I have a question. How much in percentage is your coral livestock captive bred???

CleveYank · 02/24/2010, 02:48 PM

I was wondering of the numbers or a sampling of the reefers out there?

What percentage of their reef tank coral polyps, LPS and SPS and clams are captive bred as compared to wild caught specimen?

So far as I know my present stock of all of my corals are captive bred except for 1 out of 160 coral/polyps. (Was at 162, but a rock fell over that I didn't notice in 1 of my 4 tanks.)

I'm at about 99.93% of my various coral/polyp livestock are all captive bred.

I read something recently where some "experts" were claiming a much greater impact upon the reefs by us as hobbyist as a whole with corals in particular.

Hence my inquiry as to how many have more or less captive bred corals/polyps.

Could at least 100 folks give a reply in precentage please?

BTW, Not doing this for shameless thread hit count.

I really am wondering so I can address a letter to these "experts" with something more than just my opinion or my guess.

Thanks.

luther1200 · 02/24/2010, 02:57 PM

I am almost positve all of my coral is captive bread, except maybe 1 Branching Hammer I have. So that 1 of about 28 corals,so about 96%-97% I think. I had a wild Stylophora colony a long time ago. But it only lasted 6-9 months.

herostar · 02/24/2010, 03:05 PM

Everything living in my tank is captive bred, with the exception of an emerald green crab and the ~5lbs of liverock he came in on.

DBarsotti · 02/24/2010, 03:10 PM

I would say out of my 40-50 coral species. I only have 1 wild collected piece. I would MUCH rather buy aquacultured corals for various reasons.

off topic.. but Out of my 10 fish, 6 are wild caught.. 1 purple tang and 5 chromis..
If Captive bred fish were available for those particular species I would of definitely spent extra money to buy captive bred.. but that isn't the case at this point.. hopefully one day

dmorel · 02/24/2010, 03:43 PM

what definition of captive bred are we using here?

The majority of my coral is 3rd generation or greater, (probably 75%) sourced locally from club members etc or online from Atlantis or similar the rest is either aquacultured or maricultured coral... so if they fit in your definition I'm near 100% excluding fish and a few acans I don't know the exact lineage of...

CleveYank · 02/24/2010, 03:56 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by dmorel

what definition of captive bred are we using here?

The majority of my coral is 3rd generation or greater, (probably 75%) sourced locally from club members etc or online from Atlantis or similar the rest is either aquacultured or maricultured coral... so if they fit in your definition I'm near 100% excluding fish and a few acans I don't know the exact lineage of...

If your coral was grown by someone else before you got it and not another wild caught specimen then it counts as a captive bred coral/polyp.

abrian · 02/24/2010, 03:59 PM

Every coral (42 total) in my tank came as a frag from someone else. None are wild collected.

sfexplicit · 02/24/2010, 05:05 PM

Approximately 75%

CleveYank · 02/24/2010, 07:55 PM

Oops I spelled percentage wrong.

Amphiprion · 02/24/2010, 08:53 PM

I only have 2 wild pieces (both "lps") and they have been with me for over 14 years. All other Acropora, Montipora, Pocillopora, etc. are relatively new, but entirely captive raised locally.

fishieness · 02/24/2010, 09:08 PM

I have a small brain and a small plate that are wild caught. Besides that, just hermits and snails. All other corals, fish, and clams were grown before me and many I have fragged further.

CleveYank · 02/24/2010, 10:25 PM

Good start only 91 more to go

broke1 · 02/24/2010, 11:07 PM

SPS 100%
LPS might be 100% but I don't know
Fish 11 out of 15 are captive bred.

reefinder · 02/25/2010, 10:39 AM

70% of my coral are aquacultured, out of 12 fish 2 are captive bread.

MikeandNicole · 02/25/2010, 10:55 AM

Sps 100%

rholguin · 02/25/2010, 01:10 PM

All my sps corals are aquacultured with the exception of 3 lps pieces I have so that will be about 95%.

gordon2726 · 02/25/2010, 05:21 PM

All my SPS (grown from 1/4" - 1" frags) are purchased from follow reefers 1-2 years ago. So, mine's are 100% captive bred.

poolkeeper1 · 02/25/2010, 05:28 PM

All my SPS and Rock are 100% Captive grown Second and Third generation as I have grown colony's out and started new one with frags. And I will continue to do this as long as I am In the hobby. I also sell to friends when I have to frag due to over growth. When you have been In the hobby for almost 30 years you get to know what your doing and are not a burden on the Reefs. JMHO
Bill

tibob32 · 02/25/2010, 05:37 PM

100% sps
0% lps

Dejavu · 02/25/2010, 07:19 PM

corals ~95%

reidcrandall · 02/25/2010, 07:41 PM

100%

RickMartin · 02/25/2010, 07:48 PM

85% of corals are captive bred

jdallred · 02/25/2010, 11:39 PM

All corals 79%
SPS 95% (Of the 2 that aren’t one is maricultured and one is unknown)
LPS 40%
Zoas 87%
Softies 67%
Fish 60%

t4zalews · 02/26/2010, 08:58 AM

I have one maricultured coral I believe...the rest are captive. Really no reason to buy wild corals anymore with the selection of aquacultured corals.

jhawkor · 02/26/2010, 09:11 AM

100% of my SPS corals are captive raised and I intend to keep it that way. I do have a wild colony of Frogspawn though. So about 98% overall.

