Martin tells me I should stick to minnows. shiny ones. hi Martin. my
Oscars are gone. did NOT pan fry them as you suggested. hehe.
had 2 huge snow storms this week. but finally today was a warm day. wow.
went to 50 ( my guess ). soon the snow will be gone. my yard has snow
piles over 6 ft high right this morning. hehe. but a lot melted out today.
anyway what is the deal on the alligator gar on the teashirt is it extint.
??
George Arndt
Harvard, MA
>From: Jay DeLong <thirdwind_at_att.net>
>Reply-To: nanfa_at_aquaria.net
>To: nanfa_at_aquaria.net
>Subject: Re: NANFA-- Acrosteus spatula
>Date: Sat, 10 Mar 2001 16:32:28 -0800
>
>
>> > What's the Common name (AFS sanctioned :) for Acrosteus spatula?
>> >It looks like some kind of alligator gar from the angle presented ...
>>
>>Yes, alligator gar it is.
>>
>>And the correct spelling is Atractosteus.
>
>and called Lepisosteus spathula by some professional and governmental
>organizations. Check out the scan of an old fishing photo of an alligator
>gar at http://homepages.go.com/~omegaman66/fishphoto/gar.htm
>
>And there's an article about rearing them in aquaria at
>http://www.aquariacentral.com/fishinfo/fresh/algar.shtml
>if you have a 1500 gallon tank!
>
>--
>Jay DeLong
>Olympia, WA
>
>
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