That's why I feed mine worms. I had one break it's beak going after
minners. With the worms, they can stalk it, and hit it directly, without
all the force.
Todd
Madness, and all that rot...
It's never too late to have a happy childhood.
http://www.farmertodd.com
----- Original Message -----
From: <EELReprah-in-aol.com>
To: <nanfa-l-in-nanfa.org>
Sent: Monday, August 21, 2006 10:41 AM
Subject: Re: NANFA-L-- Longnose and Spotted gar pictures
> In a message dated 8/21/06 10:14:55 AM, tcrail-in-UTNet.UToledo.Edu writes:
>
> << The tricky part is they obtain their target length very quickly, and so
you
>
> should have 24" for them to turn around. >>
>
> I have that problem with a 12 inch pickerel in a 20 gallon long tank that
is
> 12 inches wide. Would softer plastic be better? I know it needs a bigger
tank
> but that will have to wait a bit until I can shuffle some others. The
problem
> is the pickerel corners the feeder fish in a corner and hits the glass. It
> probably wouldn't make any difference in a 100 gallon rectangular tank and
my
> round pool has no cover. The last time I tried that the pickerel jumped
out. I
> need to make a screen cover I guess.
>
> Lee Harper
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