firedragon
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So I am wonder about this from people that actually knows.
I was thinking about buying betta smaragdina guitars and they can only be found as wild caught in my country, they have to be imported from thailand.
I am not intending on keeping them in the same enclosure as any salamanders. BUT I inted to have fire salamander or other amphibians aswell, perhaps in the same room.
Chytird came from south asian, so I wonder if they fish or their water can carry it and infect the animals i keep, or if it can spread from the fish I import to the local amphibian population in my sorroundings? It got me thinking, is fish safe to keep at all? Fish being the one or two things one can keep as wild caught ( the other being invertabrates) they are got in bulk by the suppliers, pet stores, and privet keepers for example of bettas buy regulary from thailand. So would be all of them introducing chytrid to their sorroundings? Does it realla matter what fish or where do you get them when at some point they would have come in contact with wild caught fish from south eat asia? by doing of petstores or private keepers?
My questions is can I have a imported betta smaragdina guitarr or any other fish and make sure I am not spreading the fungus to my local populations or captive kept animals?
I was thinking about buying betta smaragdina guitars and they can only be found as wild caught in my country, they have to be imported from thailand.
I am not intending on keeping them in the same enclosure as any salamanders. BUT I inted to have fire salamander or other amphibians aswell, perhaps in the same room.
Chytird came from south asian, so I wonder if they fish or their water can carry it and infect the animals i keep, or if it can spread from the fish I import to the local amphibian population in my sorroundings? It got me thinking, is fish safe to keep at all? Fish being the one or two things one can keep as wild caught ( the other being invertabrates) they are got in bulk by the suppliers, pet stores, and privet keepers for example of bettas buy regulary from thailand. So would be all of them introducing chytrid to their sorroundings? Does it realla matter what fish or where do you get them when at some point they would have come in contact with wild caught fish from south eat asia? by doing of petstores or private keepers?
My questions is can I have a imported betta smaragdina guitarr or any other fish and make sure I am not spreading the fungus to my local populations or captive kept animals?