73% lower than those in protected areas. The state now officially calls the aquarium...