Ethics of wild caught fish vs tank bred

[BigFishKeeper]

Umm...sorry BFK but this is your quote from earlier in the thread:

"I have a few wild fish that I caught in the Amazon with my friends: A 15'' RTC, 12'' Silver Arowana, and a whole school of 12'' pacus and redhooks. I keep them with my tanK RASIED FISH AND THEY ALL ACT THE SAME. But the wilds are always hungry!"

^So did you or didn't you catch those fish with your friends as you said??^

Both of your statements can't be true, which one is it? If you keep an RTC and a "whole school of pacus", regardless of where you got them from, please listen to Dwarf Puffer -- the RTC can grow over 4 feet in aquaria, you would need 1000 gallon tank, and pacus grow over 2 feet and are fast growers. A 300 gallon is nowhere NEAR big enough for these fish as adults! Both are tank busters - do you have a 1000 gallon tank or tropical pond in the works for these fish? These are not the types of fish that are easily given away to an LFS when they grow to large....

Or do you even have them at all? I'm getting really suspicious of all your posts now, maybe it's just me.

Sorry my mistake. Didn't realize that I typed that. That was a lie I didn't catch them. Yes I have them and only have 2 pacus. RTC got brought back to the lfs today!!

 

[Star_Rider]

Sorry my mistake. Didn't realize that I typed that. That was a lie I didn't catch them. Yes I have them and only have 2 pacus. RTC got brought back to the lfs today!!

why lie..it affects your credibility.

 

[wataugachicken]

lol, what credibility?

 

[Star_Rider]

lol, what credibility?

good point.. however, having been a parent and grandparent..I tend to hope that things change for the better.. credibility is important.
I think BFK gets caught up in the moment..:grinyes:

 

[BigFishKeeper]

good point.. however, having been a parent and grandparent..I tend to hope that things change for the better.. credibility is important.
I think BFK gets caught up in the moment..:grinyes:

I just said that I lied in my previous post!

 

[Star_Rider]

I just said that I lied in my previous post!

I know..in essence I was defending you ..giving you the benefit of the doubt.

 

[Danyal]

the government gets away with introducing non-native fish and captive bred fish because... well they're the government. how do you think the oscars got established in FL or the pikes in lake davis, or the brown trout and rainbow trout. we go through a whole lot more trouble to ensure that our fish are desease free and that they are healthy than they can.

 

[Notophthalmus]

The government established oscars in Florida? I don't think that's correct.

The gov't has made a lot of boners with deliberate introductions (carp, anyone?), but I think the cichlid populations of Florida can be pinned on irresponsible hobbyists and fish sellers.

 

[Star_Rider]

rainbow trout are native to many areas, brown trout (aka german brown trout-not really a trout) are not they are not indigenous to the US.
yes the govt fed and local have made a lot of bonehead moves.

introducing a non native species to control another non native among others.

Not sure about the intro of Oscars.. I suspect that those were inroduced by uneducated hobbyist as is Elodea(egeria) densa here

 

[SchizotypalVamp]

Yeah, most of the wild animals in FL are from hobbyists, from what i understand. I think the newest addition is either the crocodile or nile monitor. Either way, 9 foot long carnivorous lizards anyone?