The Official Asylum Reef Tank Thread

[shilala]

Originally Posted by OHRD

How long will the fish you have live? Will you trade/sell them, or keep them till they pass? Can you insure such expensive fish?

Reefkeeping isn't so much about keeping fish, it's more about keeping invertebrates. Corals, "bugs", shrimp, snails, live rock, starfishes, sea cucumbers, sponges, things that live in a reef system. Fish are a part of that system, but only a part.
When corals get too big, you "frag" them, which means you cut off pieces and they turn into new animals. That's how you keep your population under control. You can sell those fragments to other hobbyists.
No, you can't insure the stuff, at least not to my knowledge.