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I for one, have never seen a wild caught BTA. Not once.
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You must not have been in the hobby long, propagated BTA's haven't been around all that long. OK, That's one species out of many available and the most common I see at stores are sebae's which are terrible choices. Sebea's, magnificent's, carpet's, crispa's, adhaesivum, and many others are just doomed for the most part. They often come in torn up, dyed, and just a mess.
"Know though that the vast majority of specimens aquarists try only live days to a few weeks... largely due to the trauma of collection, holding, shipping practices before they get them... and secondarily due to factors such as a lack of light, inappropriate feeding, being placed in poor water quality, with incompatible livestock... -Bob Fenner
Far too many of these beautiful creatures are being destroyed for no good reason. Thats why they are on the list.