Thanks... for being tactful and the compliment.
I don't know if I'd ever keep these myself, but I must admit, I'm intrigued, so I'll have to google it more when I have a chance.
Lampreys in the Aquarium?
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No prob 
It'll be interesting to see what we can find on this. My weekend's pretty much free as the rest of the school seems to be going home!
It'll be interesting to see what we can find on this. My weekend's pretty much free as the rest of the school seems to be going home!
Here is what the Baensch states about these little critters:
The larvae stage lasts up to 6 years.......Larvae are harmless, whereas adults are oftentimes parasites, even attacking conspecies........Entering Lake Ontario in 1890, the sea lamprey migrated through the Welland Canal, appearing about 30 years later in Lake Erie. twentyfive years later it had reached Lake Superior. As a consequence, the fisheries in the lake collapsed (lake trout, burbot, lake whitefish). Only through continued management with specific poisons have the native fish populations been able to recover.
Aquarium maintenance for this ENTIRE family is NOT recommended.
Why do you want to keep this fish?
Source: Baensch Photo Index 1-5, p24, 25
The larvae stage lasts up to 6 years.......Larvae are harmless, whereas adults are oftentimes parasites, even attacking conspecies........Entering Lake Ontario in 1890, the sea lamprey migrated through the Welland Canal, appearing about 30 years later in Lake Erie. twentyfive years later it had reached Lake Superior. As a consequence, the fisheries in the lake collapsed (lake trout, burbot, lake whitefish). Only through continued management with specific poisons have the native fish populations been able to recover.
Aquarium maintenance for this ENTIRE family is NOT recommended.
Why do you want to keep this fish?
Source: Baensch Photo Index 1-5, p24, 25
And seeing as they can survive for a while on land, you probably want to take the same precautions as an octopus tank... they'll proably get out any way they can
Good points.
Ziskus: I am just interested in the unusual and keeping it in my tank, if at all possible. I will listen to you and to Baensch, though, and I will assume that it is not possible.
Ziskus: I am just interested in the unusual and keeping it in my tank, if at all possible. I will listen to you and to Baensch, though, and I will assume that it is not possible.
Um...in NH, they have Lamprey Health Care...does anyone really trust doctors who work for such a poorly-named company?
How about Lamprey Dental Associates?
How about Lamprey Dental Associates?
Maybe they're going back to old time medicine where leeches were "used for practically every disease, from various local aches and inflammatory processes to nephritis, laryngitis, eye disorders, brain congestion and even obesity and mental illness."
*QUOTING FROM: http://www.emory.edu/WHSCL/BookMark/NOV97/Leeches.html
Now a legal firm by the name of Lamprey Associates I would believe. Or how about the firm of Dooey, Cheetum and Howe?
ROTFLMAO!!! That's hilarious, that name really says "you can trust your life in OUR hands! Don't worry we won't take you for all your worth!"
