Re: NANFA-- walleye

njz (njz_at_clevelandmetroparks.com)
Mon, 16 Jun 2003 21:54:11 -0400

I have them in a 65,000 gallon aquarium ;)

Nick Zarlinga

"If we ignore nature.....maybe it'll go away."

----- Original Message -----
From: "Todd Crail" <farmertodd_at_buckeye-express.com>
To: <nanfa_at_aquaria.net>
Sent: Monday, June 16, 2003 8:26 PM
Subject: Re: NANFA-- walleye

> I did for about 4 months. Was a 10 inch fish in a 125 gallon. Waaaaaay
> stressed and checked out in a horrible fashion. It ate sorta, but I
> wouldn't ever do it again... Might be better with a fingerling raised up
> from scratch in large purpose-built aquaria, but even to fully support
that
> animal after 4 or 5 years, a 180 wouldn't be big enough imho. Two or
three
> feet is just too close for the way they feed ("vacuum style glide" as
> opposed to pouncing and stopping like bass). So that kinda cuts out the
> home-sized range for tanks, with a few exceptions that I've seen.
>
> Mr Zarlinga, however, has a good sized system for them :)
>
> I'd also be interested to hear any other's comments.
>
> Todd
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Bob Bock" <bockhouse_at_earthlink.net>
> To: <nanfa_at_aquaria.net>
> Sent: Monday, June 16, 2003 8:20 PM
> Subject: NANFA-- walleye
>
>
> > Hi, all. Anybody ever keep walleye in an aquarium?
> >
> > (I'm writing an article.)
> >
> > Thanks.
> >
> > Bob
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