aquacultured vs wild
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What is the obvious?
The important difference is aquacultured has less impact on the environment and is self sustaining.
This hobby is not very green but whenever possible we should try to be less destructive to the oceans reefs.
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The important difference is aquacultured has less impact on the environment and is self sustaining.
This hobby is not very green but whenever possible we should try to be less destructive to the oceans reefs.
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that's not necessarily true. studies have shown that since the locals to these reefs have realized the monetary value of them, they have been taking better care of them. in some cases, the use of wild colonies has triggered much needed maintenance.
i really don't understand how a person can say a piece of coral is "self sustaining". i don't care where it's grown.
ultimately, if you make this hobby attractive in the least, you are hurting the reefs. no matter what corals you buy.
that said, the only way you can be sure you are getting aquacultured corals is by buying them from a local reefer that has grown them in his own tank.
many vendors are simply purchasing wild colonies, fragging them up and gluing them to plugs, and as soon as they encrust on the plug, offering them as "aquacultured".
and let me change the above statement to "most" vendors. i only know of 1 supplier that actually grows their corals prior to selling them.
as far as hitch hikers, these can be picked up from wild or aquacultured colonies. if you are quarantining your corals, you don't have to worry about this at all.
i really don't understand how a person can say a piece of coral is "self sustaining". i don't care where it's grown.
ultimately, if you make this hobby attractive in the least, you are hurting the reefs. no matter what corals you buy.
that said, the only way you can be sure you are getting aquacultured corals is by buying them from a local reefer that has grown them in his own tank.
many vendors are simply purchasing wild colonies, fragging them up and gluing them to plugs, and as soon as they encrust on the plug, offering them as "aquacultured".
and let me change the above statement to "most" vendors. i only know of 1 supplier that actually grows their corals prior to selling them.
as far as hitch hikers, these can be picked up from wild or aquacultured colonies. if you are quarantining your corals, you don't have to worry about this at all.
You guys have hit the nail on the head, however don't forget that an "aquacultured coral" came from a wild colony at one time or another. And as for hitchhickers, that is a very broad group, and both may have hitchhickers that are harmful or beneficial ( flatworms, red bugs,mantis,nudi's.... Etc..)
Although I prefer getting corals from hobbyists I will buy from a vendor. And think about it,at one time all pieces of coral in your tank were in the ocean, and now several hobbyists latter you have it in your tank.
Although I prefer getting corals from hobbyists I will buy from a vendor. And think about it,at one time all pieces of coral in your tank were in the ocean, and now several hobbyists latter you have it in your tank.
one reason i try to buy frags from people and vendors that have aqua coral.i know all corals were wild at 1 time but over years of growing the corals n fraging em ect they become better at thriving in tanks then wild corals.i hate vendors/people who get wild corals and just cut and slice it and call it aqua.
I would like to know the percentage of maintained wild reefs compared to poached reefs.
The best maintainance we can do to reefs is to change our practices on land. Such as runoff, plastics and dumping.
My point about aquacultured is that it has been removed from the reef once and been propagated in a manner that all further sales are being sustained by the original host.
Whether or not LFS are doing that is moot, if they are not, then it is not aquacultered. That is a different debate.
Maybe should try to identify the places that do offer true aquacultured coral as a way to help other reefers.
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The best maintainance we can do to reefs is to change our practices on land. Such as runoff, plastics and dumping.
My point about aquacultured is that it has been removed from the reef once and been propagated in a manner that all further sales are being sustained by the original host.
Whether or not LFS are doing that is moot, if they are not, then it is not aquacultered. That is a different debate.
Maybe should try to identify the places that do offer true aquacultured coral as a way to help other reefers.
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My perspective has been that aquacultured corals are more hardy in the captive reef system. I would only apply this to corals that have been kept in captivity for a long period of time, not a wild coral chopped up and called aquacultured. What the time period is, I don't know. Maybe you could say they have built up a tolerance to living in varing conditions of our tanks. As apposed to a wild coral pulled from the ocean, shipped thousands of miles in a small bag, held in the wholesaler's system, bagged and shipped to the retailer, held in their system, then bagged and sent to the hobbiest's system. Add one more ship if it has gone to an online retailer. Lots of stress on the coral.
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