midge Posted August 26, 2007 Report Share Posted August 26, 2007 Hi, Ive been told that many of the fish in pet shops are imported. Does this mean that they are wild caught? (or just bred in captivity overseas). I was especially wondering about tetras like the neon, cardinal etc. Just curious : ) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davidb Posted August 26, 2007 Report Share Posted August 26, 2007 most cardinals come from eastern europe I believe (Bred). Neons come from breeders in Asia (Bred) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
midge Posted August 26, 2007 Author Report Share Posted August 26, 2007 thats good. i only want to buy bred fish and really want some cardinals and neons! and probably some rasboras, glowlight tetras, and congo tetras........ha ha the list always goes on. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ianab Posted August 26, 2007 Report Share Posted August 26, 2007 Yes.. most of the common affordable fish a 'farm' bred ones. Some of the exotic expensive ones are still wild caught, but if you stick to the 'common' fish it's almost certain they are captive bred. As a side track, I believe that some species (like Red tail black sharks) are actually extinct in the wild because of environment loss and pollution etc. Good thing someone caught a few and introduced them to the aquaruim world first. OK, so most of the breeding population live in fish ponds in SE Asia, but it beats being extinct Cheers Ian Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
midge Posted August 26, 2007 Author Report Share Posted August 26, 2007 Thats good to hear. I have held off buying fish from the LFS as i was worried they were all wild caught. yay, now i dont have to worry : ) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AMAZONIAN Posted August 29, 2007 Report Share Posted August 29, 2007 Hi All. You might be interested to know that in some countries were the importers used to get our fish from have now banned the catching of fish in the wild for export. This does not apply to a lot of countries but it does apply to some. Some of the species we used to be able to get many years ago are now on the "CITES" list. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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