How many people keep wild caught?

[komodo182]

Hello,
so a customer at work is trying to get me fired since I offered to sell her wild caught fish. She told me it was disgusting to own/sell wild caught fish and we should not be doing that.

I won't get fired, but I am just curious how many people on here keep or have kept wild caught fish?

What are your thoughts on this?

 

[ISteedman]

Where does she think pets in pet stores come from? Alot of fish can not be bred in captivity. So they are "wild" because they are wild caught. Same thing with my iguana, it was bought at a petco 13 years ago, she was not captive bread either. That lady has no idea what she is talking about.

 

[dragonsong]

Many really popular aquarium fish are wild caught, I know a bunch of the smaller tetras are, datnoids, pbass, and most large catfish as well. People just think that they are farmed unless the tag specifically says "wild-caught"

 

[johnnycoolxx]

I think most everyone here has kept wild caught species at some point. Some fish just can't be farm-bred yet. You should tell customers like that woman that wild-caught fish help support the economies of those countries the fish were collected from. Plus, as long as there's a strong demand in the fishkeeping hobby for a certain fish, it gives people an incentive to not overfish and to look for ways to breed that fish in captivity.

 

[Mr.Catfish]

90% of my fish are native fish that I have collected myself.

 

[komodo182]

I think most everyone here has kept wild caught species at some point. Some fish just can't be farm-bred yet. You should tell customers like that woman that wild-caught fish help support the economies of those countries the fish were collected from. Plus, as long as there's a strong demand in the fishkeeping hobby for a certain fish, it gives people an incentive to not overfish and to look for ways to breed that fish in captivity.

She said I was racist since I said that there are some guys in African and Asia that catch them. Its a source of income. Not the most poltically correct thing to say I know, but its true.

I want to present this to the owners. They told me not to worry about it, but its the principle of the matter in my mind.

She has a masters in fish biology, but does not know that a lot of fish are wild caught.....?

 

[aclockworkorange]

My wild caughts (off the top of my head):
-dicrossus maculatus pair
-otocinclus
-clown loaches
-polka dot loaches
-C121 Cory catfish

I think that's it... Nothing wrong with wild caught fish IMO unless the species is endangered or totally unfit for aquariums.

 

[komodo182]

This was over wild caught apistogrammas

 

[MonsterMinis]

Sounds like PMS to me...

 

[Kingfr0gg]

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