Another blow to our hobby

lol this is a joke they really want to make clowns illegal to own
this is some uneducated fool who is trying to get his name in the books. it will never go threw

if you read the article there are no numbers to back his claims......... this will go no-where

@ Jstearn it's pretty easy to get almost exclusive captive propagated coral especially from members on a forum like this as we all need a place to trade our frags when corals grow out. It's different when you go to pet stores. Depending on the store a lot of it will not be propagated and it's worth asking. As far as fish clowns are the most common bred species there has been success with cardinals, different gobies, and now even mandarins but most still do come from the ocean again this is worth the research as well. Many desirable fish are not bred in captivity on a large enough scale or at all mostly tangs, and angelfish. If you shopping at petco c/b on the information/name/price tag means captive bred if it's just sw it's saltwater and was wild collected. Most stores will also tell you if you ask for only captive bred fish. Wrasses are another popular fish that's mostly wild collect. I don't feel bad about buying a wild collected if captive bred is not available but I limit myself to no more than 2 wild caught fish a year and do everything in my power to ensure their survival. I have a wild blenny going on 3 years and a 6-line going on 1. As far as shrimp captive bred peppermints are becoming more common, but I have yet to encounter cleaners that are captive bred.

Actually chances are very high that your clam was aquacultured. ORA aquacultures tons of corcea, maxima, squamosa and derasa clams and so do many other places.