Finding nemo could get harder

[Jan]

http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/health-science/the-reality-of-finding-nemos-marine-life/2011/12/12/gIQAw0QYqO_story.html

[Coral Hind]

Just another reason to support captive breeding. Thanks for sharing!

[Der ABT]

Just another reason this hobby is destroying the world....or helping to keep it around, educate others, make people respect the sea a little more. rant over (my shortest i think)

 

saw this in the express as well. already had several coworkers come over and ask about it...too funny just knowing someone with a saltwater tanks makes people care a little more.

[Integral9]

[Neto]

Just another reason to support captive breeding. Thanks for sharing!

 

I agree for selling purposes, but what will happend if captive breed fish are released to the wild, will they adapt?

[Origami]

Just another reason to support captive breeding. Thanks for sharing!

Agree. Thankfully there is a growing (no pun intended) industry - both for profit, and within hobbyist groups - that does this, and is doing it better each and every year.

[Jan]

Good question. I'm seeing how they differ in my tank. I have a wild caught that hosts in all three of my anemones. I also have 2 captive bred that didn't go near any. Once I put the wild caught in the same system the other two went for the nems. I wondered if this behavior is because they are captive bred? The two captive bred visit the nems every now and then, but they don't stay and actually host like the other one.

 

I agree for selling purposes, but what will happend if captive breed fish are released to the wild, will they adapt?

[Coral Hind]

I am sure they would adapt when introduce into the wild with little problems due to instinct and as Jan pointed out they would learn from observation of fellow clowns.

 

I once visited a clownfish facility that pumps out 15,000 clowns a month and they had just released 5,000 back into the wild.

[sen5241b]

I'm very interested to know what percent of clownfish sold in the hobby are captive bred. I am willing to bet its a large number. Anyone recall the post on this forum (maybe a year or two ago) where someone posted images of a captive bred facility for clowns in Thailand? Coral Hind, was that you? I seem to rememeber they had to throw excess into the ocean.

Edited December 13, 2011 by sen5241b

[Coral Hind]

Yes, that was me. It was from a trip I took two years ago. Here is the thread: http://www.wamas.org/forums/topic/34493-thailands-conservation-efforts/