Re: NANFA-- keeping paddlefish

William Allen jr. (billandbonnie_at_peoplepc.com)
Mon, 25 Jun 2001 10:20:02 -0500

Aquarium of the Americas has some, I believe that they feed them BBS - must
take a TON to fill up a fish that big!

I caught one on a trot line once, baited with shad, but I think he got
snagged by accident.

----- Original Message -----
From: btpmsi <btpmsi_at_yahoo.com>
To: <nanfa_at_aquaria.net>
Sent: Saturday, June 23, 2001 9:39 PM
Subject: RE: NANFA-- keeping paddlefish

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> >Paddlefish are poor subjects for home aquaria.
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> In '91 I saw a cylindrical tank with Paddle fish about 6" long filter
> feeding on live Daphnia at the Berlin Aquarium. Their rostra were in
fine
> condition due to the shape of the tank. An awesome sight!
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> Cheers,
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