Recent content by Tim Tessier

Hi, my name is Tim and I own SeaCare. Now that I have let everyone know who I am and what my agenda is(making a living importing and selling healthy fish) I feel that I can offer some answers to the old(4 to 5years) info on my website. I immediately responded to Ad's request for info that I was...

I will reply to all the various questions this evening. Best Regards, Tim - Seacare

Did the village actually use a Reefball mold?? Or did they copy the idea and make their own from scratch? Copying ideas is not patent infringement as far as I am aware. Mike, I don't appreciate your using this forum as a tool to bash the IMA and further your own agendas. You should not have...

After looking at the Reefball website and determining that it is concrete that they are using to make the balls. Did they contact Leroy Headlee to see if it was OK to use his idea of reef structures made out of concrete? Who is copying who here? Mike, perhaps you can answer??

Although I do not condone the violation of patents this is a good example of the type of behaviour that will never get anything done. Perhaps now the IMA is not a contender for the next coral farming grant. If the NGO's, all 501C3, that do human relief and development behaved in this manner...

From: Some TAG, AMDA, MAC History I find it quite amazing that all these organizations abound as well. I sincerely hope that the MAC can work with the IMA and get the existing labs running. Perhaps if someone would pay the money owed to IMA for running the CDT labs for the BFAR then maybe we...

Hi Peter, First off I want to say that I was not questioning the IMA's integrity nor do I intend too. An annual report is good for an overview of any organization and it is what the organization wants to say. An Audited Financial report is what the books have to say, irregardless of what the...

Hi Mitch, I worked for an NGO for 5 years and I have heard of some of the scams/poor use of funds by other members of the NGO community. I remember one time someone sent a container(40' ocean) of large cup size bras to SE Asia. The villagers used them for rice bowls. :lol: Or the time someone...

Cmmon Mary, I know how much time you really spend on this board :wink: Hi Doug, PMP was a little before my time. I did import from AMRI for a couple years. Sometimes good shipments ... sometimes bad ... kinda typical for this industry. Did have a lot of problems with parasites, AMRI was not...

Hi Doug and Kyle, I'll hopefully answer your questions and explain myself at the same time. I am not interested in starting a flame war or getting into "Pet Shop Politics" so this will be my last reply. Hopefully the thread will move back to the original question. Yes, I know they opened a...

Kyle, Just off the top of my head what is so hard about doing Provincial tax? It is easier than GST, which you now do, and is only applicable in BC instead of all of Canada. You may not sell direct to hobbyists but you do sell to the online store that says their Indonesian angels, triggers and...

Probably because the retailers and hobbyists want them. Heck most of the local stores sell angels, tangs and triggers from Indo. They and the local online store have them transhipped in because the fish are cheap. Then when the fish get diseases I see these "save the blue tangs from this LFS"...

Hi Rover, <blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">quote:</font><hr> Bottom line: if each step feels that they cannot make a profit on their "product" the product ceases to become profitable and suddenly disappears. In other words, had the customer been more informed...

Hi Naesco, My Purple tang is 1.25 inches long, it would fit on a toonie, and swims around in my twenty gallon tank, for the time being. The seven inch Sailfin is in a five thousand gallon tank in Calgary. Cheers, Tim

I remember a couple of years ago seeing a French company that was working with larval fish out of Moorea? and the name Dufour(ICLARM ref) sounds familiar. I will see if I can dig up some info. Anyone want to go halfers on 10,000 fish?? Just Kidding Cheers, Tim