02/24/2010, 02:48 PM	#1
CleveYank 20 Years and Over Join Date: Feb 2000 Posts: 3,052	I have a question. How much in percentage is your coral livestock captive bred??? I was wondering of the numbers or a sampling of the reefers out there? What percentage of their reef tank coral polyps, LPS and SPS and clams are captive bred as compared to wild caught specimen? So far as I know my present stock of all of my corals are captive bred except for 1 out of 160 coral/polyps. (Was at 162, but a rock fell over that I didn't notice in 1 of my 4 tanks.) I'm at about 99.93% of my various coral/polyp livestock are all captive bred. I read something recently where some "experts" were claiming a much greater impact upon the reefs by us as hobbyist as a whole with corals in particular. Hence my inquiry as to how many have more or less captive bred corals/polyps. Could at least 100 folks give a reply in precentage please? BTW, Not doing this for shameless thread hit count. I really am wondering so I can address a letter to these "experts" with something more than just my opinion or my guess. Thanks. Last edited by CleveYank; 02/24/2010 at 02:55 PM.

02/24/2010, 02:57 PM	#2
luther1200 Premium Member Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: NJ, shore Posts: 4,376	I am almost positve all of my coral is captive bread, except maybe 1 Branching Hammer I have. So that 1 of about 28 corals,so about 96%-97% I think. I had a wild Stylophora colony a long time ago. But it only lasted 6-9 months. __________________ Matt, 65G reef tank Current Tank Info: 65g reef, mix of sps, lps, few softies. Hoping to upgrade within the year. Last edited by luther1200; 02/24/2010 at 03:03 PM.

02/24/2010, 03:05 PM	#3
herostar Registered Member Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Denver Posts: 1,024	Everything living in my tank is captive bred, with the exception of an emerald green crab and the ~5lbs of liverock he came in on. __________________ Do a good turn daily. Current Tank Info: 58g Oceanic (Est. 2007)

02/24/2010, 03:43 PM	#5
dmorel Can I borrow your towel Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Tempe AZ Posts: 3,429	what definition of captive bred are we using here? The majority of my coral is 3rd generation or greater, (probably 75%) sourced locally from club members etc or online from Atlantis or similar the rest is either aquacultured or maricultured coral... so if they fit in your definition I'm near 100% excluding fish and a few acans I don't know the exact lineage of... __________________ The Zen philosopher Basha once wrote, 'A flute with no holes, is not a flute. A donut with no hole, is a Danish.' He was a funny guy. Current Tank Info: round and shallow japanese spot light absurdity

02/24/2010, 08:53 PM	#10
Amphiprion Premium Member Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Mobile, AL Posts: 6,611	I only have 2 wild pieces (both "lps") and they have been with me for over 14 years. All other Acropora, Montipora, Pocillopora, etc. are relatively new, but entirely captive raised locally. __________________ You've done it now, haven't you? Current Tank Info: 40g breeder patch reef w/ seagrass; 2-250w XM 10K; Vortech MP40wES & MP10wES; BM Curve 7 skimmer; carbon & occasional GFO

02/24/2010, 03:10 PM	#4
DBarsotti Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Salinas, CA Posts: 893	I would say out of my 40-50 coral species. I only have 1 wild collected piece. I would MUCH rather buy aquacultured corals for various reasons. off topic.. but Out of my 10 fish, 6 are wild caught.. 1 purple tang and 5 chromis.. If Captive bred fish were available for those particular species I would of definitely spent extra money to buy captive bred.. but that isn't the case at this point.. hopefully one day

02/24/2010, 03:59 PM	#7
abrian Registered Member Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: San Diego, CA Posts: 188	Every coral (42 total) in my tank came as a frag from someone else. None are wild collected.

02/24/2010, 05:05 PM	#8
sfexplicit Registered Member Join Date: Jun 2009 Posts: 354	Approximately 75%

02/24/2010, 07:55 PM	#9
CleveYank 20 Years and Over Join Date: Feb 2000 Posts: 3,052	Oops I spelled percentage wrong.

