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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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08-05-2012, 05:41 PM
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packaging, shipping times, etc.
especially stress. from shipper to retail mortality rates are lower, if you buy from a fish farm (ORA) much higher.
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08-05-2012, 05:45 PM
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I had never really thought about the mortality rates before. Of the six CB fish I have purchased, three have died. Of the four WC fish I have purchased, none have died. While I tend to prefer to purchase CB fish, my wallet is now suggesting otherwise.
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08-05-2012, 06:09 PM
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CB clowns are much more hardy to our aquariums. Now putting a CB clown back into the wild... probably not the best idea but I dont think too many people in Canada will be doing this :P
WC often come in with diseases. That being said the store owner was correct with respect to SOME of the CB clowns. Clowns are currently being bead just about everywhere; sri lanka isreal, Indo, USA, canada etc. Typically the ones from overseas are WAY cheaper but their color is also VERY poor and they dont seem to be very hardy at all. The orange in these clowns is more of a yellow. The white is drab and the black is almost non existent. I would guess that his experiences with respect to CB clowns is based on the ones ordered from overseas, in which case he is absolutely correct. But good quality clowns from just about anywhere in North America are WAY better than wilds IMO.
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