Hi
I recently saw some Galaxy Rasbora at my local fish shop. They were rather pale and when I enquired about them it turned out they were wild caught. I was under the impression that although new sites had been found of them in the wild the were still considered endangered and being encouraged by PFK to only be purchased for breeding and captive bred.
Is this still the case? Or are they considered to be at a more sustainable level now. I am interested in purchasing some of these little beauties as I have never seen them at my locality before. I don’t believe anyone else is aware of them at the moment as I thought they would have been snapped up, but they still seem to be there a week later.
HOWEVER I would be keeping them in a large very heavily planted 120L community tank along with lamp eyes, Amano shrimp, Ottos and a male fighter and I am ethically aware that although I would encourage them to breed they may not be successful in a community tank. The fact that they are wild caught also greatly concerns me even if they are not a species my Local fish shop regularly stock. Can any one give me some advice as to the situation of this rare fish.
Thanks
I recently saw some Galaxy Rasbora at my local fish shop. They were rather pale and when I enquired about them it turned out they were wild caught. I was under the impression that although new sites had been found of them in the wild the were still considered endangered and being encouraged by PFK to only be purchased for breeding and captive bred.
Is this still the case? Or are they considered to be at a more sustainable level now. I am interested in purchasing some of these little beauties as I have never seen them at my locality before. I don’t believe anyone else is aware of them at the moment as I thought they would have been snapped up, but they still seem to be there a week later.
HOWEVER I would be keeping them in a large very heavily planted 120L community tank along with lamp eyes, Amano shrimp, Ottos and a male fighter and I am ethically aware that although I would encourage them to breed they may not be successful in a community tank. The fact that they are wild caught also greatly concerns me even if they are not a species my Local fish shop regularly stock. Can any one give me some advice as to the situation of this rare fish.
Thanks