- Why native fish?
- Tank selection (overall size, depth vs surface area)
- Water (tap vs natural sources)
- Pumps and filters
- Substrates (I encourage using local gravel from around here rather than
purchased aquarium gravel)
- Lighting (types, amounts)
- Plants (local native species, hints relative to substrate and lighting)
- Temperature issues
- Feeding native fish
- Some appropriate aquarium species found in north central Texas (I divided
this up into "Smaller fishes that stay small", "Medium sized fish", and "Too
big fish")
- Some appropriate invertebrate species found in NC Texas (includes insects,
crustaceans, and mollusks)
- Collecting native fish and invertebrates (included despriptions and
examples of seines, dipnets, castnets, etc., transporting your catch, and a
heavy dose of getting to know the aquatic system that you are trying to
simulate)
- Collecting regulations and ethics (stressing licenses, conservation, and
not releasing captives - including exotics - into the natural system)
- Not included in the powerpoint but discussed in the program was a variety
of the available reference materials including field guides and websites.
Obviously, 2 hours isn't enough time to go in depth into any particular
topic so some were just briefly covered.
Rob Denkhaus
Fort Worth Nature Center & Refuge
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Gordon James
> Sent: Wednesday, February 27, 2002 5:20 AM
> To: nanfa_at_aquaria.net
> Subject: Re: NANFA-- Native fish program
>
>
> DO you have an outline of what you did?
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Denkhaus, Robert <DenkhaR_at_Ci.Fort-Worth.TX.US>
> To: <nanfa_at_aquaria.net>
> Sent: Tuesday, February 26, 2002 11:43 PM
> Subject: NANFA-- Native fish program
>
>
> > I offered a "native aquaria" program which described how to set up a
> native
> > fish aquarium and discussed topics such as local species,
> conservation,
> > collecting methods and ethics, etc. this past weekend
> (Sunday afternoon).
> > Despite competing with 80 degree temperatures and the
> desire to simply be
> > outside, I managed to attract 5 very interested folks and a
> few mildly
> > interested ones. The 5 comprised 2 families (a couple and
> a father with
> his
> > two sons) and they left psyched up about collecting and
> keeping native
> fish
> > for fun and education. After 2 hours of discussing the
> hows and whys of
> > native fish keeping, we examined the nature center's 100
> gallon Trinity
> > River community tank (longear sunfish, warmouth, black
> crappie, bluegill,
> > carp, black bullhead, golden shiner & a number of native plants) and
> > everyone was jazzed! They left carrying extra copies of
> the current AC
> > (Thanks, Chris!) and extra copies of the NANFA membership form!!!
> > Hopefully, we will have a couple new members from the Fort
> Worth area!!
> >
> > Rob Denkhaus
> > Fort Worth Nature Center & Refuge
> >
> >
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