Captive Bred Royal Gramma

[gotwins86]

Was looking at Diver's Den last night and saw a captive bred royal gramma. Thought thats pretty cool, but then I saw the price tag. Holy smokes... $150. I am still fairly new to the saltwater world, but it got me wondering. Does captive bred mean higher price tag? Why would that be?

 

[eatbreakfast]

Breeding and raising saltwater fish is far more challenging than freshwater. There are a lot of resources needed, and skilled people to do it. These are reflected in the cost.

 

[RMS18]

But the more we can do in captivity the better for the oceans imo. I buy captive as much as I can with fish or corals.

 

[eatbreakfast]

^I disagree with that very much. Fishermen in most of countries remain fishermen, so they are either catching a few boxes of fish for the aquarium trade, or go into tonnage for the food fishing industry. Food fishing practices are far more distructive than ornamental fishing techniques. Also, more and more ornamental fishermen are adapting their techniques to have an even smaller impact. Supporting ornamental fishermen with good practices is one of the frontline ways to preserve reefs.

 

[RMS18]

^I disagree with that very much. Fishermen in most of countries remain fishermen, so they are either catching a few boxes of fish for the aquarium trade, or go into tonnage for the food fishing industry. Food fishing practices are far more distructive than ornamental fishing techniques. Also, more and more ornamental fishermen are adapting their techniques to have an even smaller impact. Supporting ornamental fishermen with good practices is one of the frontline ways to preserve reefs.

I agree with the fishing industry being destructive for sure. We have all seen the documentaries but without the demand in the hobby wild collection would decrease especially if prices were the same or less. I see your side and mine, there is no one right on this topic unless we can stop all the third world countries from destroying the reefs for their random reasons.