Wild caught red devil

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All my "WC's " that I keep ( and have kept ) originating from imports from Colombia and Peru are, in terms of appearance and correspondence to what we ( I at least ) expect from the breed, " worse specimens" than the ones we get from breeders.

No even going into the issues Mat raised ( parasites, fod response, etc ) I have had good ( one Zonatum started eating Hikari on the day of arrival ) and bad experiences.

But I fully understand the willingness to have "wild". ( for instance in Discus, which I haven't kept for more than a decade, only wild made sense for me )
 
I never looked at the about them might not accepting aquarium food and the parasites and the scars don't bother me gives the fish more character. Now I question my self on the fact the more I look into these fish its hard to find a wild red devil and I talked to Rapps and he has a male wc that he uses for breeding


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I've had wild fish (collected by me and others) adapt right away and eat prepared foods from day 1...as well as sulk and hide for months.

One of my favorite fish is a Cichlasoma dimerus that we caught in Bella Union, Uruguay...that has weird scaling on one side of it's head - probably the result of a brush with a piranha when it was young. Imperfect as a show fish. Perfect for being "real" :)

People get way too invested in owning the holy grail (or learning that it's not the "true" holy grail). Keep the fish that you like. Know what they are. Keep them well so that they live long, happy, reproductive lives!

Matt

Miguel said:
All my "WC's " that I keep ( and have kept ) originating from imports from Colombia and Peru are, in terms of appearance and correspondence to what we ( I at least ) expect from the breed, " worse specimens" than the ones we get from breeders.

No even going into the issues Mat raised ( parasites, fod response, etc ) I have had good ( one Zonatum started eating Hikari on the day of arrival ) and bad experiences.

But I fully understand the willingness to have "wild". ( for instance in Discus, which I haven't kept for more than a decade, only wild made sense for me )
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You would think that wild genetics are superior over f1 but i believe that to be false espescially in large wc fish. An F1 is raised 100% in a controlled environment given properly made foods (no there isnt a guy going out to the rivers and lakes throwing in nls daily) and raised from the start in aquaria reducing chances of reclusive fish as a lot of wilds are at least for a solid amount of time. Having wild fish is cool but if your looking for the more beautiful, personable and more genetically strong fish f1 is where its at.
 
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