Tropical Fish Collectors - How it begins

Terry and I love to leave in the Keys!

We really enjoy boating, diving, snorkeling or just swimming around the houseboat. So, in November of 2009 we decided to apply for Florida State License that would allow us to be certified Marine Life Collectors. Since then, we are having blessed of a good time!

Along with the challenge of learning how to harvest marine life, we took some classes together at the local community college. We had to learn about the coral reefs and its environment system.

Terry is more in charge of building and managing the closed system aquarium, figure things out when something goes wrong… he is my chemical specialist guy, the engineer of the projects and I had to learn how to build a web site that by the way you can visit and purchase something – Reggies Tropical fish dot com – and advertising our business to wholesalers, retailer stores and hobbyists. Together we have been reading many books about tropical fishes and invertebrates.

It is very fun to go for a diving, see the creatures, get home and find out what that creature is about; if they are suitable for home aquaria and how much it would cost.

Terry is a fish himself. Oh Boy! He can swim. My diving skills had improved a lot. I even can free diving down 15+ feet. It is amazing for me, maybe not for many people that can do it in a heartbeat.

At this marine life business we came across to others collectors and they are too secretive. We have no clue why such behavior. We still learning … every day, every dive, every call or every email received.

I do not even want to mention how much money we had to spend to have these things going…

Our plan is to be successful and become great professionals in this area.

Right now we are looking forward to going to MACNA 2010 in Orlando. We believe that we will learn a lot.

As you can see… Marine Life Collectors is all about LEARN LEARN LEARN. We care about the marine creatures and we care about the hobbyists as well! When you purchase the saltwater fish or inverts direct from the diver collector, means that is way less stress on the creature and the probability to get a healthier fish is greater than purchase from retailer or wholesaler… It is also more affordable!

So, stay tuned for more silly news about Reggie’s Tropical Fish – Terry & Reggie Smith