+ 1 on the survival rate in wild cought frags/colonies of sps. i have had nothing but bad luck with them. they are very tempermental and i have lost everyone ive gotten....well i have one left but its stsing. i agree, support aquaculture, they are the hardiest and most colorful specimens out there
Wild sps
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+1, wild caught does have a big chance of losing their glow ... but after sometime, you will notice that they will start coloring from bottom upwards.
as with AEFW or any parasites that come with wild caught SPS, in my case, i dip them with Coral Rx for 15 minutes @ recommended dosage. BUT first removing all the acro crabs that comes with them. i usually have 1:1 acro crab to small colony ratio. now the question that bugs me is if those acro crabs do eat parasites on the SPS
as with AEFW or any parasites that come with wild caught SPS, in my case, i dip them with Coral Rx for 15 minutes @ recommended dosage. BUT first removing all the acro crabs that comes with them. i usually have 1:1 acro crab to small colony ratio. now the question that bugs me is if those acro crabs do eat parasites on the SPS
seriousreefer91
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here is my tank. 95% are wild caught. only few aquacultured frags that also came from wild caught colonies.
watchguy123
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Those are spectacular pictures
buy_baff
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morethan happy to share em pixies
Thanks Awesome colonys!
dvanacker
DID I SOUNDS SMRT??
Ever wonder why a colony might RTN but you can save a frag?
The problems with wild vs. aquacultured are shipping stress. Also size, often these wild pieces come in very large. They have grown to a specfic spot on the reef and get very used to the amount of light, flow, nutrients they have grown up with. Also I believe not every SPS in the wild can be properly acclimated to captive aquarium life....some will just not survive.
So the advantage of aquacultured are that they have minimal shipping stress. They are small and adaptive to the captive reef environment and will grow to the environment given, not grow and then be forced into a different environment. Also captive grown aquacultured frags are proven to survive and have good color in captive reef aquariums.
The small advantage maricultured might have over wild is that the size is generally smaller and thus they are more likely to adapt well to the captive reef aquarium.
The problems with wild vs. aquacultured are shipping stress. Also size, often these wild pieces come in very large. They have grown to a specfic spot on the reef and get very used to the amount of light, flow, nutrients they have grown up with. Also I believe not every SPS in the wild can be properly acclimated to captive aquarium life....some will just not survive.
So the advantage of aquacultured are that they have minimal shipping stress. They are small and adaptive to the captive reef environment and will grow to the environment given, not grow and then be forced into a different environment. Also captive grown aquacultured frags are proven to survive and have good color in captive reef aquariums.
The small advantage maricultured might have over wild is that the size is generally smaller and thus they are more likely to adapt well to the captive reef aquarium.
Mike de Leon
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