Captive bred fish: Please Respond

[Delphinus]

BC_Grl, you say "if it's not for a superior animal." One thing that I don't know has been emphasized yet in this thread about captive-bred, is that with certain measurable qualities, captive-bred IS superior.

The key factor is that they have adapted to life in captivity. They've known nothing else. Thus, there is no effort required in order to get them to accept foods for example. The risk is less that they carry some kind of parasite capable of bringing them down (or others).

I know this point gets hammered again and again, but it does bear repeating: the cost of wild-caught is far greater than the economic price we pay. We may pay less at the store for the fish, but the environment is sharing part of the burden with us. (Isn't that magnanimous of the environment? I think we don't thank the environment enough for what it does for us ... ;) )

Just my $0.02 ...