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 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