90% of wild caught fish are not wild caught fish and I for one would not own a wild caught fish. I believe they're happy where there at and I'd rather leave them in peace.
Cichlids not only fight to the death in the wild but they eat the loser. So, you take an aggressive fish that will kill each other in the wild, stick them in close proximity in a small glass container because you hate nicked fins and you don't want to stress this animal?
Your opinion
As I stated earlier, these fish are raised on generic flakes, whether it be NLS or Kelloggs and feeding my fish flakes does not preclude giving treats. Like anything else, moderation and care.
You're too opinionated which is OK, acting like yours is the only proper way and using words like despise and goofy is just immature.
When I know the owner, and am friends with my LFS, know their importers, and see the order sheets, yeah, I know when my fish is wild caught. And not to mention, how do you think the species that have become so popular today were able to get to that point? Yeah, wild caught fish.
All cichlids do NOT fight to the death, nor eat the loser, and to act like they do is asinine. I can name off dozens of peaceful cichlid species. There are probably hundreds even. Not all cichlid (and most aren't) predators. And the reason I hate nipped fins, is because it generally means a fish is being stressed. Getting chased and bit, yeah, that doesn't sound fun to me.
And No **** Sherlock it's my opinion, hence why I said "I PERSONALLY". Of course that signifies it's my opinion!
And quite frankly, I never acted like my way was better. I said what I prefer, and the reasons why, just as you stated in yours. Don't start a thread if you're not up to criticism. And I will use words like despise and goofy because I truly do hate mixed tanks. They often end in dead or severely stressed fish, and once again, try and keep with it IN MY OPINION look tacky and, yes, goofy.
I tend to avoid threads like these because the OP is always super set in their ways, and will find an excuse to dismiss every valid reason for not doing so. It's stuff like this that really make me not enjoy this forum. I'm not gonna say "nice and, love your choices" to a tank I don't agree with at all. I presented my opinion in a civilized manner, you don't like it, move on. Don't mistake passion for "over opinionated" when you yourself are so stubborn that you're ignoring what everyone else has to say about it. Stuff like this has driven so many awesome members away.
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