Re: Caribbean Fish Collecting (fwd)
Rjga at aol.com
Thu, 09 May 1996 09:29:31 -0400
I would like some documentation that quinaldine is damaging to reefs in the
manner in which it is applied to specific fishes hiding in holes. I've used
it, and frankly have never found it to be any more abusive than chasing a
fish into a cluster of stony branching corals. - Bob Goldstein, 919-872-1174
or RJGA at AOL.COM. As to cyanide collecting, other than the rabid rantings of
one writer in FAMA, it seems cyanide is a method of collecting food fish, not
aquarium fish, so can we please drop that garbage from the discussion? In the
Philippines and some other places, bleach and other cheap chemicals work to
collect fish that sometimes temporarily recover. And frankly, cyanide kills
or it doesn't; there is no such thing as a chronic effect. The report a
couple of years ago of damaged intestinal lining was a classic of
pseudoscience, which ought to be dumped from our discussions too. If you want
information on cyanide's effects, look to qualified veterinarians,
physicians, biochemists, and other qualified scientists, and forget about the
work of dummies with stains and no background in pathology.