Captive Bred Fish

[Matt Rogers]

Did you know that more and more fish are being bred raised in captivity?

As hobbyists, we need to support such efforts to lessen the impact on our world's natural reefs.

Below is a list of some of the fish that are available.

Please seriously consider captive bred (aka 'farm raised') fish next time you would like a fish.

Our oceans need our help now and ironically, our hobby can be instrumental in restoring them. Let's do our part. *




Common Name *Scientific Name *


Sebae anemonefish *Amphiprion sebae

Twoband anemonefish *Amphiprion bicinctus
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White-tipped anemonefish *hybrid: Amphiprion sebae x Amphiprion polymnus

Orange skunk clownfish *Amphiprion sandaracinos

Saddleback clownfish *Amphiprion polymnus

Percula clownfish *Amphiprion percula

Ocellaris anemonefish *Amphiprion ocellaris

Cinnamon clownfish *Amphiprion melanopus

Tomato clownfish *Amphiprion frenatus

Fire clownfish *Amphiprion ephippium

Clark's anemonefish *Amphiprion clarkii

Maroon clownfish *Premnas biaculeatus



Lyretail dottyback *Pseudochromis steenei

Blue-striped dottyback *Pseudochromis springeri

Royal gramma *Gramma loreto

Neon dottyback *Pseudochromis aldabraensis

Diadem dottyback *Pseudochromis diadema

Sunrise dottyback *Pseudochromis flavivertex

Orchid dottyback *Pseudochromis fridmani

Golden dottyback *Pseudochromis fuscus

Splendid dottyback *Pseudochromis splendens

Neon cleaner goby *Elacatinus oceanops

Yellownose goby *Elacatinus randalli

Golden neon goby (hybrid) *Elacatinus oceanops x E. randalli

Yellow/blue prawn goby *Cryptocentrus cinctus

Pink-speckled shrimpgoby *Cryptocentrus leptocephalus

Luther's prawn-goby *Cryptocentrus lutheri

Red-headed goby *Elacatinus puncticulatus

Sharknose goby *Elacatinus evelynae

Striped poison-fang blenny *Meiacanthus grammistes

Green canary blenny *Meiacanthus tongaensis

Disco blenny *Meiacanthus smithi

Canary blenny *Meiacanthus oualanensis

Mozambique fangblenny *Meiacanthus mossambicus

Bundoon blenny *Meiacanthus bundoon

Forktail blenny *Meiacanthus atrodorsalis

Blackline fangblenny *Meiacanthus nigrolineatus

Spotted seatrout *Cynoscion nebulosus

Black drum Pogonias cromis

Cobia *Rachycentron canadum

Redfish *Sciaenops ocellatus

Florida pompano *Trachinotus carolinus

http://www.proaquatix.com/allspecies.asp




Check out these links:

http://www.proaquatix.com

http://www.amdareef.com/captive_wholesalers.htm




If you know of more links or species that are farm raised now, please contribute to this list!

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[Craig Manoukian]

Awesome information Matt!

[Matt Rogers]

Thanks Craig.

I will be researching this the next few weeks, so more on the way!

[Craig Manoukian]

This link did not work for me;

http://www.springerfish.com/

[Matt Rogers]

Weird, worked this weekend. Thanks!

Has anyone discovered a source for tank raised or captive
Bengaii cardinals?

[Craig Manoukian]

Welcome rhard! Feel free to join as a member, we'd love to have you!

No commmercial captive raised Cardinal fish to my knowledge, though reefers have has success breeding them in the home aquarium.

[szaijan]

I am curious about the differences between wild caught and captive raised percula clowns. I really like the heavy black banding I often see on the wild caught specimens... is this actually a feature of only the wild caught fish or is it a coloration that can be found in captive raised clowns?

[szaijan]

The LiveAquaria.com site has the following quote on tank bred clowns:

Tank bred clownfish are very hardy and durable fish making them a perfect addition for the novice or seasoned aquarist. The Percula Clownfish is a good candidate for a reef aquarium. If introduced to the aquarium at the same time, many varieties of tank bred clowns can be maintained together in the aquarium.

This suggests that I could keep multiple types of clown in the same tank. Paletta and every other source I find warns against having more than one type of clown, and even warns against having more than a single pair of clown of any type.

Are tank bred clowns really that different?

[Matt Rogers]

Michael I wish I could answer this with confidence but I can't.

This is what I've heard... captive bred clowns have a slightly different pattern and that in general, captive bred fish are mellower than their wild counterparts.

That said, I probably would still not mix different clowns, even if captive bred. This is more intuition than actual experience.