Wild caught vs. Tank raised.

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Yakuza-Irezumi;1190351; said:
WC for the true enthusiast,TR for the laymen/beginer.
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I wouldn't go so far as to say that. I wouldn't consider myself a layman or beginner but I have very few wild caught tropicals. Note that I said tropicals, I have plenty of wild caught natives. If I have any wild caught tropicals (and I may) I didn't buy them because of it. For some keepers it's just not a concern, not something they care about or perhaps not something they can afford. If you're doing it right you can grow just about any fish into a beautiful representative of its species. CB and WC both have their pros and cons and there is nothing wrong keeping them.
 
sandtiger;1190538; said:
I wouldn't go so far as to say that. I wouldn't consider myself a layman or beginner but I have very few wild caught tropicals. Note that I said tropicals, I have plenty of wild caught natives. If I have any wild caught tropicals (and I may) I didn't buy them because of it. For some keepers it's just not a concern, not something they care about or perhaps not something they can afford. If you're doing it right you can grow just about any fish into a beautiful representative of its species. CB and WC both have their pros and cons and there is nothing wrong keeping them.
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This we all know, but you're missing the issue I think, or I did not correctly propose my concern...


MY problem... Is a certain Vendor here on MFK Believes WC/CB = no difference, and gets ANNOYED when people ask him questions like this... Which I feel is pure stupidity, as a vendor he should know WC is the "holy grail" of fish keeping...



cichlaguapote pretty much said all of my concerns and it seems a lot of people had some more to add, and also agreed. But to put in something that also hadn't come to mind until I read the original thread. Medication, treating the fish for possible worms and w/e else it may have.. What if you DON'T want a WC fish ? Or what if you unknowingly get a WC specimen and don't treat it for worms, assuming it was CB.
 
Yakuza-Irezumi;1190351; said:
WC for the true enthusiast,TR for the laymen/beginer.Wild caught will just be a much more robust fish,especially if your TR specimens haven't been breed out of themselves for a while.
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Your kidding right, I don't have many wild caught fish, in fact I only have one, my Jardini. To me it doesn't matter if a fish is wild caught or not and tank raised are not for laymen. I cant even understand why anyone would think that :screwy:.
Firstly, I cant get wild caught fish where I live unless they are native (to Australia that is) so I guess I can never be a "true enthusiast". And secondly why does it really matter where the fish comes from as long as your happy with it. Sure there are certain fish I would want wild caught if I was able to get them (ie, Trimac, Red Devil and Midas). This is only to make sure what I have is what it is meant to be. But hey, I'd expect to see that sort of BS comment in the Cichlid side of the hobby, a true enthusiast would know its not what fish you keep but how you keep them that matters.
 
nolapete;1190473; said:
Compare wild festae to some that are the result of many generations of captive breeding. Oh wait, there's no comparison!

Wild caught fish are the result of survival of the fittest breeding. Captive bred fish are the result of Joe Aquarist buying 6 fish of unknown origin and bloodline purity and saying, "I hope it's true what they say about getting a pair from 6 fish."
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Rakie;1190678; said:
This we all know, but you're missing the issue I think, or I did not correctly propose my concern...


MY problem... Is a certain Vendor here on MFK Believes WC/CB = no difference, and gets ANNOYED when people ask him questions like this... Which I feel is pure stupidity, as a vendor he should know WC is the "holy grail" of fish keeping...
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I know what your concern is and I addressed it in my first post in this thread. I listed the pros and cons of both WC and CB. I agree that there is nothing wrong with wanting to know if a fish is one or the other, it's a valid question. IMO vendors should be willing to answer any question from potensial buyers.
 
Snake_Eyes;1192935; said:
WC or CB...I don't care either way. :)
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I mean niether do I really but if I had the choice it would go to WC. I have seen awesome CB fish that completely blow away a WC fish. Actually just 2 hours ago I went to a LFS to browse and saw a Uaru for $160 at 4" and the other Uaru ther same size 4" were $35 and were absolutely gorgeous to bad my tanks are full and are to aggressive for any except the Sev tank which is stocked to the Max.
 
well i'd post my opinons in this thread but once again the masses of mfk memebers have beaten me to saying them, i am an ONLY WC cichlid enthusist, WC>TR. truely superior fish. for reasons already listed. i think i bought one cichlid that was tank raised in the past 4 years, and that was F1 though. needless to say because of this i'm a good friend of rapps, lol
 
tank raised will take more varietys of food. well depends on the fish, but tank raisded aRE MORE USED TO CAPTIVITY. sorry bout caps. booze talking,
 
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