Tony
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Chip Rinehart wrote:
> Just a thought.......I wonder, since Snakeheads and Bowfin would more than
> likely be direct competitors, which one would out compete the other? I
> don't have any firsthand knowledge of snakeheads but I know how voracious
> bowfin can be. With this being said, I'll have to cast my vote on Chris'
> side. This is a manmade pond. Poison it and make sure the problem is
> removed.
> Chip
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: ichthos_at_charm.net [SMTP:ichthos at charm.net]
> > Sent: Tuesday, July 30, 2002 12:09 PM
> > To: nanfa_at_aquaria.net
> > Subject: Re: NANFA-- FW: Snakehead Advisory Panel : Report on the web
> >
> > > Like I said they have released them everywhere else, why should that
> > > pond be special?
> >
> > To preserve one of the waterbodies in the southeastern US that is
> > flathead-free?
> >
> > > You could release 6 or 7 male flat heads, last time i checked males
> > > don't reproduce. ;-)
> >
> > How long would it take the flatheads to eradicate the snakeheads? Is the
> > size of the pond of factor? Would the flatheads feed on other fishes
> > first,
> > giving the snakeheads a chance to grow their populations and potentially
> > spread outside the pond into the nearby Patuxent River? Since
> > snakeheads are air-breathers that stay close to the surface, would the
> > primarily benthic flatheads ever get to them? There are just too many
> > unanswered biotic factors at play here to warrant fighting an exotic with
> > an
> > exotic. The most parsiminous solution is to temporarily poison the pond.
> > The pond -- which is manmade anyway, a former excavation pit -- could be
> > restocked.
> >
> > Chris Scharpf
> > Baltimore
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