Re: NANFA-- Re: nanfa V1 #1599: TN Collecting

Michael Thennet (thennet_michael_at_tmac.com)
Fri, 04 Apr 2003 11:58:32 -0500

Hey Terri,

Sounds like you had a great time. Were you able to bring anything home?

Mike

Terri Vance wrote:

> Many thanks again, Casper! Connie & you are "Southern Hospitality" at its
> best!
>
> Casper is right...the darters were absolutely magnificent! Worth each &
> every sore muscle (quite a few) & bruise (5 duzzies...ouch!) incurred while
> collecting them! Still being fairly new to collecting, seeing breeding
> darters in person was a wonderful 1st for me. Reflecting back, I was most
> suprised by the size variation of the breeding males & can't help but wonder
> if this is due to a difference in age (i.e. larger=elder specimens) or
> environmental factors (i.e. larger specimens more successful vs. their
> brethren in competition for resourses). BTW, when kept in optimal
> conditions, just how long will darter spp. live in captivity?
>
> I haven't edited the pics yet. Im keeping my fingers crossed that they come
> out OK. The camera's new &, unfortunately, I forgot the manual at home
> (major kick from myself to my big ol' backside!) & so had to wing it. As I
> don't have a website, I'd be right grateful if any of y'all w/ one could
> post any of the pics, assuming they turn out well, so that everyone can see
> them.
>
> I remember Chris Scharpf's description of stoneroller tubercles & behavior
> from the wonderful presentation he gave at last year's Potomac Valley
> Aquarium Society's (PVAS) Fall Fish Festival, so I'm especially hoping that
> the breeding male stoneroller pics come out!
>
> As for the list of spp. collected:
> Breeding darter spp. --
> Rainbow
> Redline
> Speckled
> TN Snubnose
> Stoneroller (including tubercled male)
> Striped shiners
> Either Blackspotted or Blackstriped topminnows
> Gambusia
> Centrarchid spp. --
> Bluegill
> Either Redbreast or Longear (or hybrid of the 2)
> Green
> Cossa bass
> Blacknose dace
> Either Bluntnose or Bullhead minnow
> Unknown sp. of shiner
> Snails (~1", conical-shaped)
> Asian clams
>
> Casper will have to fill in the names of the 2 creeks we seined as
> I failed to write them down (sorry...I tend to forget names I don't 1st
> write down...most likely one of those left brain/right brain things ;-)
>
> Thanks again, Casper, for leading the collecting trip & also for the loan of
> the waders. Hopefully, next time it will be warm enough to forgo the waders
> & do the snorkeling thing. All in all, an experience both enlightening &
> loaded w/ fun!
>
> Terri (VA)
>
> ----Original Message Follows----
> Subject: nanfa V1 #1599
> Date: Tue, 1 Apr 2003 21:16:20 EST
> From: Prizma_at_aol.com
> Subject: Re: NANFA-- t-shirt ordering info direct
> ...i did get to seine in a creek w/ a visitor, terri, where we saw stunning
> breeding colored darters. 4 species: redline, tn snubs, rainbows and
> speckleds. i may have taken you to this same creek. i
> know dustin and dan visited last summer and we went there. very, very nice
> urban stream minutes from my home. we also captured a few breeding
> stonerollers and terri took some photos of them before releasing them.
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