Tank Raised Blue Tang?
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GreshamH":1krk13lg said:We do? Can you point to another case of exporters calling fish tank raised that is not? FWIW I can't. Everyone I have run across has been legit
We used to call tank bred wild as no one would pay the premium for captive bred. boy have times slightly changed
So which do you think is happening in this case?
SteveU
GreshamH":kx9acj1v said:We do? Can you point to another case of exporters calling fish tank raised that is not? FWIW I can't. Everyone I have run across has been legit
Not exporters!
We used to call tank bred wild as no one would pay the premium for captive bred. boy have times slightly changed
I was the guy at C-Quest doing what we called "tank raised" blue tangs. They were caught at a very small size (under 1/2 inch in most cases and almost see through, a grey / clear color) in the Solomons and they shipped to C-Quest. We had to have food available constantly for them for the first couple of weeks and then moved to 4 times per day. It would take 4 to 6 months to get to a solid 4 inch medium size. Blue tangs were the most profitable thing that we were doing at C-Quest at the time.
We did not call them Tank Bred, that was reserved for fish that were hatched from eggs and raised. The blue tangs along with several other species of fish were Tank Raised from small post larval fish shipped in from the Solomons. We also did some of this in the Solomons and exported them but could not get enough interest in it to continue the project. The farmers are still doing some coral banded shrimp and blue lobsters this way but no fish anymore.
Dave
We did not call them Tank Bred, that was reserved for fish that were hatched from eggs and raised. The blue tangs along with several other species of fish were Tank Raised from small post larval fish shipped in from the Solomons. We also did some of this in the Solomons and exported them but could not get enough interest in it to continue the project. The farmers are still doing some coral banded shrimp and blue lobsters this way but no fish anymore.
Dave
Tom Cabagay is associated with the East Asian Seas and Terrestrial Initiatives (EASTI) a Philippine NGO. He worked with fishers in southern Mindanao to rear post-larval blue tangs to marketable size. He presented a talk on this at the Marine Ornamentals Conference held Febrary 9-12, 2008 in Lake Bueno Vista (near Orlando) Florida.
It was technically and financially viable. The main weakness was that post- larval blue tangs were almost non-existent in the Philippines (because of habitat destruction from the use of cyanide and overfishing). They imported post-larval blue tangs from Indonesia to conduct the study.
Peter Rubec
It was technically and financially viable. The main weakness was that post- larval blue tangs were almost non-existent in the Philippines (because of habitat destruction from the use of cyanide and overfishing). They imported post-larval blue tangs from Indonesia to conduct the study.
Peter Rubec
They would eat almost anything. The main food was a finely ground Trout / Salmon food from Ziegler Bros. manufacturing. After a few weeks they could start to eat the regular small size Trout food. With a constant food source they grow incredibly fast for the first few weeks. Ours would be over 1 inch in two weeks. Then growth would slow down some but they still grow incredibly fast, much faster than clown fish growout. Another plus was that they don't mind eating from the bottom of the tanks so you could put excess food in and they would keep eating all day.
Dave
Dave
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