Re: Wild Caught Fish

[David Sanchez <barbax2@yahoo.com>]

This is a very interesting point I hear.

Go ahead and buy only domestically raised fish
(although I've seen them come in with problems,
too).

My experiences with fish from Europe both Germany and
from Central Europe are from from that. I have never
received fish that were diseased or even close to it.
In fact I found them to be the hardiest Apistos I ve
ever had. Speaking with breeders overseas I hear of
them talk of breeding disease resistance as well as
positive behaviors and coloration. I have been deeply
impressed with such fish and I have lines from these
imports going today. Now I do know we can get fish
from our local fish auctions, conventions etc and they
are and can be sick diseased etc. I will also say I am
sure there are not so good exporters out there too
from Europe however my 3 plus years of bringing in
fish from overseas i have yet to see this. So to me it
is very foreign to hear such things. I know there are
a few importers of such fish out there on the list,
what do you think? Have such fish been disease prone? 


Dave Sanchez



--- Mike & Diane Wise <apistowise@fgn.net> wrote:
> I've only 1 question, Jerry. Why would you put new
> fish - wild or domestic - in with fish you already
> had??? I quarantine all my fish - no matter who or
> where they come from - for a minimum of 6 weeks
> before putting them in with other fish. I'm still
> quarantining my fish from the ACA. All were wild
> caught. I've lost only 1, about a week after
> getting home. The rest are fat & healthy. I'm sure
> that I could have put them in established tanks
> right away, but patience means that I can't
> remember the last time I had disease problems in
> my tanks.
> 
> Go ahead and buy only domestically raised fish
> (although I've seen them come in with problems,
> too). That's fine with me. It just lets Big John,
> Yvan, & me have a better chance at picking up some
> really nice fish that you won't want to buy. :-)
> 
> Mike Wise
> 
> JerrCarol@aol.com wrote:
> 
> >   Well, not to be a tie breaker or even to get
> > between anyone. But, I only had one shipment of
> > wild caught. They came from a hobbyist friend
> > who I know knew how to take care of his fish and
> > I would trust like my brother. He kept and sold
> > the fish himself and didn't have any problems. I
> > put these same fish in a 30 long and before long
> > some of the blotches and black fins and stuff
> > like that started to show up on my tank bred
> > fish. Part of the way I knew it was something in
> > that tank is because some of the fish from those
> > same tank bred spawns were in other tanks and
> > they kept their nice appearance. Whereas as time
> > went on the fish in the tank with the wild
> > caught all started to look like wild caught
> > after some time. They were all the same types of
> > fish either. Just my one any only experience
> > kind of keeps me from the W/C. No I can't say
> > I'll never try them again but, I will do things
> > differently. And yes I wish I could keep a
> > quarantine tank but, that means having an empty
> > tank waiting for someone to get sick. I'd have
> > to keep fish in the bathtub to keep from filling
> > that empty tank.<G>
> >
> >
> > Jerry...
> >
> >
> >
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