Who Loves Cuttles?

Also, as Alex has pointed the ethical problems with keeping some of these animals should not be understated. Reefs are in a decidedly precarious condition today. It is not a wild off-the-wall statement to say we are seeing the last of coral reefs as they have been for millions of years. The apparently invevitable crash has already started and will be accelerating over the next few years; see this article for a good synopsis of the problems. For our hobby to persist, as hobbyists we need to concentrate on doing best at what we can do - maintaining organisms in small self-contained systems - however, we need to expand our hobby to maintain animals through their ENTIRE life histories so that our source of organisms is independent of the natural reef. Unfortunately, while we (as a - rather large - group) have a surprisingly large amount of strength and expertise in animal husbandry; it has seldom been put to good use, and needs now to be focused on developing our own resource base.