Re: NANFA-L-- Alabama Shiners Follow-up


Subject: Re: NANFA-L-- Alabama Shiners Follow-up
From: Bruce Stallsmith (fundulus-in-hotmail.com)
Date: Tue Dec 07 2004 - 15:21:07 CST


Robust is right, the 'bamas look like torpedoes. The logperch get sliced
worms and frozen brine shrimp (as do other tank residents). And I've only
had the 130 since last December, you'll have to swing by to see it in my
secret lab space on the 4th floor of the building.

--Bruce Stallsmith
it's like spring along the Tennessee
Huntsville, AL, US of A

>From: Prizma-in-aol.com
>Reply-To: nanfa-l-in-nanfa.org
>To: nanfa-l-in-nanfa.org
>Subject: Re: NANFA-L-- Alabama Shiners Follow-up
>Date: Tue, 7 Dec 2004 16:07:17 EST
>
>your bama is 3" long. while snorkeling full tilt males appear to be about
>6"
>but probably only about 5" in reality. still very robust... not a sleek
>fish.
>sounds like you have decent waterflow... 130 gallon? that tank must be new
>as i dont recall ever seeing that tank-in-your school.
>you must be feeding the logperch something other than flake. they love
>chopped earthworms... ive even had them take little crawdads from my finger
> tips.
>very personable and interesting fish. the oddly marked one i caught in the
>sipsey is getting skinny. im feeding bloodworms and mosquito larva but im
>thinking he must have some kinda internal parasite. i dont wanna lose this
>interesting fish. i best do some worm grubbing.
>
>casper

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: Sat Jan 01 2005 - 12:41:50 CST