While all our sympathy must be for the countless dead, injured and homeless over two continents, and we will no doubt hear far more as to why, with up to four hours passing between the earthquake and the tidal wave, it appears little warning was given, the wider effects of this will continue to be felt for both humans and animals for years.
Many small freshwater fish are found only in small parts of the far east (eg Danio Kerri which I take my 'handle' from comes from a small island near Phuket in Thailand ).
The ecological damage to rivers and low lying areas from inundation by seawater will I rather fear lead to the extinction of many species of plants and animals and we may find that commercial stocks or for non commercially farmed species, the few fish of a species kept by enthusiast breeders or universities may be the only salvation of some species. If this is true, all of us with any fish that are affected ought to seriously consider lending them to those hobbyists or institutions with the facilities to spawn them on a large scale.
I fear that for my own 'preferred' fish the South East Asian Danios, this years explosion of new species will not now last and we may well need to carefully conserve the fish we have, perhaps in order to one day help restock rivers, streams and paddy fields now polluted by seawater.
Many small freshwater fish are found only in small parts of the far east (eg Danio Kerri which I take my 'handle' from comes from a small island near Phuket in Thailand ).
The ecological damage to rivers and low lying areas from inundation by seawater will I rather fear lead to the extinction of many species of plants and animals and we may find that commercial stocks or for non commercially farmed species, the few fish of a species kept by enthusiast breeders or universities may be the only salvation of some species. If this is true, all of us with any fish that are affected ought to seriously consider lending them to those hobbyists or institutions with the facilities to spawn them on a large scale.
I fear that for my own 'preferred' fish the South East Asian Danios, this years explosion of new species will not now last and we may well need to carefully conserve the fish we have, perhaps in order to one day help restock rivers, streams and paddy fields now polluted by seawater.
