szybowski
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I've been in the aquarium industry for some time now and find it surprizing that with all the massive power this industry has it has not brought it to bear on finding a way to breed
sustainably many of the most commonly desired fishes. In particular I'm thinking of the angels, tangs, and butterflies.
From time to time I hear rumors of professional breeding attemp from some of the larger importers in regards to angles, and that pairs are collected together in the wild for this purpose. But no data to be seen from it.
I would expect that in some cases that if they were having success they would wish to keep there data a proprietory secret, for the reason of profit. But we really don't have time for that since many species are getting harder to find in the wild and a large amount of laws are tightening around use at a record pace.
I live in Kona, Hawaii and Sandpoint, Idaho and plan to build breeding research facilities in both locations for fun and maybe some day profit can be had from successes if they are to be had.
I have allot of ideas of how to do this and I'm sure I will find many of them to have no merit over time but I'm tired of hearing it can't be done. Actually that's one of the reasons it's so interesting to me.
So if any one has any none rumor or good rumor data on breeding Tangs, Angels, or Butterflies speak up and lets see if we can shake some things loss. I'm starting with Achilles Tangs of which I've been watching in the wild in Hawaii for some time.
They seem to have a some what different way about them compared to other tangs in Hawaii. The full grown adults love to spend most of the day right next to the surface rocks of the reef where waves are always crashing and producing large amounts of bubbles.
I in the past when breeding rare african finches I would get the wild stock to breed in very large aviaries with a very similar food source as they once had in the wild. Then once past first generation if was easier to breed them in smaller areas and with easier to use food sources.
I propose to use that same basic approach in fish breeding.
sustainably many of the most commonly desired fishes. In particular I'm thinking of the angels, tangs, and butterflies.
From time to time I hear rumors of professional breeding attemp from some of the larger importers in regards to angles, and that pairs are collected together in the wild for this purpose. But no data to be seen from it.
I would expect that in some cases that if they were having success they would wish to keep there data a proprietory secret, for the reason of profit. But we really don't have time for that since many species are getting harder to find in the wild and a large amount of laws are tightening around use at a record pace.
I live in Kona, Hawaii and Sandpoint, Idaho and plan to build breeding research facilities in both locations for fun and maybe some day profit can be had from successes if they are to be had.
I have allot of ideas of how to do this and I'm sure I will find many of them to have no merit over time but I'm tired of hearing it can't be done. Actually that's one of the reasons it's so interesting to me.
So if any one has any none rumor or good rumor data on breeding Tangs, Angels, or Butterflies speak up and lets see if we can shake some things loss. I'm starting with Achilles Tangs of which I've been watching in the wild in Hawaii for some time.
They seem to have a some what different way about them compared to other tangs in Hawaii. The full grown adults love to spend most of the day right next to the surface rocks of the reef where waves are always crashing and producing large amounts of bubbles.
I in the past when breeding rare african finches I would get the wild stock to breed in very large aviaries with a very similar food source as they once had in the wild. Then once past first generation if was easier to breed them in smaller areas and with easier to use food sources.
I propose to use that same basic approach in fish breeding.