02/24/2010, 09:08 PM	#11
fishieness Registered Member Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: ct Posts: 3,606	I have a small brain and a small plate that are wild caught. Besides that, just hermits and snails. All other corals, fish, and clams were grown before me and many I have fragged further. __________________ That is not orange, or purple, or green, or gold..... It's brown... Current Tank Info: 8 gallon rimless cube, 33 watt diy crees, deltec MC500, RKL, ato, 5.5g sump, 4g fuge.

02/24/2010, 10:25 PM	#12
CleveYank 20 Years and Over Join Date: Feb 2000 Posts: 3,052	Good start only 91 more to go

02/24/2010, 11:07 PM	#13
broke1 Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: IL Posts: 1,721	SPS 100% LPS might be 100% but I don't know Fish 11 out of 15 are captive bred. __________________ Removed. Current Tank Info: Too big, yet too small

02/25/2010, 10:39 AM	#14
reefinder Registered Member Join Date: Jul 2009 Posts: 455	70% of my coral are aquacultured, out of 12 fish 2 are captive bread.

02/25/2010, 10:55 AM	#15
MikeandNicole Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Jersey shore Posts: 1,395	Sps 100%

02/25/2010, 01:10 PM	#16
rholguin Registered Member Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: El Paso, TX Posts: 846	All my sps corals are aquacultured with the exception of 3 lps pieces I have so that will be about 95%. __________________ Robert Current Tank Info: 80g rimless.

02/25/2010, 05:21 PM	#17
gordon2726 Registered Member Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Rowland Heights, So Cal Posts: 594	All my SPS (grown from 1/4" - 1" frags) are purchased from follow reefers 1-2 years ago. So, mine's are 100% captive bred. __________________ Tank Spec: 83 gal Leemar 3 sides Starphire 36"x22"x24", 27 gal Sump, 2x250w Phoenix / 2x39w UVL Super Actinic T5 Maristar fixture, Sunlight Supply Bluewave7 Duel 250w Ballast, 3 x Tunze 6125, Bubble King 200 Mini Skimmer, Red Dragon 3.5 return pump, AC3 Controller (Temp, PH, ORP), 2xBRS Dosers (cal/alk), TLS reactor (carbon), JBJ ATO/Aqualifter, 8" duel style window fan.

02/25/2010, 05:28 PM	#18
poolkeeper1 Moved On Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Spring Hill, TN Posts: 4,674	All my SPS and Rock are 100% Captive grown Second and Third generation as I have grown colony's out and started new one with frags. And I will continue to do this as long as I am In the hobby. I also sell to friends when I have to frag due to over growth. When you have been In the hobby for almost 30 years you get to know what your doing and are not a burden on the Reefs. JMHO Bill

02/25/2010, 05:37 PM	#19
tibob32 Registered Member Join Date: Oct 2009 Posts: 550	100% sps 0% lps

02/25/2010, 07:19 PM	#20
Dejavu ReefKeeping Mag staff Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Grand Rapids, MI Posts: 5,423	corals ~95% __________________ Brian June 2013 TOTM Current Tank Info: 270 Starphire by Miracles in GlassBK 250 InternalSequence Blackfin 1800(2) 6105 Tunzes Streams(3) 400 watt Blueline E-Ballast400w 20k Radiums(3) Lumanarc IIIGEO 624 Ca ReactorTunze OsmolotorPM SR45 and TLF PhosBan Reactor 150Apex

02/25/2010, 07:41 PM	#21
reidcrandall Registered Member Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Fishers, IN Posts: 976	100% __________________ Reid There is no more red house! Click my name and see my homepage for my 120g Reef w/ custom stand build! Current Tank Info: 120g Oceanic Tech In Progress

02/25/2010, 07:48 PM	#22
RickMartin Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: Las Vegas, Nevada Posts: 128	85% of corals are captive bred

02/25/2010, 11:39 PM	#23
jdallred Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Arlington, TX (until we can move back to Colorado) Posts: 3,053	All corals 79% SPS 95% (Of the 2 that aren’t one is maricultured and one is unknown) LPS 40% Zoas 87% Softies 67% Fish 60% __________________ Joe Current Tank Info: 75g SPS dominated w/15g sump/fuge, 2x250w MH ARO ballasts w/XM 10k bulbs, 4x110w VHO Super Actinic, ER CS80 Skimmer, QO4000 return, pcx-30 CL, Koralia 2 & 3 PH, 15g ATO.

02/26/2010, 08:58 AM	#24
t4zalews 65g Ritteri Tank Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Royal Oak, MI Posts: 2,673	I have one maricultured coral I believe...the rest are captive. Really no reason to buy wild corals anymore with the selection of aquacultured corals.

02/26/2010, 09:11 AM	#25
jhawkor Registered Member Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Kansas Posts: 939	100% of my SPS corals are captive raised and I intend to keep it that way. I do have a wild colony of Frogspawn though. So about 98% overall. __________________ -Landon-