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I have wild caught one(didn't know ORA had them at the time) that is super hardy, I have not heard about the ORA ones being less so, but I have no personal experience with them.I dunno, I have found the wild ones are hardier than the captive bred ones.
I would agree that wild ones will have been exposed to much harsher selections conditions than captive bred ones bu I always try to encourage captive bred when possible, were yours ORA?Nature is always going to more severely cull, than a company selling a product.
At wholesalers there will always be some deformed ones mixed in the batches of captive raised fish.
Having had both come in to stores where I have worked captive bred ones always had a higher mortality than wild, losing 10-20% of captive ones and rarely if ever losing wild caught ones.
Yup ora, I just don't like to single out a brand when saying something negative, as I am certain the issues are not brand associated, but just a function of Mother Nature being harsher than captive conditions.I would agree that wild ones will have been exposed to much harsher selections conditions than captive bred ones bu I always try to encourage captive bred when possible, were yours ORA?
For argument's sake what's your basis for stating that captive bred is better?Captive bred is better, some say they're less vibrant, but I can't see the difference. ORA also breeds the incredibly rare Randalls Assessor!
Everyone always says that captive bred fish and corals are better because they were born and raised in tanks, making them better conditioned to tank life.For argument's sake what's your basis for stating that captive bred is better?
For fish that present difficult or specialized husbandry skills, such as mandarins or jackknife fish, yes, but in the case of assessors wild caught individuals readily adapt to captive conditions, and IME prove to be hardier than their captive bred counterparts. They also are plentiful in the wild and comw from Australia, which has some of the best managed fisheries on the planet.Everyone always says that captive bred fish and corals are better because they were born and raised in tanks, making them better conditioned to tank life.
http://reefbuilders.com/files/2013/10/ora-randall-assessor.jpgAnyone have picture of a Randall's assesor
Has to be a pretty big tank and they need to be introduced at the same time I believe.You can mix assessors. I believe mike and terry had 9+ together if memory serves me right.
It was actually mikeand nichole on another forum.Has to be a pretty big tank and they need to be introduced at the same time I believe.