Aquamarines in Sri Lanka was the procurer of thewildly scribbled Koran angelfish, and they will soon be the source of tank raised purple tangs. Before you go getting all excited about another surgeonfish captive breeding breakthrough, realize that although these fish have been in captivity for most of their lives, know that they were born in the wild.
通过海蓝宝石自己在红海的收集站,他们注意到新定居点的尖峰Zebrasoma xanthurumduring certain parts of the year. These 1cm long baby purple tangs are way too small to be exported and sold in stores, but after a few short months they are a sellable size of around 4 to 5 cm, or about two inches.
The problem is that if left in the wild, the survival rate of these 1cm to 5cm tangs is about 40% by Aquamarines’ estimates. Their observations indicate that for 100 tiny purple tangs sighted in a given section of the reef, a few months later only about 30 to 40 are left.
So Aquamarines decided to take the rearing process of these newly settled purple tangs into their own hands, and grow them in their own holding ponds. In this manner the newly minted purple tangs not only have much higher survival rates, but by the time they are of sellable size they are fully quarantined and conditioned to life in n aquarium environment.
红海紫色的唐人因在家庭水族馆中特别好战而臭名昭著,因此,可能在近距离长大,他们的大量也可能会抑制他们的某些侵略性行为。最初,这些坦克凸起的紫色唐人可能会更昂贵,但由于疾病的问题减少,应该是更好的价值和更好的鱼,甚至可能更便宜,因为它们可能会更加温顺。
Captive breeding efforts are important for safeguarding marine fish species in the wild and in captivity, but raising tiny surgeonfish from the time they settle out on the reef is also a more sustainable harvesting method than simply collecting wild fish. [Aquamarines]