LFS claimed wild caught fishes are better

[Reefgoat]

I can't speak to the current situation with captive breeding as I have no first hand experience. In the long term I would think that proper selective breeding should be able to produce fish that are both as beautiful as any wild specimen as well as hardier in a captive environment.

[mrhasan]

That's what I think too but that claim got me thinking. Apart from the ethical issue, the rest of the claims seem valid.

Would love to get more opinions. Because that store sells livestock for dead cheap!

[Enigma]

Curious. I purchased a tank bred fish there five weeks ago.

[Aquattro]

Wild caught are cheaper, so likely more profit....

[mrhasan]

Originally Posted by Aquattro

Wild caught are cheaper, so likely more profit....

Extremely cheap! CB clownfishes go around for like $30 while wild ones are llike $15! Tempting but still I don't want to get wild ones unless I am sure that they are actually better than CB.

[mrhasan]

I think tank bred are way too hardy.

Just to do "kind of" an experiment, I added a captive bred clownfish on the very day when I received my cured live rock (no fish police I hope :P). And guess what? It is still kicking and way too playful (tank's running more than a month now). Then I got a wild one few weeks after adding the first one, and suddenly it stopped eating, mouths were stuck open and I knew it would get ich very soon and I was true and had to put it out of its misery.

This caused me to be curious since my situation is either caused by the fish being wild or the fish being sick initially!

[reefwars]

Originally Posted by mrhasan

I think tank bred are way too hardy.

Just to do "kind of" an experiment, I added a captive bred clownfish on the very day when I received my cured live rock (no fish police I hope :P). And guess what? It is still kicking and way too playful (tank's running more than a month now). Then I got a wild one few weeks after adding the first one, and suddenly it stopped eating, mouths were stuck open and I knew it would get ich very soon and I was true and had to put it out of its misery.

This caused me to be curious since my situation is either caused by the fish being wild or the fish being sick initially!

i think damsels in particular do better in the cycle process than most other fish and are very hardy:P

[mrhasan]

Originally Posted by reefwars

i think damsels in particular do better in the cycle process than most other fish and are very hardy:P

Haha. I know but I just didn't want to go through the trouble of removing the damsel afterwards.

But I was pretty surprised because the clown went through my cycle without any problem. From the very first day, it was eating like pig and from the 2nd take it started taking food from my hand. It was awesome

[reefwars]

Originally Posted by mrhasan

Haha. I know but I just didn't want to go through the trouble of removing the damsel afterwards.

But I was pretty surprised because the clown went through my cycle without any problem. From the very first day, it was eating like pig and from the 2nd take it started taking food from my hand. It was awesome

clownfish are part of the damsel family:P

[lpsreefer]

Golds takes care of all the fishes in the store. You'll almost never see a died fish. Also they make sure they qt the fish until it looks healthy.
I'm not to sure who you where talking to but they have all been into salt/fresh water for many years. with Dave, Doug, Kevin and Ollie. That's a lot of experiance.
There is a lot of talk about captive bred and wild but I have yet to see a captive bred tang, trigger, etc.. Not saying it can't be done. Clowns sure why not.

I like when you have a question they well anwser it to the best of thier knownledge.

Almost all my fish are from golds or red coral that I have bought from stores.