How were the species for the RPI Reef Fish Guide selected?
The marine aquarium trade has little or no institutional mechanisms that mandate reliable data collection. This makes it difficult for us to assess important variables like mortality, population levels and even collection methods are not always reported. The good news is that hobbyists have been keeping track of their successes and failures for decades. As a result, many books and articles have been published that provide excellent insight into perhaps the most important criteria of all for the responsible hobbyist – survivability in the home aquarium.
