Michigan Cichlid Association
General Category => General Discussion => Topic started by: Saulosi77 on August 23, 2014, 10:02:03 PM
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I don't have any wild caught fish but found a couple wild caught aulonacara I do not have. Any thoughts on mixing a wild caught male in my all male show tank. I know every fish has different personalities. I've heard some wild caught fish carry diseases and can be extremely aggressive. Any advice appreciated. Looking at aulonacara Santa bay wild caught.
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Aulonocara stuartgranti 'Sanga Point'? It shouldn't be too much different from any other stuartgranti type.
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Thanks for the advice. Gotta love auto correct, yes Sanga bay not Santa.
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You're welcome. I thought autocorrect might be the issue. ;)
As far as Aulonocara go... They're all laid back. You may run into trouble if you have any larger jacobfreibergi types or hybrid species. But, usually aggression can be minimized using a lot of rockwork & proper stocking levels.
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Wild fish can carry disease or parasites, but hopefully the collector and importer (and perhaps a distributer) should have hopefully weeded out most of the carriers. You should quarantine just like you would with any fish from a different source (though we all don't do this as often as we should and many don't have issues).
As for aggression, chances are that it's a little more assertive than a typical tank raised fish. It did presumably have to survive in the wild for some time. I wouldn't worry about it too much though unless you're trying to put it in a little tank. Like RegalBlue said, rockwork and proper stocking in a responsibly-sized tank, and it should be alright.