How many people keep wild caught?

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Do you keep wild caught fish?

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I Just realized that my clown loaches are wc lmao. Nothing wrong with wild caught 4fish. As long as they are properly treated for parasites and acclimated right it's all good.
 
komodo182;4907109; said:
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.....?
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I so would like to meet this woman and have a conversation with her.... Pure ignorance.
 
If you look at countries like Thailand (especially) and some south american countries (this has been a bit slower for them) where this collecting is taking place, the fish trade is actually leading to healthier rivers and lake. Habitats are being protected for sustainable collecting...
Also, look at species like the red tail shark, labio bicolor... Extinct in the wild (due to habitat depletion) but thriving in the aquarium trade because of captive breeding from WILD CAUGHT fish.
 
living in northern minnesota i can tell ya, we got some rpetty badass fish up here, i'd recommend trying them out in your tank, some cool gars, awesome bass, lots of stuff
 
Glad to see lots of support so far.

I am reading her thesis. It is about how certain fish react to certain stressors......
so taking fish from teh wild is bad, but putting them under stress is not?
 
also, raising livestock for food and leather is inhumane
yet very warm and tasty
 
zenyoungkoh;4907149; said:
your pole is faulty, i do not keep wild caught fish but i dont think there is anything disgusting!!!!
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Fair enough. I would change it if I could.

The disgusting part is if you are against it. The other part (majority) is if you are not against it. How does that sound?
 
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