Wild vs AquaCultured

Gerber77 · Feb 22, 2011

When purchasing a frag or colony do you prefer wild caught or aqua cultured coral?

MarvinsReef · Feb 22, 2011

aqua cultured for me almost all of the time now.

Troylee · Feb 22, 2011

aqua all the time... i can't stand the low survival rate and color morphs of wild and maricultered pieces.. it's almost depressing lol... i stick with what's tried and true it also helps avoid alot of unwanted pests...

denverjon · Feb 22, 2011

Aquacultured for me almost 100% now. I haven't had near the luck with wild colonies.

youngtimothy · Feb 22, 2011

aquacultured! they seem to hold color better, better survival rate and keeps more coral in the ocean!

salmonshutters · Feb 22, 2011

keep the wild colonies in the wild, we've taken enough from the reefs now, proproganate all the way now.

Gerber77 · Feb 22, 2011

Thanks for all the responses guys!! Aquaculture all the way.

boehm742 · Feb 22, 2011

This poll will be a landslide toward aquacultured. Of course that has my votes.

swannyson7 · Feb 22, 2011

Aquacultured has my vote as well. The couple times that I've gotten wild colonies, they either browned out and never got their color back or suffered from RTN. I'll never buy a wild colony again

johannan · Feb 22, 2011

always aquacultured but have to be inland far away from sea or with artificial seawater!

Troylee · Feb 22, 2011

the thing is i can keep wild colonies alive no problem now but every time i get one it has 2 colors it morphs into either brown with colored tips or green!!!!! i hate green acros way to many out there i want some orange sticks!!!! lol

swannyson7 · Feb 22, 2011

Troylee- If you find some nice bright orange sticks besides digitatas, let me know!

Dave3112 · Feb 22, 2011

Aquacultured all the way for me. I have tried wild frags before and I still have a few but they are a 50/50 shot in my experience. I don't think I have lost a aquacultured frag in years.