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[Slombardi]

Love the new and innovative ideas some companies are coming up with!

Ranching - a Different Way to Collect Saltwater Fish for the Aquarium Industry | Reef Builders | The Reef and Saltwater Aquarium Blog

In the last week, our social media feed lit up with a new term that describes a different way to collect saltwater aquarium fish – Ranching. Spearheaded by Quality Marine in the US and Tropical Marine…

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[thrillreefer]

That is a great idea! I wonder if eventually they will be able to sort the larvae and feed preferred/ideal foods to increase survival and diversity. A lot of damselfish currently:

“43 species have been collected and successfully ranched to date, although most of the ranched fish for sale right now are Damselfish from the family Pomacentridae. This, says TMC’s CEO Brian Schaff, is to be expected, as the vast majority of reef species you see on a reef, are damsels. The three other prominent fish families caught included Surgeonfish, Filefish, and Pufferfish, but we guess you never know what you’re going to catch, from undesirable juvenile Trevally, to possible new species.”

Also love the potential reef restoration angle! (Although it could lead to bias in which species get repopulated and eventually change ecosystem dynamics.)

 

[thrillreefer]

Oops, yea they said that they do sort the larvae. Makes sense.