Grrrr State laws messing with what I can have in my tank

SnakeIce

SnakeIce

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I live in Washington. I know there are lots of missmanagement history when it comes to exotic and nonative fish in our river systems here. Accidental introductions are not the biggest source of the non-natives here.

I tried to have my lfs order some heterandria formosa for me and they get back to me and say that they are illegal to sell in Washington. What the????

I went to the Washington Fish and Wildlife website and the list of banned fish on there is as follows:

walking catfish and that whole family
carp and relatives
bowfin
all paranhas,
gars, and snakeheads

heh even the african clawed frog is illegal here.

basicly if I find out for sure that the livebearer I want is actually banned I would be breaking the law just to have one here in the state.

that REALLY IRKs me that they would out right ban something when there are responsible people that just want to enjoy a fish

sorry I just feel like ranting, I have a 5 gal tank that I don't want to put anything large in like a betta or larger. I thought I had a really cool idea befor it got shot down
 
I think outright bans are amusing when they ban fish that wouldnt be able to survive anyways.

But in any case, we should probably be happy that we can get the vast majority of fish we get today.
 
I've never heard of formosa being banned anywhere before. They're more likely to be eaten than to eat something else. Even the adults would be too small to eat anything larger than the tiniest fry of another species.

Maybe the lfs confused the Heterandia formosa with Gambusia affinis? Both share the same common name of "mosquito fish".
 
I think outright bans are amusing when they ban fish that wouldnt be able to survive anyways
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I used to think that the ban on tropicals was a little anal as well, as here in Canada there should be no chance of a tropical fish surviving the winter weather, until I found out about the nice school of Neons (I believe it was Neons, could have been danios) that were found living in the warm outflow from one of our Nuclear power plants (I think it was Pickering Ont.). Just goes to show you, nature will find a way.

p.s. Just saw the movie "Snakehead"....I almost fell off the couch laughing...what a load of carp :laugh:
 
SnakeIce, it's a bummer you can't have least killies, I have a couple and they're great little guys!

I also have a couple endlers, they would be perfect for your 5g tank and they don't get a whole lot bigger than the least killies. Their behavior is also very similiar.


I know how you feel about the bans, we have them on pirahna... and to be quite frank, I don't think even a breeding pair of red bellies could stand up to the natives... let alone winter.
 
Originally posted by Firsttanks
p.s. Just saw the movie "Snakehead"....I almost fell off the couch laughing...what a load of carp :laugh:
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:laugh: :laugh: :laugh:

Hey Rava.... the link doesn't work.... the site can't be found.....

I don't know of any bans in Jersey except of course the snakeheads.... and turtles, but I think it's worth a look-see to find out just what is.....

(edit: addition to post, forgot I was in FW)
 
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