Re: NANFA-- Fw:

Bruce Stallsmith (fundulus_at_hotmail.com)
Fri, 12 Jan 2001 09:55:30 -0500

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I would vote in favor of pulling the green sunfish. Juvenile fish of any
sort are what greens are designed to inhale.

--Bruce Stallsmith
Huntsville, AL

>Any advice for Rob?
>Jim Graham
>Hastings Mi
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: Robert Klein <rjklein_at_albion.edu>
>To: <busterg_at_voyager.net>
>Sent: Thursday, January 11, 2001 11:37 AM
>
>
> > Jim,
> > Hey. We have a 55 gallon native minnow tank that has five green
>sunfish,
>a bunch of stickelbacks, and a few different darters. There are some
>plants, too. I noticed today, that at the top of one plant, a couple of
>blades are wrapped together with duck weed roots, and there's a batch of
>eggs inside of them. A stickelback is always swimming by the eggs, so I'm
>thinking that they belong to it. Also, over the last week several of the
>stickelbacks have changed color from light brown to almost black. I think
>that it would be pretty cool if those things hatched, so I'm wondering if I
>should pull the sunfish or any other fish out in case they want to eat the
>eggs. What do you think? Thanks.
> >
> > rob

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