well I came home today and my double red apistogramma agassizi male was dead in my 55. I'm realy unclear as to why. the past week he has been acting kinda odd. not coming out of the cave and being listless not eating, even turned down brine shrimp. everything else in the tank is doing great. the 2 females, the neons, glass cats, hillstream loaches. fish that i belive are much more sensitive to water conditions are doing great. Probably going to be one of those mysteries that will never be solved. hate to lose an expensive fish like that for no obvious reason. but thats all part of fish keeping.
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for the same reason when i pick raspberries and black berries i only pick about a 1/4 of what i find. I don't like to take to much away from nature. I hunt and fish sure but i only take what i need and i try to do as little damage as possible to the natural environment. you can look in several parts of the world and see massive damage the aquarium trade has done to rivers and streams. i don't want to add onto that. i know I'm not going to make any difference as the demand is still there with or without me but i prefer to get captive bred fish. Just trying to do my part for aquatic nature.
Interesting to know. However, I've seen conservation of local wildlife increase due to the value of keeping the 'resource' of fish viable, where the locals see the value of conserving vs. clear-cutting lumber and other resources. Plus, the inbreeding of some common species in Asian fish farms has not lead to healthy, long-lived fish for the aquarist. Many different ways to see the issue.
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This may be changing the subject a bit, but I have found it interesting over the years how some species have adapted to changes in the environment. Examples: the bald eagles and the red hawks. My daughter actually saw a bald eagle in the pizza parking lot taking a bath in a puddle of water and they have also cleaned out a neighbors pond of trout - right in amongst homes. I believe they kill more of the cats than the coyotes, who bet blamed for it. The hawks have learned to live along the freeways where they can easily get any road kill - they perch on the lighting and sign stanchions.