[helene schoubye]

Hello Michael, and very welcome to this forum.
I think your post is in excatly the right place 🙂
And I also think what you are saying is really important, – you are completely right. We do concern ourselves with the survival and preservation of rare species of fish and worry about their habitats, and this should include a conciousness going much further as you say – and also be concerned with what we as aquarists consume in terms of decoration etc for tanks.
This is precisely also what we here try to do – becoming more aware and taking more responsibility. But things takes time.
I dont know so much about the issue of peat, but I can see your point, and I am sure this is a very important thing to consider as well as being concerned about the actual species.
Its always difficult though, since the material (such as peat) is being used and offered to many other different things, and the small amount one would use for paro tanks is so little.
It can even be reused for long times as far as I have learned.
But I think theres are many other obtions also if you want to not use peat. I dont use it so much for water preparation, but mainly for structure of the tank, hiding places etc. And as I say – tiny amounts which is reused.
But thank you for reminding us about this issue, and I hope there may be others who would like to join the discussion.