Was About Wild Saltwater Fish , Keeping

[KingofthePisces]

if your looking at this youve probably considered keeping your local salt water fish but before you race to your fishing rod and net theirs a few things you should consider like:

what to feed them: you should observe what fish their are and what bait that they commonly take ive found that the wild fish sometimes take tropical and marine flake especially top dwellers but for fish like wrasse, rock cod and preadatory fish like the australian tailor small live fish are probably more suitable as food

catching the fish: this is the most important part of keeping the fish this is the main rule gont use fishing gear if not needed use small traps but if targeted fish is a mainly angled species use a hook the fish will heal over time but can cause problems with healing and the diseases that come with them

water: use the water that the fish was in

transporting: a battery powered air pump straped to the side of a bucket with a lid with an air hose going into the bucket through a hole in the lid make sure lid is air tight and placed were it wont fall over and make sure youve brought enough water to fill the tank and decoration can be any old marine tank decoration but not corals in colder climates

types: wrasse's make excellent aquarium pets as their colours are variate and are often luminous or shiny and eat pretty much anything that hits the floor of the tank sharks can be kept in fish tanks but a minimum of 800 gallons and larger is recomended for any small shark or dogfish though im highly against keeping such a beautifull preadator in a small tank compared to the open ocean anything else can be kept but should consider the temperment and space it needs to move properly mullet are also another excellent aquarium pet but grow very large and being a schooling fish a number of 6 or more are needed, green moray eels of any type are a species only fish as they are really aggressive
keeping anything other than saltwater fish like saltwater turtles is illegal and is punishable by jail time

remember if you find the species in a pet store its illegal to catch them in the wild without a special fish licence
and in some countries licences are needed to catch fish from the wild anyways

 

[Musho3210]

im really confused and have a headache from reading that.... Whats so wrong with buying stuff at your petstore lol.

 

[n3ont3tra]

Ummm... punctuation really helps when you're typing a big post like that...

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If you're looking at this you've probably considered keeping your local salt water fish. But before you race to your fishing rod and net there's a few things you should consider like:

What to feed them: You should observe what fish their are and what bait that they commonly take. I've found that the wild fish sometimes take tropical and marine flake especially top dwellers, but for fish like wrasse, rock cod and predatory fish like the Australian tailor small live fish are probably more suitable as food.

Catching the fish: This is the most important part of keeping the fish. This is the main rule - don't use fishing gear if not needed; use small traps but if targeted fish is a mainly angled species, use a hook. The fish will heal over time but can cause problems with healing and the diseases that come with them.

Water: Use the water that the fish was in.

Transporting: A battery powered air pump strapped to the side of a bucket with a lid with an air hose going into the bucket through a hole in the lid. Make sure lid is air tight and placed were it wont fall over and make sure you've brought enough water to fill the tank and decoration can be any old marine tank decoration but not corals in colder climates.

Types: wrasse's make excellent aquarium pets as their colors are variable and are often luminous or shiny and eat pretty much anything that hits the floor of the tank. Sharks can be kept in fish tanks but a minimum of 800 gallons and larger is recommended for any small shark or dogfish though I'm highly against keeping such a beautiful predator in a small tank compared to the open ocean. Anything else can be kept but should consider the temperament and space it needs to move properly. Mullet are also another excellent aquarium pet but grow very large and being a schooling fish a number of 6 or more are needed. Green moray eels of any type are a species only fish as they are really aggressive.
Keeping anything other than saltwater fish like saltwater turtles is illegal and is punishable by jail time.

Remember if you find the species in a pet store it's illegal to catch them in the wild without a special fish license.
And in some countries licenses are needed to catch fish from the wild anyways.
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Now that I think I understand what you were trying to say, I'm afraid I don't see the point of the post. What's the point in catching our own fish? Some people get paid to catch fish. If we catch their fish, it will be more difficult for them. What happens if they really need the money, but can't catch any fish? They might use cyanide or explosives, or something like that. I just don't see any advantage in catching our own fish.

 

[pengy666]

I think its pretty cruel to just go out and catch fish like that by a non proffessional?? (But I suppose its no worse than how the ones in shop get caught)

I try my very hardest to buy tank bred fish!

 

[Musho3210]

and wrasses is too general, cleaner wrasses arent easy to take care of, but something like a 6 line is.

And not to mention it is illegal in so many places with heavy fines in many places, and you should have done a better job explaining that, if anything, telling about laws is the first thing you should have said, not the last.....

 

[KingofthePisces]

im going by australian fish mainly were i live you can catch morays, wrasses and some of the surgeon fishes that you can find in the pet stores the fish i kept include boarfish and sea mullet (small ones) and a couple of snails that i found on the shore im sorry about my punctuation not the best of typers and i found its alot cheaper and more effecient to catch them from the wild but i never kept them longer than a few weeks cause i just wanted to study their behaviour at home non of the fish i captured died and i fed them mainly of fry that i found in the lake they really liked them but the mullet also took bread and prawns the boarfish just took in live food and at one stage i even had a sea pike (found it stranded in a rock pool) ive found rediculously sized fish in those rock pools (saw a 40 cm australian salmon and an adult barracouta [snook])

 

[Musho3210]

is it legal without a permit, i remember when i was in aus they had pretty harsh laws on wildlife and foods.....

 

[n3ont3tra]

im going by australian fish mainly were i live you can catch morays, wrasses and some of the surgeon fishes that you can find in the pet stores the fish i kept include boarfish and sea mullet (small ones) and a couple of snails that i found on the shore im sorry about my punctuation not the best of typers and i found its alot cheaper and more effecient to catch them from the wild but i never kept them longer than a few weeks cause i just wanted to study their behaviour at home non of the fish i captured died and i fed them mainly of fry that i found in the lake they really liked them but the mullet also took bread and prawns the boarfish just took in live food and at one stage i even had a sea pike (found it stranded in a rock pool) ive found rediculously sized fish in those rock pools (saw a 40 cm australian salmon and an adult barracouta [snook])

I seriously doubt that. You don't need to be a good typer to use punctuation. If you were sorry, you'd at least be making an effort to improve. I would understand if it was a language thing, but from the vocab, I'm pretty sure it's not. I can't comprehend your paragraph, and there's no way I'm going to go through and edit it for you again. I'm not expecting perfect english. Just something I can understand.

 

[Musho3210]

my eyes and brain hurts, plus you dont seem like you know what your doing, but maybe its just because im not reading it properly....

 

[STD]

and wrasses is too general, cleaner wrasses arent easy to take care of, but something like a 6 line is.

And not to mention it is illegal in so many places with heavy fines in many places, and you should have done a better job explaining that, if anything, telling about laws is the first thing you should have said, not the last.....

actually I think cleaner wrasse are very easy to keep

 

[Lynden]

Labroides dimidiatus accepts food in captivity about 50% of the time. I have owned three, and two of these accepted food (mysis, brine) without hesitation.

 

[pengy666]

Sorry but I dont get why this thread was started or what its getting at?

 

[STD]

Labroides dimidiatus accepts food in captivity about 50% of the time. I have owned three, and two of these accepted food (mysis, brine) without hesitation.

I have also had 3 - all ate flake straight away

It's strange but the books all say they are hard to feed but most people I know in the UK have not had problems with feeding them.

The main problem with them is they can pester the other fish

Sorry this is off topic

 

[Musho3210]

well if you mean cleaning by pestering its actually a good thing....

 

[KingofthePisces]

im just gonna leave this to go it looks like a good debate on how hard cleaner wrasse are to keep quite frankly ive never kept tropical saltwater fish in my life but i have kept estuarine species