What Do You Think Of This Statement?

[TRDNiteLife]

I was scouring the internet for some information about suggested/ideal ph levels for loaches and stumbled across this statement. I wanted to get some opinions on what everyone thought about it.

"...the real truth that fish adapt very well to different water chemistries and the majority of fish available in your local petstore have been bred on fish farms where the water chemistry is nothing of that where they would be found in nature. Fish do well at adapting and thriving in less than ideal water chemistry due to being bred in captivity in varying degrees of pH and hardness for many years."

I don't think all breeders have raised fish in their ideal conditions. So over the years, have these fish adapted to the new environments and started to thrive? OR do they adapt and have worse quality of life and shorter life spans?

 

[Ficious]

i think its somewhat true, and for you last statement..i believe its a little bit of good and bad. fish from the wild or undomesticated are more tolerant and less tolerant to different things...its hit or miss on which is better for them as aquarium pets

 

[connorsbala]

I agree...i think it is partly true! Things like neon tetras have been raised to be able to live in harder water, whereas before they were like cardinals, who find it hard to adapt to harder, higher pH waters....