But, the demand has to be there in the first place. Healthier stock for us, less impact on the wild.in fact.help (the initial demand for the species creates more attantion to preserving it). Clownfish, African Cichlids, Shrimp, etc. In a free market society, commercial demand would say that if a species is in demand, and the wild does not have a sustainable supply of the demanded species, captive breeding becomes the goal, and often ends up producing the species with less cost than importing the wild specimens. Raising it.providing it with enough plankton to get it up to say.12".well, that would require some dedication.but far from impossible.Īll the money that people can pay for a wild specimen can really wake up a local government into saying "hey, we can make alot of money here, but we need to help out". Releasing one of these as a juvi into the wild would be easy. Mantas are plankton feeders with no known perdators beyond humans. The problems mentioned with regards to trout do not apply to mantas. As for acclimation, it would depend on the species. It would offer the chance to observe these awesome animals up close, to learn more about them, and then release it into the wild population at a size it might not even make it to if it were left in nature to fend for itself since day 1. Just imagine.those few who have 10,000gallon tanks in their homes.raising manta fry.sunfish a hobby.but knowing that eventually their pet would get released back into the wild. I wasnt saying it would be a good idea, nor probable, that people would want mantas as pets, but the standpoint that commercial demand can help certain species rather than harm. Well, Im sure many factors go into the captive rearing of each species.much of it depending on the species itself.
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