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BG
----- Original Message -----
From: "Steven Ellis" <sellis2000_at_earthlink.net>
To: <nanfa_at_aquaria.net>
Sent: Friday, April 23, 2004 12:47 PM
Subject: Re: NANFA-- RE: Collecting report
> Nice job, BG. Don't become gator bait out there.
>
>
> Steven A. Ellis
> Kennesaw, GA
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: BG Granier <shinerscoop_at_bellsouth.net>
> Sent: Apr 23, 2004 1:28 PM
> To: nanfa_at_aquaria.net
> Subject: NANFA-- RE: Collecting report
>
> Hi all,
>
> Before the chickens ever awoke, I was out trying to collect some
> Macrobrachium ohione, the freshwater river shrimp, at the Port Allen, LA
> locks that connect the Mississippi River with the Intracoastal waterways
> that funnel large tugboats and barges from Baton Rouge down to Morgan City
> and other points.......
>
> I arrived at the site at approximately 5AM and did manage to collect a few
> with my Jonah's Aquarium dip net while scooping around the boat-dock. In
the
> glimmer of the overhead lights one can see the leading edges of the long
> whiskers of their antennae sweeping the surface of the waters. These
shrimp
> surface at night only and with the dawn descend into deeper, darker waters
> to escape the daytime predators one would suppose.
>
> I also checked out the site for fingernail clams, but found the primary
site
> for them to be essentially dry and overgrown with weeds which made it
> virtually impossible to make a scoop with my Jonah's Perfect Dip-Net
because
> of the density of terrestrial growth. Next time, I'm gonna have to bring
my
> Weed_Eater!
>
> Anyway, I'm raising fry of F. heteroclitus from Lee Harper and also fry of
> an albino strain of F. grandis from another source and have just set up a
> spawning tank for regular colored F. grandis to collect eggs for Lee
Harper.
>
> Hope everyone has a great weekend!
>
> BG Granier
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