Captive tank grown or wild sps fare better in ur tank>?

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transformer999

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For me is captive tank grown one

All my friends's sps do great in my tank

but wild colony not as good as those sps..

Wonder Why also
 
tank grown ones do better in my tank.
The weird part is that frags of maricultured or wild colonies from my tank that went to friends tanks did much better than their wild colonies and were the last ones to suffer when conditions went downhill in their tanks. Not sure if yuo can call a wild colony tank raised if it's been in ones tank for 2-3 years though???
 
I would consider the frags you give away from a piece that has grown in your system to be captive corals. They would be the first generation but if it grew out in an aquarium I wouldn't consider it a wild coral. I would still consider the original a wild colony. Idk if that makes sense or not but that's how I view it.
 
its a simple question if you think about it.

what you are asking is, what does better in my tank ? a coral that has proven to grow in captivity ? or a coral coming from wild oceans ?

of course the first one has shown 100% to be able to adapt to captivity life, while the wild one is basically an experiment.

same coral, grown in a reef tank or a natural reef, will do the same in our tanks.

Darryl .... all corals came from the oceans ;) but I do like the way u made ure post ;) lol love hidden msges ...
 
lol all of our corals are just frags of frags of frags of wild colonies. Unless someone has managed to get their acros to spawn and successfully reared the eggs?

So the question is...how many frags ago was it wild?
 
Tank raised corals I would guess have evolved to a point where they accept fluctuations in parameters more than wild corals will. Especially the multi-generation colonies.
 
ChrisL1976 said:
Tank raised corals I would guess have evolved to a point where they accept fluctuations in parameters more than wild corals will. Especially the multi-generation colonies.
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I dont think animals Evolve in couple of years.

they might get used to a food source, but they dont evolve this fast ....
 
Allmost said:
its a simple question if you think about it.

what you are asking is, what does better in my tank ? a coral that has proven to grow in captivity ? or a coral coming from wild oceans ?

of course the first one has shown 100% to be able to adapt to captivity life, while the wild one is basically an experiment.

same coral, grown in a reef tank or a natural reef, will do the same in our tanks.

Darryl .... all corals came from the oceans ;) but I do like the way u made ure post ;) lol love hidden msges ...
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?? What hidden message are you referring to...? I'm just giving my honest opinion based on my extensive experience.

Wait..all corals come from the ocean?....lol..I love sarcasm.
 
dvanacker said:
I have lots of experience with them all and by far I have had better results with captive grown. I think you will find the guys who have been at this the longest and achieve long lasting results will agree.

please also see this recent thread... http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=2197026
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+1 I could not agree more.

I specifically go out of my way lately to find frags that have already acclimated to our captive systems.

This is not about a DNA change, acclimation to life in captivity is stressful and most wild corals do not make it.

This is similar with fish. Harder to keep fish are often just harder to acclimate, once they are eating and comfortable in captivity they are usually just as hardy.

Adam
 
The reason companies like ORA have certain offerings for sale isn’t just based on 'looks cool’ rather are they capable of being captivity propagated easily. Based on personal experience, there’s a big variety of corals that won’t survive in a captive environment, no matter how stable your tank is. A large percentage of wild colonies that are sold simply cannot be kept.

I’m sure for every ORA offerings, there's 10 other coral attempts that failed in propagation.

Answering the OP's question, propagated corals should be the way to go. It’s very stressful to ship corals the great distances. By the time it gets to your tank, you already have a strike or two against you, even if it’s not visible to your eyes.
 
Could it be that wilds are collected at different depth's meaning that corals will have adapted to different light,flow etc. This would mean that even same sub species requirements will all be slightly different until settled for a year or two in home aquaria.If you have ever seen a shipment of SSC wild acro for instance there is quite a bit of variability in colour and a little in colony structure from piece to piece indicating different collection depths, flow,light, position on the reef etc.

Mari conditions are chosen so coral adaptability post ship is a little easier due to rough standardisation in chosen grow out areas.

That's my take anywho.
 
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