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Originally Posted by Mattfish  OK - makes sense. I suppose then, the discriminator is whether someone's committed to a bigger picture, or trying to lowball a tank. I probably shouldn't say it that way - I understand that money is a factor and the some people are looking at how to add to their tank on a limited budget, and that money means the difference between 2 fish they want and one. Not being willing to spend shouldn't necessarily imply bad motives - some have budgets to consider, some don't see or understand a difference, some don't care.
When we got tank-bred false clowns, they didn't take to anemone's right away, probably because they were genetically removed from understanding that this is their protection. We were frustrated with that, although eventually, they did take (of course, by then we'd bought 5 anemones....) so I guess the issue really is education, in the same spirit as lots of causes.
Makes me wonder if a non-profit formation that enlists lfs' is a way to make that point. Wouldn't be the first time that a non-profit advocation of a position, and direct appeal to the commercial outposts would make a difference..... |
Budget shouldn't be the way one decides between purchasing a wild caught fish which is just short of guaranteed to die vs the same species captive bred which has a much better chance at living a nice long life. Like I said before, which fish is more expensive in the long run? It's the dead one! Sure the captive bred will cost more upfront, but if it lives you're way ahead of the game. What good is the deal you got on the wild caught if it didn't live two weeks?
As far as clown go, it's in their genes. They know what to do with the right anemone. Even wild ones might not take to an anemone right away. Many factors play into this. The biggest one is...does the anemone offered normally host the clown in the wild? They might have never seen that type of anemone before in their little fish lives. How would they know to go right into it 5 minutes after being introduced into the tank? Then of course, there's many other things that look just as soft and pillowy as an anemone. An LPS, a clam, a large frilly mushroom. I could think of a handful of things I'd like to nuzzle against in my tank and I'm not even a fish. A clown, yes. Fish? No.
