NEVER release an aquarium fish into the wild.

[toromp]

Fo show!!!!

 

[md1017]

Introducing an aquarium fish to the wild, wether native or non-native is a cardinal sin for a fishkeeper. Even wild caught native fish can pick up non-native disease in your tank that you could be unleashing upon the native ecological system. A non-native introduction is even worse. Non-native species compete with native fish for food and habitat, eat native fish eggs, and even destroy habitat all together. Non-native species that have caused significant problems include many species of carp, zebra mussels, the round goby, the spiny water flea, and species of snakeheads just to name a few. The introduction of snakeheads to native waters has caused the ban of ALL species of Channa to be banned from the United States. These beautiful monsters are no longer allowed to be kept in aquariums. There is also a sustained population of goldfish in the mississippi river and although they don't cause much of a problem, they give DNR officials ammo in trying to ban more species of fish that you and I keep. NEVER RELEASE YOUR FISH OR INVERTEBRATES INTO THE WILD. I hate to say it but euthanizing your fish is
actually a better option than letting them go. I choose neither. If there is a fish I absolutely cannot keep anymore, I sell it or give it to another fish keeper that will provide a good home. I hope you will do the same.

I dont quite agree with the statement" never release your fish or invertebrates to the wild"

We often release thousands of juveniles native fish into local lakes. We do this to promote local fisning activities and make little kids having fun with their family. Some lakes in jakarta is heavily overfished both legally and illegally. We breed native fish and introduce non invasive fish like pacus into our lakes so the young ones can have fun with theif family. We also do this to increase native fish population.

There re code of ethics about this. Like of course we dont release such an invasive and obnoxious species like aba aba and other verocious predators.

 

[md1017]

And i also believe this practice that i said above is done in other countries like Australia. I live there for 14 years and i know for sure the government release juveniles of native fish like murray cod into the lakes to increase their population and to ensure their existence. They also release rainbow trouts to man made lakes and natural lakes for community fishing events for family. I know this cus i have participated in one ofnthis event.

These fish were raised and breed in govt facilites before they release them into the wild.

 

[Kaosu]

yes but when stocking a pond or lake those fish are raised specifically with release in mind...not your typical throw all your fish in a home tank from all over the place and introduce strange diseases and parasites in to a new environment

captive bred game fish do not come in contact with anything but there owe kind specific guide lines are followed.

When i was in high school we raised trout fry in biology... we had rules and guidelines to be followed to release the fish in to the wild THIS IS NOT THE SAME AS RELEASING AQUARIUM FISH IN TO THE WILD

 

[md1017]

yes but when stocking a pond or lake those fish are raised specifically with release in mind...not your typical throw all your fish in a home tank from all over the place and introduce strange diseases and parasites in to a new environment

captive bred game fish do not come in contact with anything but there owe kind specific guide lines are followed.

When i was in high school we raised trout fry in biology... we had rules and guidelines to be followed to release the fish in to the wild THIS IS NOT THE SAME AS RELEASING AQUARIUM FISH IN TO THE WILD

Right i apologize i didnt quite see the "aquarium" bit there. Yes of course no aquarium fish should be released to the wild

 

[kamikaziechameleon]

As a child I used to capture bullhead, rock bass, and green sunfish fry etc.. Keep them for a year and release them because they'd outgrow their tank. Catch new ones and repeat annually(I thought I was doing my part to stock the lake). I didn't think it was harmful or anything but apparently I was wrong. All I did was feed them flake and turtle sticks(usually had a small turtle in the tank too.) tanks where always 25 or 30 gallons. With rock-work and wild plants right out of the lake. Basically a 100 percent native. I did feed feeder guppies one winter (to expensive so never again)

I'm ready for the hate I can take it.

 

[Carefree_Dude]

So, say you are making a pond with natives. If you take them all from the same body of water, and never add anything else, could you eventually return them to that same body of water?

 

[Wiggles92]

So, say you are making a pond with natives. If you take them all from the same body of water, and never add anything else, could you eventually return them to that same body of water?

Depends on if you feed them any live foods or not plus a few other factors.

 

[knifegill]

While you might technically be able to keep a fish/creature in a tank that is stocked entirely from a given locale and maintained with its own quarantined nets and equipment and only fed wild food from that lake, etc., the risk of one tiny splash from a nearby tank introducing latent ich (or other pathogen) that would then spread once reintroduced into the wild is too great. The work of going out to a lake twice a week to collect wild food might be daunting and the keeper might be tempted to use commercial foods that could contaminate the lake later, etc. What I'm trying to get at is yes, it might be scientifically possible to avoid infection of native supply while capturing and releasing natives, but is probably not likely to happen once a human is involved. We have fingernails, boredom, and accidents. Best to just sell, kill or upgrade setups.

 

[Steve.1]

Agreed!