Re: NANFA-- fish id

njz (njz_at_clevelandmetroparks.com)
Wed, 5 Mar 2003 22:27:12 -0500

Thanks for the experience donation!

Nick Zarlinga

"If we ignore nature.....maybe it'll go away."

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From: <Moontanman_at_aol.com>
To: <nanfa_at_aquaria.net>
Sent: Wednesday, March 05, 2003 9:52 PM
Subject: Re: NANFA-- fish id

> In a message dated 3/5/03 8:41:07 AM Eastern Standard Time,
> njz_at_clevelandmetroparks.com writes:
>
> > A while ago there was a discussion on the "fw flounder" that is commonly
> > sold in pet stores. It seemed that they were a type of flatfish found
in
> > the southern coastal states. What are these fish and are they indeed
> > flounders? How big do they get? Are they relatively easy to keep? I
> > suspect that they are truly brackish water? Thanks.
> > Nick Zarlinga
> I have four or five of them I raised from larvae with their eyes still on
> different sides of their heads and they have never seen salty water. They
> seem to do equally well in fresh or salt water but they only breed in salt
> water. BTW they are "soles" not flounder ;-) Mine are about 5 or 6 inches
> long and 5 years old.
>
> Moon

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