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glow in the dark fishies
Skunky wrote:
I know that for some areas of the world, their only income is from catching fish for the trade, but at what price, some fish have already seen dramatic drops in numbers, one in particular I'm led to believe is the Zebra plec, yet I still see them for sale, why? I know a few of you keep Marine fish and inerts etc, which the majority of are wild caught I believe, personally I feel it should be banned. I know there are controlled catches around the world, but for some reefs etc, the damage has been done and some of it irreversible all because of high demand by the trade. Being actively involved in raptor conservation in the U.K, I can foresee for different reasons, the future of certain species of tropical fish doomed! I know there are quite a few species of fresh water fish struggling to maintain numbers due mainly through habitat loss and pollution here in the U.K Well, my personal take on wild caught fish (and I have owned some in the past and plan to again in the near future once I rid myself of certain roommates (search for my recent disaster on alt.aquaria)) is that I only purchase wild caught fish I know that I can breed in my tanks. My thoughts are that I should contribute to the local hobby by breeding these fish and distributing them to the LFS and aquarium societies in the area. I tend to prefer F0 and F1 for my breeding tanks to avoid the possibility of hybrids. Still has the possibility of inbreeding, but it's really the purity of the species that I'm more concerned with. Anyways, in this way, as some other respondants have mentioned, the species can be maintained in the hobbyist/industry field even if it becomes "extinct" in the wild. One quick note as for damage, I have seen one damaged wild-caught fish from the rift lakes. In my last batch of Neolamp. similis, one female definately had a damaged swim bladder. She couldn't really swim without slowly sinking even if she put a ton of effort into it. I always wondered if she suffered from pressure issues when caught or if it was a later infection/etc that caused the problem. She didn't seem to be unhappy from it. She had her own little spot in the colony and defended the fry (although not as adeptly as the others). I miss my little "clown" as I called that female *frowns in her roommate's direction*. |
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