I don't know anything about shipping fish, but around here (NE Ohio) the
emeralds are $1 a dozen as bait and were supposedly collected from lake Erie
(or some bays/harbors of the main lake).
I have a another question... maybe not so easy this time. Luke mentions
cative propagated... well, what conditions would I need for emerald shiners
to breed in the 55 gallon setup? I assume I have some males and some
females out of the 16 or so survivors. I have SeaChem's fourite as a
substrate, am planning on plants later in the spring when I can get my light
hood finished and get some out of the local pond and streams. Only current
decorations are a couple of peices of driftwood from a local stream. So
what else would it take... special temps, or photoperiod? Let me know,
maybe we could spawn some?
MWolfe
At 12:14 PM 1/26/00 -0600, you wrote:
>
>This brings something to mind. In many parts of the country, different
>species are sold for bait. I was wondering what is available out there
>and if anyone would like to "link up" and try to help others finding
>certain species. For example, I would like to have some Emerald Shiners,
>but they are declining here and I'm hesitant to collect any. But captive
>propagated ones would be fine if someone could send me some. Likewise,
>perhaps someone needs Golden shiners or Fathead minnows which are used
>here...anyway, you get the point. Anyone interested?
>
>Luke
>
>
>On Wed, 26 Jan 2000 DasArm_at_aol.com wrote:
>
>> In a message dated 1/24/00 4:32:55 PM Eastern Standard Time,
>> mwolfe_at_mindspring.com writes:
>>
>> << I
>> went to a bait store and got a couple of dozen emerald shiners for my 55
>> gallon tank. >>
>>
>> I think that it's cool that you're trying out emerald shiners. I myself plan
>> on keeping them when I get space. Let me know how this turns out in the
>> future.
>>
MWolfe
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