Recent content by John_Brandt

Senate Bill SB3225

I think this is Chrysiptera rex.

Steve, do not put words in my mouth or attempt to characterize my sentiments. What you have said in this message about me is absolutely untrue, except for the part of myself no longer posting here. You are one of the primary reasons I do not post here anymore. The misinformation you give about...

Mitch, nobody is preventing you from communicating with any MAC Certified industry operators. That includes all of them. The MAC website has listed email addresses from "reef to retail".

Many people know why the MAC Certified Philippine fish suddenly got intecepted from entering the American market. Mike Sergey knew it too. He is looking forward to getting certified fish as he had been previously. His disappointment is understandable. There are new MAC Certified collectors and...

I do know that LSA was selling MAC Certified fish (I saw them the last three times I visited). These were being sold at a higher price than the same species that were non-certified. The difference was not dramatic. Mike Sergey is very quick to talk about how great these fish are (MAC Certified...

"Looks bad" from a public relations perspective, but isn't bad from a reef conservation perspective. Certified fish have never stopped flowing from the MAC Certified collecting areas of Barangay Batasan Island and Barangay Tangarin (Clarin). I know you know that buyers in Cebu intercept and...

Mitch, Your recollection of what I said (or may have said) was much better than others stated. I read this forum but (obviously) rarely post here anymore. There are posters here who are not above spin-doctoring, spastic conspiracy theory and straight-up bullcrap. It became so impossible to...

Sorry to bring up this old thread, but I was asked to do it. There was a rumor stated in this forum (I think in another thread) that Living Seas Aquarium in Park Ridge, IL wanted to "cancel" or "opt-out" of their MAC certification. This is not true. I spoke with Mike Sergey (owner of LSA) at...

Rub the lamp three times and... :) I mostly swore off this forum because of dishonest argumentative tactics that are frequently used. Some are aimed directly at me, such as this. What I said at MO '04 Hawaii were the thoughts that I had while diving at Batasan Island. I still maintain the...

Galleon has based his entire career on your concerns and questions. He will give you answers shortly.

You are talking about the fine young attorney from San Francisco. I have no stake or firm opinion on this issue. Do you feel that the Endangered Species Act (ESA) is problematic as is, or that American Acropora doesn't fit into the given definition put forth by the ESA, or what? I'm all ears.

Limey? The dude is posting from Japan. He's a Jap not a Limey, yes? But let's put that stuff aside and focus on those corals. Burntom, you redifined your grand idea. So, you want to move the corals from hot to warm water rather from hot to cold water? If the warm water then becomes hot water...

Do you want to move all the corals from the hot water to the cold water?

I read Coral-List about once a week, not daily. So the recent big hurricane shaved tissue off of the Florida palmatas and left the bare skeletons. "I know where this is leading to..." Where? I would guess that it is leading to a small gift shop that is 3.71 miles northwest of Hackettstown...