before i get started....

[dartsarebest]

so i would like to try and make like a couple 10 gallon nano reefs eventually :D but i have a huge problem with the fact that most things in this hobby are extremely harmful to the environment and are depleting a lot of species in tropical areas. so before i actually do this i was wondering if the fish, invertebrets, plants and corals all come captive bred as well??

i bought a book about marine fish in captivity(from the 90s on accident :frustrat:) so it might not be all that accurate. but it said that clown fish were about the only things commonly captive bred. still true?

thanks for any help!

 

[dustin_P74]

almost all coral, has been aquacultered or maricultured, but some still comes straight from the reef. most fish though are still wild caught because they are almost impossible to breed in captivity. some fish though do spawn in captivity on a regular basis, most of those are clownfish and some gobies

 

[d2mini]

As an example, Live Aquaria has specific sections for aquacultured and captive grown corals.
http://liveaquaria.com/product/aquarium-fish-supplies.cfm?c=597

And nano's are hard to start with. The smaller the tank, the less room for error and the less stable it is overall.

 

[dustin_P74]

also they have two sections of "what you see is what you get" corals that are maricultered and aquacultured
http://www.liveaquaria.com/diversden/index.cfm

 

[Bifferwine]

You can very easily find corals that are aquacultured or maricultured and not taken from the wild. Fish are another story, unfortunately. The fish that can be succesfully bred in captivity are limited to about a dozen species or so. You can also find captive-bred fish at www.liveaquaria.com. Luckily, most of the captive bred fish are perfect for nanos. It's the bigger fish that we have problems breeding in captivity.