Tank Bred Clowns In The Ocean. Good or Bad?

[CoralsAddiction]

I found a video of tank bred clowns being released into the ocean. I call it re-population. Not sure if it's a good thing or a bad thing. Here is the video.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4fWbXgJtlzU

 

[CoralsAddiction]

My main concern would be how are those clowns that have been raised on frozen and dry food going to find food in the wild?

 

[DasCamel]

Most will likely die. Rest is natural selection, few of the smarter and tougher ones have a slight chance to adapt and thrive.

 

[Daniel62]

To me this is s two edge sword. On the one hand, restocking the reef in theory is a good idea, but what happens if you introduce a pathogen that the reef is not used to. As an example, like when people release captive held/raised desert tortoise back into the wild an the spread a respiratory disease to all the wild tortoises. Really did a number on their population. So I guess time will tell.

 

[CoralsAddiction]

Kinda like Keiko, the orca that was pretty much raised in captivity and let go to the ocean later.