Wild caught!?

[h1n1]

Why does every one seam to be talking about "Jeff raps"? I'm guessing he sells wild caught fish? Why does everyone want them? Aren't tank raised far better


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[rgonzales]

Rapps carries alot of hard to find fish both f1 and wild caught and all of the fish ive seen that came from him were high quality too

 

[duanes]

Wild caught, if you want to breed fish, is desirable because they are true to their species.
Not polluted by hybridization, and interbreeding.
Their color is often more dramatic.
Wild caught can be a problem for the inexperienced, or someone desiring a wet pet.
They often tend to be shy, and stay out of sight, as they would in nature, unlike tank raised fish that have been brought up hand fed and accustomed to aquarium life.
Jeff Rapps sells high quality wild and tank raised, is known for "not" selling hybrids.
Whereas one never knows what your getting in "some" local stores, or even having them labeled right.

 

[isde02]

Jeff rapps, has been in the biz for years, is a reputable vendor, gets rare hard to find fish, and is great at packaging and shipping. Wild fish, have better colors, but are usually harder to train to commercial foods, tank raised fish are more geared for captive life.

 

[h1n1]

But I thought wild caught fish had uglier colors bc the more attractive pretty fish are the first ones to be spotted and eaten. Plus they don't have selective breeding to get rare hues and colors


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[krichardson]

Jeff rapps, has been in the biz for years, is a reputable vendor, gets rare hard to find fish, and is great at packaging and shipping. Wild fish, have better colors, but are usually harder to train to commercial foods, tank raised fish are more geared for captive life.

Nicely stated.Jeff Rapps is one of the best online vendors in the east coast area....keeps an updated stocklist and,in my case,is not a killer with shipping charges.not sure where H1N1'S location is but it's nice not to have to pay to ship a fish from the other side of the country.

 

[Mount_Prion]

But I thought wild caught fish had uglier colors bc the more attractive pretty fish are the first ones to be spotted and eaten. Plus they don't have selective breeding to get rare hues and colors


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Maybe not so much with fish, but bright colors in the wild often mean "bugger off--I'm highly poisonous!" So in that sense, no. And I'd just say watch any aquatic episode of Planet Earth if you need to see evidence that brightly colored fish thrive. Often bright colors are used to attract a mate, or blend in with corals and such in a marine environment.

And as for "attractive and pretty", as far as fish are concerned, that just means "fits in my mouth"!

 

[h1n1]

Aside from venomous fish, most fish especially wild caught fish try to bled into there surroundings. But does Jeff have a website?


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[duanes]

bright colors are sometimes part of camouflage. The primary predators of many fish, are birds, you may notice that the bright metallic sheen on the dorsal area of fish helps hide it by blending with the shimmer on the water surface.
In nature maybe 2 individuals in a spawn of 1000 survive.
In aquarium breeding, the survival of hundreds in a spawn tends to allow many fish to survive that normally wouldn't. These may be mono colored or have the dull colors that wouldn't be attractive to mates, or provide the above type camouflage. Culling is an answer that many don't have the stomach or patience to do.

 

[Deubie Doo]

Yes tank bred fish are normaly hardy and better in some cases But theres alot of highly wanted fish that arnt able to be bred in captivity and tankes like tigerfish, payaras and lots more! Plus I think its cooler telling people that I have fish that have seen the rivers on the other sides of the world if you know what Im saying