Re: NANFA-- black gambusia

Bob Bock (bockhouse_at_earthlink.net)
Fri, 3 May 2002 07:47:30 -0400

Hi, Guys. I don't know where the Blue Ridge sculpins are. I passed them on
from Dave Neely, who dropped them off at my house when he was here.

Moon, what happened to the blue ridge sculpins I already sent you?
----- Original Message -----
From: "Henry Deford" <hdeford_at_comcast.net>
To: <nanfa_at_aquaria.net>
Sent: Thursday, May 02, 2002 5:17 PM
Subject: Re: NANFA-- black gambusia

> Moon,
>
> I have thousands of regular gambusia that are so jam packed in the local
> runoff golf course stream that when you look in on a sunny day its like
> looking at silver sheets of tinfoil swimming by. Maybe a few of your males
> couldn't hurt because I would love to try to breed them with the "regular"
> females I have if you couldn't manage to dig up any. Hopefully I would get
a
> nice ratio of black males.
>
> I saw that you said you want the new Blue Ridge Mountains Sculpin that I
> talked to you about a few months ago. I will Email Bob Bock soon and ask
him
> exactly where they are here in MD. If I find some I would definately be
> interested in doing a nice trade.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Henry Deford
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: <Moontanman_at_aol.com>
> To: <nanfa_at_aquaria.net>
> Sent: Wednesday, May 01, 2002 6:20 PM
> Subject: NANFA-- black gambusia
>
>
> > Does anyone want any black spotted gambusia? Some are sorta gold and
> black. I
> > have some to trade. I found a creek with about 10% melanistic males and
> maybe
> > even a female or too. (could be underdeveloped males) Makes me wonder if
a
> > mutagen is being discharged into the stream there are so many melanistic
> > fish. I also get bullfrog tadpoles out of this creek that take forever
to
> > turn into adult frogs. I have one that is three years at least! The
> creek
> > is run off drainage from the state ports where everything in the world
is
> > shipped in and out from our state. If no one wants to trade for them I
> might
> > put them up for sale at aquabid.
> >
> > Moon
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