new co2, drift wood, and aquascape
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Well the common variety gets to about 2 or 2.5 inches.
They are territorial so I wouldnt do any more than that in a 30. Even that would be tight from when I've kept them. And I think some of your fish in the big tank would eat them. They like to dart and then freeze and 'pose'.
As a former park ranger who used to do salmon environmental education....
1st, it's illegal to keep native fish without a permit (in most if not all places). This doesnt include things like peacock bass or oscars you catch in the wild.
2nd and much worse, if you do keep them, do not release them back into the wild. That is how many diseases are introduced and spread.
Keeping a few wild fish, esp stuff like gambusia or flagfish really isnt that big a deal, but the repercussions from disease are.
This goes for turtles and tortoises too, esp the diseases and nobody should be taking any N. American tortoises from the wild...they are all strictly protected and already suffering from introduced diseases.
So ends my lecture for the day.
you NEVER release anything into the wild once it's been in an aquarium. period.
cool info. i have read the intier hand book for Tennessee fishing and game and no info is posted about keeping native fish. what is the difference as long as i have a fishing license between harvesting fish to eat and harvesting fish to keep? little confuse there. i understand the risk of disease so ill probably just eat him and if that is a bad idea ill give him to bass pro shops or fined some one with a large pond.
Same difference as you can hunt deer or bears with a license but you cant keep them as pets. They are treated as wildlife, not domesticated animals.
And the 'large pond' idea is 'the wild'. It is not a closed system. It has an inlet, outlet, drainage, and birds have access to it (just a few ex). Not only would you be releasing a fish, there could also be hitchhikers in the water like snails or plants....many of which wreak heck on the environment. So that's not a good idea either.
And the 'large pond' idea is 'the wild'. It is not a closed system. It has an inlet, outlet, drainage, and birds have access to it (just a few ex). Not only would you be releasing a fish, there could also be hitchhikers in the water like snails or plants....many of which wreak heck on the environment. So that's not a good idea either.
i guess rules where you are are different than mine. we have deer farms turtle farms bass farms so on and so forth.
