Non-wild caught fish?

sns26 · Post by **sns26** » Sun Dec 18, 2011 5:00 pm

Of all the stupid things...I did my weekly 50% water change last night, and forgot to add Prime. Two hours later, I noticed two floaters and added a triple dose, but the damage was done. I lost ten out of my 17-fish school of Espey's rasboras. My 4-member rummynose team survived, as did my amanos. But I'm going to need to restock some.

I've been getting more cautious about buying wild-caught fish. I know most of our suppliers are great, but I'd prefer to buy farm-raised or home-bred fish if I can from now on. What species at a LFS are typically farm-raised?

halak · Post by **halak** » Sun Dec 18, 2011 5:04 pm

Discus : )

sns26 · Post by **sns26** » Sun Dec 18, 2011 5:12 pm

I'm too chicken to have discus. Plus, the tank is only 57g and gets a lot of people traffic. No place for shrinking violets.

I was more thinking about some of the shiny tetras and rasboras. Are cardinals ever farm raised?

halak · Post by **halak** » Sun Dec 18, 2011 7:06 pm

I am pretty sure cardinals are wild collected.

scientist0724 · Post by **scientist0724** » Sun Dec 18, 2011 7:24 pm

Centreville Aquarium has been carrying some tank raised cardinals lately.

Arlene

FrannyB · Post by **FrannyB** » Sun Dec 18, 2011 11:15 pm

Rach sells them as well.

Aaron · Post by **Aaron** » Fri Mar 09, 2012 12:19 am

A lot of the tetras and rasboras are farm raised. As mentioned already TR cardinals are pretty easy to find.

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