Generally how many topminnows are bred and reared each year though?
Tony
Peter Unmack wrote:
>
> On Thu, 11 May 2006, Jerry Baker wrote:
>
> I was recently-in-a friends place in a tank with mostly guppies and a few
> other fishes, and you could have done anything to them and they would
> still be swimming around-in-the front of the tank completely unphased.
>
> I think it is that natural fear of many things that really helps these
> guys survive in the wild. But you also have to keep in mind that in
> captivity, most individuals survive, whereas in the wild very few survive.
> Thus when releasing fish into the wild, you would expect to have massive
> mortality just as if they were being born in the wild. Thus introducting
> 1000 topiminnows might only really be equivalent to establishing 10 fish
> in the population.
>
> Cheers
> Peter Unmack
> Provo River, UT
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