Wild Caught Fish
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I believe with the exception of bolivian/blue rams most apistos are wild caught. You can get raised ones from breeders though
I'm not sure what you are referring to..but rams have not been apistograms for some time.
the old books reference this but the new thought is Papilochromis or Mikrogeophagus
I'm not sure I buy your premise. 'Wild-caught' does not necessarily equal 'illegal' does not necassarily equal 'stolen' does not necessarily equal 'environmental distruction'.
There are sustainable wild fisheries for food fish; and there ones that are abused. I don't know that all wild-caught fish fall in the latter category, although it wouldn't surprise me if alot do.
There are sustainable wild fisheries for food fish; and there ones that are abused. I don't know that all wild-caught fish fall in the latter category, although it wouldn't surprise me if alot do.
I'm also bummed to hear about loaches and small plecos...I'll bet mine were tenderly netted and treated with love all the way to the US, though.
I know breeders of cockatoo apistos and synodontis petricola, so they are not necessarily wild-caught. Most may be.
I understand cardinals have been raised in captivity with some difficulty, but it is still more economically feasible to import wild ones.
Environmentalists actually worry about preserving the wild cardinal fishing industry. If it collapses, the people employed by it may have to take up other work that is less environmentally friendly in terms of rain forest deforestation, etc.
Cardinals in the wild are sort of an annual fish, and seem to replenish themselves readily. Habitat destruction is a much greater threat than fishing.
Has science even figured out how to sex glass catfish yet? I think they are still a complete mystery.
I understand that cherry barbs are all but extinct in the wild (again, habitat destruction) and that we aquarists are essentially the ones perpetuating the species.
I understand cardinals have been raised in captivity with some difficulty, but it is still more economically feasible to import wild ones.
Environmentalists actually worry about preserving the wild cardinal fishing industry. If it collapses, the people employed by it may have to take up other work that is less environmentally friendly in terms of rain forest deforestation, etc.
Cardinals in the wild are sort of an annual fish, and seem to replenish themselves readily. Habitat destruction is a much greater threat than fishing.
Has science even figured out how to sex glass catfish yet? I think they are still a complete mystery.
I understand that cherry barbs are all but extinct in the wild (again, habitat destruction) and that we aquarists are essentially the ones perpetuating the species.
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