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Offline Saulosi77

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Thoughts on mixing wild caught in with show tank
« on: August 23, 2014, 10:02:03 PM »
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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Re: Thoughts on mixing wild caught in with show tank
« Reply #1 on: August 24, 2014, 02:34:10 AM »
Aulonocara stuartgranti 'Sanga Point'?   It shouldn't be too much different from any other stuartgranti type.

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Re: Thoughts on mixing wild caught in with show tank
« Reply #2 on: August 24, 2014, 09:46:03 AM »
Thanks for the advice.  Gotta love auto correct, yes Sanga bay not Santa. 

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Re: Thoughts on mixing wild caught in with show tank
« Reply #3 on: August 24, 2014, 10:49:52 AM »
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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Re: Thoughts on mixing wild caught in with show tank
« Reply #4 on: August 24, 2014, 12:37:08 PM »
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.
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