A little sad

[Mitchell]

while visiting a local fish store wich will go un named I had this conversation with an employee

All names have been changed to protect the guilty

ME - are those seahorses captive bred or wild caught?

Tall Vals employee - Wild caught of coarse. You cant get bred ones.

ME - Oh, I have heard of some places that breed them

Tall Vals employee - never heard of that

ME - Yeah...one is in the states I think. Ocean riders, I think

Tall Vals employee - laugh....they are right beside the ocean. there idea of captive bred are taking them out of the ocean...laugh

ME - Oh, I thought they were actually breeding them

Tall Vals employee - Nope it cant be done...as a matter of fact, we got a couple in and one gave birth. I took them home and called all the other Tall Vals to get some advise on raising them. Everyone I know in the industry, couldn't help me. It just cant be done. They all died in a few days.

I lost interest in his BS after that. It was amusing for awhile. I didn't say anything to him because Im not an expert in them either but Damn

[Bri-Fli]

My LFS , Enormous Alfred's, Mississauga, has some regular staff who are really knowledgeable about seahorses. They are sourcing a supply of Captive Bred S/horses.
They say this is the last year they will be bringing in the W.C.


There is light at the end of the tunnel

Brian

[Dman]

Wow,
When did they start breeding sea horses?
That's awesome, before you know it they'll be breeding clownfishes and Dottybacks. What's next??? Freshwater?????
Dman
LOL
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[Aaron]

Captive Bred
You don't say,
Good thing you didn't bring up fragging your own coral, the guy would have fainted.
Aaron

[Dman]

He didn't happen to mention any great strides in under gravel filters did he? I'm thinking of upgrading to some new fancy bio thingys, balls or sum such nonsense.
Dman
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