"Pet fish rely on their visual impact for their appeal, so beauty is a basic requirement," points out Bill Kuo, Taikong's administrative and finance manager. Deep-sea tropical fish are more brilliantly colored, but because the water in fish aquariums must be changed often and man-made sea salts are very expensive, the cost of raising such fish is considerable.
「觀賞魚是一種講究視覺衝擊的行業，漂亮是基本要求，」邰港科技行政財務經理郭文彬指出，熱帶深海魚的色彩較豔麗，但水族箱需要經常換水，人工海水鹽又很貴，所費不貲，再加上業者得下海四處撈捕，對生態危害較大。