I agree Mary , This is probably the single most important issue facing the Hobby?The middle men take too much of the profit away from the caretakers of the reef........I praise you for paying more to assure the reef is looked after !Originally posted by Mary <so important to make the reefs- which are THEIR resource- profitable to them. I can pay them 3 times more and still make a decent profit, so I think that's fair. However, the general attitude seems to be "Pay the natives as little as possible and keep the profits for yourself". Bad idea. Bad for the collectors, bad for the reefs, and bad for the industry.[/QB]