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Jeremyw 
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Posted: March 11 2016 at 8:30am |
Im sure you have all seen this :
https://reefbuilders.com/2016/03/10/would-you-pay-a-hundred-dollars-for-this-yellow-tang/
My questions are:
Would you pay $150-$200 for a yellow tang (that is what they are saying they will sell for)
Would you pay that much for a Tang that has HLLE? Apparently all of these have HLLE.
I think this is so cool!!! Now its time for the Blue Hippo Tangs!!!
Edited by Jeremyw - March 11 2016 at 8:52am
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Posted: March 11 2016 at 9:14am |
Good read thanks for sharing. personally I'm not interested in purchasing diseased fish however, this is definitely a step in the right direction to take pressure of of the wild resource.
I found it interesting that they pointed out the first batches of captive raised clowns and dottybacks had issues. So there is hope that these issues in the captive raised Tangs can be fixed as well.
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Posted: March 11 2016 at 9:17am |
I agree great step in the right direction.
There are 5 facilities working on yellow tangs and 2 working on Hippo and Purple along with the Yellow tangs. (At least that are public about it)
The first Clowns were nasty ugly! I wish I could find my pictures I have of some of the first ever done. Realize that the first captive clowns werent that bad until they tried to do it for commercial (retail). Then when they tried to raise 1000s at a time that is when they had the issues. But solved them! Same with the Tangs when they tried to do 100s and 1000s that is when they had the issues.
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Posted: March 11 2016 at 11:43am |
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I think people will pay $50 retail for a tank raised yellow... maybe.
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Posted: March 11 2016 at 2:08pm |
If anyone remembers the marine ornamentals that were raised out at Bonneville Seabase, you'll remember that they could not sell them to stores, let alone distributors. Wild caught Clownfish in those days wholesaled for around $1.50 each. This was around 1997!
Something in the Seabase water made their fish look like the real thing, so it wasn't the look of the fish. After spending something like $100,000 Seabase dropped out of the fish raising business.
It took many years but eventually, as the public became aware of the increasing value and improving strength of tank bred and raised ornamentals, some hobbyists started buying.
Wait for it.
Aloha, Mark 
This was one of those first Seabase Clownfish. 
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Posted: March 11 2016 at 11:46pm |
<div clearfix"="" _42ef="" ="ufiblock=""><div r"="" ="_ohf=""> <div _6b"="" _6a="" ="uipopover=""><a role="" ="_p"=""></a> <div ="_3-8m"=""><div ="_30o4"=""><span><span ="_5mdd"=""><span>This is my reply to the blog.
 I am disappointed in Jake Adams and Reef Builders for the disappointing and controversial Title of the article. This is ground breaking history that took years of research, time, effort, and money. While there is obviously room for improvement I don't think they deserve to be condemned for getting this far. You as a public figure, should have at least been neutral if not positive with your opinion and let the hobbyists speak for themselves. I feel its to early to jump to conclusions, and will reserve my opinion for later. Who knows, maybe once in the hobbyists tank, the condition will reverse, they will color up, and live a long happy life.</span>
<span>This is history in the making and that's the best title you can come up with?</span>
<span>We expect and and will hold you to a higher standard Jake Adams! </span></span></span> <div ="_30o4"=""><span><span ="_5mdd"=""><span></span> I don't disagree with pointing out imperfections or other problems. I disagree with the negative opinion and assumptions that have been made. Most readers, will have a negative opinion after reading. It could just as easily prove to be a short term problem, showing improvement in a few short weeks, forgotten in a few short months, and still living a healthy and happy life 30 years from now. With an Awesome story how it was one of the worlds first captive bred yellow tangs to ever be released!</span></span>
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Posted: March 11 2016 at 11:51pm |
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Yes, if I can get my hands on a couple of them I will spend the cash.
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Posted: March 14 2016 at 2:53pm |
Well here is a new article not from Jake Adams:
Interesting how someone looking truly into what is going on can write up a decent article about the fish.... maybe its not HLLE after all....
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Posted: March 14 2016 at 3:52pm |
Thanks for the update. Good read, and I'm interested to see where this goes a few years from now.
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Posted: March 15 2016 at 1:25pm |
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Yes, that was worth reading.
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