Anyone see this about tank raised blue hippos?

[SWFiend]

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/2016/07/wildlife-blue-tang-aquarium-trade/


Pretty cool

 

[Daltonbilecki]

Amazing. Just after the yellow tangs were now able to be cb. Hopefully we will see these tangs popping up in the hobby over the next few years

 

[sil40sx]

Hopefully the tanked raised won't be ich magnets. Maybe they could have better immune system to reject ich.

 

[m0nkie]

so... how long till mini tangs for 100gals

 

[SWFiend]

The other night over dinner me n a buddy were talking about how it had been "impossible" and those who had tried had failed then read this... Timing of it couldn't be better

 

[bullitr]

Anyone see this about tank raised blue hippos?

Sea dwelling creature have a tang raise blue tang on facebook page .




I don't know how much they cost but it should not me a lot more than wild caught

 

[SWFiend]

Those on sdc are wild harvested larvae not captive bred like the ones in the article
Still better than pulled from the reef and killing the reef to do so

 

[dodgerblew]

If you go to the other worldwide forum, there is a sponsor thread from LRS on this with some cool pics of the babies. The lab uses his fertility frenzy