They seem to eat it and I only do water changes every 2 weeks on and don't
get too much waste from the bottom.
See ya,
Henry Deford
Owings Mills, MD
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From: <archimed_at_netdoor.com>
To: <nanfa_at_aquaria.net>
Sent: Tuesday, December 19, 2000 2:58 PM
Subject: Re: NANFA-- Elassoma zonatum
> On 18 Dec 2000, at 17:11, Norman Edelen wrote:
>
> > Hello All,
> >
> > Please bombard me with advice on maintaining and spawning Elassoma
zonatum.
> > I just received 6 in the mail today. They arrived from Alabama. Any
advice
> > appreciated. I have never owned any Elassoma species before, yet I
imagine
> > that they all have similar requirements, so if you have not actually
worked
> > with this species, still do offer your experience with the other
species.
>
> Here's my experience, garnered from a lifetime of keeping
> Elassoma.
>
> Day 1: Open box of sunfish collected somewhere on the other side
> of the continent. Dump fish into community native tank. Admire
> fish for several seconds before they dash into cover. Day 2:
> Search in vain for sunfish. Cast flake food upon the surface of the
> water hoping to entice sunfish out ot hiding. Think you see one
> behind a piece of driftwood. Day 3: Continue trying to find sunfish.
> Cast suspicious eye upon longear which seems to be eating
> remarkably well. Day 4: Still no sunfish, and longear is not as fat
> as he was. Day 5: Curse yourself for an idiot.
>
> Attempt 2, Day -7: Set up dedicated 10-gal tank for sunfish,
> complete with floating plants, Mega-Vortex Tornado Canister Filter,
> and Ultra-Inversion UGF with 800GPH powerheads. Day 1: Open
> box of sunfish collected by same person as last time, who asks
> you to PLEASE take care of them this time. Carefull introduce fish
> into tank. Look on helplessly as two get smashed into the glass
> by Mega-Vortex Tornado Canister Filter. Remaining fish dive under
> jet stream and are unable to escape from surface of gravel due to
> the suction. Day 2: Finalize trade of filters with Cichlid guy from
> your local club. Think you did a good trade for a sponge filter and a
> Whisper 100 air pump. Day 3: Put frozen bloodworms in tank,
> wait in anticipation for remaining 1 or 2 sunfish to eat. Day 4:
> Repeat. Day 5: Switch to frozen Daphnia hoping to entice sunfish
> to eat. Day 6-14: You have tried everything in and on your freezer
> and they won't eat. Day 15: Write guy on the other side of the
> continent for more sunfish.
>
> Attempt 3: Find out that you can collect sunfish in your state,
> because guy on the other side of the continent does not return your
> phone calls or answer your letters. Day 1: Place newly captured
> sunfish into dedicated 10-gallon tank with bare bottom and Java
> Moss. Day 2: Worry about creeping white "rot" which starts at
> sunfishes' tails. Day 3: Sunfish are almost completely white. Day
> 4: Sunfish all dead.
>
> Attempt 4: Trade aquariums for ferret at local fish store. Start
> preserved fish collection.
>
>
>
>
>
> Prost,
>
> Martin
> Jackson, MS
> ------
> It makes me mad when I go to all the trouble of having Marta cook up about
> a hundred drumsticks, and the guy at the Marineland says, "You can't throw
> chicken to the dolphins. They eat fish." Sure they eat fish, if that's all
> you give them. Man, wise up.
>
>
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