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08-04-2012, 11:20 PM
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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. 
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08-04-2012, 11:23 PM
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Yah gold's does have a very good rep and that's why I think there's something reasonable for not selling captive bred.
About the dead fish in the tank, I actually saw quite a few dead fishes in few of my visits over there :P
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08-04-2012, 11:46 PM
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I think the idea of cb being less disease resistent. Is because they have never been exposed to disease or parasites. Their immune system hasn't ever had to fight off anything. They have no antibodies or resistance. Like when we get vacinated we are being exposed to a virus for our immune system to build antibodies.
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08-05-2012, 12:26 AM
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+1 plus wild caught fish are street smart:P
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08-05-2012, 01:16 AM
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no i dont think they are better, but finding them reguarily and then proving they are tank bred is another story. most of the fish stores around here have wild caught fish, the odd tank bred fish that comes through are mostly clowns and bangers.
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08-05-2012, 03:08 PM
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I do not oppose tank bred at all, but the wild caught would be less susceptible to inbreeding.
Tank bred has come a long way, but consider all the designer clowns. It's not natural. May look cool but it's s defect to me. I have no interest in owning them. To me it's a fish with imperfections. My clowns are wild caught. Beautiful. Perfect. Healthy. But again, it's an argument I have no scientific backing for. Wild caught hurts the reefs over all. So personally I'm torn on the issue.
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08-05-2012, 03:18 PM
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I can attest to the pro's and con's of CB fish.
As a store that tries to get as much CB fish in the store, there are a few factors that we have to consider. We deal with the likes of ORA and such, and have our own local breeding facility for a few species of clownfish, gobies, and seahorses These are some of the things we have come accoss. -CB fish are more expensive than wild caught -CB take a lot of time and work to get to sellable size. -CB are used to man made water -CB seem to see less disease, but that could be due to the lack of pathogens in our water, doesn't prover they are more or less immune. WC are cheaper, but mortality rates are lower WC have more selection, and there are not as much selection of CB fish.
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08-05-2012, 05:23 PM
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