tank raised vs. wild caught

Dani · 03-24-2005, 08:03 PM

Just wondering what everyone's opinion is on fish that are tank raised vs. caught: charicteristics, hardiness, etc.

my lfs said tank raised fish are hardier, but that could have been because the fish he was selling me was tank raised.

BigDaddy · 03-24-2005, 08:07 PM

Well if someone threw you in the snow and told you to suddenly live like an eskimo don't you think that would be a bit more difficult to do than if you were born an eskimo

Anyway point is yeah tank raised fish are probably better for tanks.

VWD · 03-24-2005, 08:09 PM

I think they will be hardier, I will alway take a tank raised over a caught, But some things are not being tank raise and if You want it You have to get wild caught, I think it would be nice if everything we got was tank raised, and never hurt the reefs.

Vince

rachyl756 · 03-24-2005, 08:17 PM

Tank raised has proven it can survive in a tank. Also the chances of parasites are less. The longer in captivity the better for any sort of recreation of an enviroment in such a tiny scale. Personally when given the option I will go with captive and ignore the price difference. It doesn't seem to be a good plasce to save pennies.

Our tanks no matter how hard we try are not oceans, so to have something that can handel a tank the better.

My other hobby is mantella and dart frogs, and I can assureyou the extra money there for captive bred is well worth it. Without any direct proof I have assumed the same to be true of fish. Both are VERY dependent on their enviroments, used to complex and threatened enviroments, and being maintianed by people in small little micro habitats (no matter how big our tanks, they are just tanks.)