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I firmly believe that captive breeding is the future of our hobby. One question that has occurred to me for a while is whether captive breeding would remove the difficulty associated with certain species and make them just like the easier species of their group / family?
For example species that are often considered to be hard to get eating / hard to adjust / prone to disease like Copperbands, Venustus and Colini Angels, Regal Angels, even Moorish Idols and more sensitive Tangs. Would a captive bred specimen become an easy to keep fish compared to their wild counterparts and make them just as hardy as say, a Clownfish?
Which brings me to the topic of Clownfish. It seems to me that their reputation as a hardy beginner fish mostly comes from the fact that they’re mostly captive bred these days. Wild caught ones are much trickier.
Bali Aquarich is captive breeding some awesome species of angels. I’m especially keen on their captive bred Goldflakes, Venustus and Colini. These three are often considered to be touchy / hard to adapt, so I wonder if given good care these captive bred specimens would be just as easy as say, a species with a better reputation like a Flameback.
Would captive breed Yellow and Purple Tangs be even easier to keep than their wild counterparts, already considered as the hardiest among all Tangs?
For example species that are often considered to be hard to get eating / hard to adjust / prone to disease like Copperbands, Venustus and Colini Angels, Regal Angels, even Moorish Idols and more sensitive Tangs. Would a captive bred specimen become an easy to keep fish compared to their wild counterparts and make them just as hardy as say, a Clownfish?
Which brings me to the topic of Clownfish. It seems to me that their reputation as a hardy beginner fish mostly comes from the fact that they’re mostly captive bred these days. Wild caught ones are much trickier.
Bali Aquarich is captive breeding some awesome species of angels. I’m especially keen on their captive bred Goldflakes, Venustus and Colini. These three are often considered to be touchy / hard to adapt, so I wonder if given good care these captive bred specimens would be just as easy as say, a species with a better reputation like a Flameback.
Would captive breed Yellow and Purple Tangs be even easier to keep than their wild counterparts, already considered as the hardiest among all Tangs?