Captive bred fish: Please Respond

Mak · #26 06-25-2002, 04:19 AM

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Originally posted by DJ88:
<blockquote>quote:<hr /> Well, that's certainly a bold statement!!

It is isn't it?

Jeanna,

The reason a few of us here prefer to buy captive raised animals, whether they are corals or fish is that if we don't try to make an effort to take some pressure off of nature for the creatures we take out of the ocean we won't have a hobby in the future.

We as hobbiests do this by fragging our corals and trading amonst each other wherever possible and in the case of fish, if we can buy tank raised we do.

In this new world conservation is key. We aren't the only area that is immune to this train of thought. If anything we should actively PROMOTE it.

All it takes is one politician to start something and the hobby gets closed. The sale and ownership of macro algea of all types was very nearly banned in California because of lack of knowledge by people outside of our hobby. This would have shut down live rock importation due to macro's gorwing on LR. It takes very little. With the reefs and fish populations declining we need to do our part in saving as much as we can. I am not saying the reefs are gone in a couple of years but lets try and se if we can save tehm for the future reefkeepers.

I am not saying I do it each and everytime but if I was able to buy a tank raised over a wild caught. Hands down tank raised wins. No question in my mind.<hr /></blockquote>Very nicely said DJ ;) .

I'm going to be reading up tonight on Corals and Fish that don't belong in our aquariums, cause I ALMOST bought a Carnation Coral today on an impulse buy :( .

Got any names to start off my list?

[ 25 June 2002, 00:43: Message edited by: MAK ]