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The Banggai cardinalfish which, according to Monica Biondo, are extremely vulnerable can so easily be bred that we hardly ever receive a fish captured from the wild, it is mainly offspring from Southeast Asia which arrive here. The largest importer of ornamental fish, EFS from Sonnefeld, exclusively imports offspring (marginally more expensive than wild fish) from Indonesia. This also explains why Indonesia didn’t make an application for the protection of this fish species at the CITES species protection conference. The only really serious situation is that the Banggai cardinalfish are now no longer to be found only in their original habitat but also at other locations, e.g. at the Lembeh Strait, where they really don't belong. There are too many of them! But alarming news of animals dying out generates high ratings – and not only on television. Dear divers – stay discerning and question such statements. No species has ever died out through pet keeping! Not a single animal rights activist in the world has been able to disprove this claim so far! You can keep your marine aquariums with a clear conscience and you don’t need to auction them through ebay. Unfortunately pollution is and remains the reefs’ main adversary. “
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