I think lungfish are a problem in Florida, as they can just get up and leave the water source and plague another. Susan ----- Original Message ----- From: AuntieFran@comcast.net To: gsas-member@thekrib.com Sent: Friday, May 14, 2004 1:34 PM Subject: RE: Fwd: lungfish Take a look at the lungfish at the Seattle Aquarium next time you're there. That guy has to be at least 3' long! I have a friend on a fish board, Uniquaria.com who has a huge mama lungfish in his home - something like a 180G tank!!! -- Growing old is inevitable; growing up is optional. > They get waaay too big for a 2.5 gallon tank > > http://www.fishbase.org/Summary/SpeciesSummary.cfm?id=4512 > > They should live a long time, too. I saw one 10 years ago, an abino, in a > great little pet shop in NJ that's since gone out of business. I always > regretted not buying it, the owner took it home and still has it 10 years > later. > > Get a big killie for your culls like a prognathus or that giant predatory > Notho. I used to have a big livebearer, Alloophorus robustus, which was good > at culling. Nothings as good as a turtle, though. > > Matt > > >From: "Mark Pearlscott" <mark@pearlscott.com> > >Reply-To: gsas-member@thekrib.com > >To: <gsas-member@thekrib.com> > >Subject: RE: Fwd: lungfish > >Date: Thu, 13 May 2004 23:05:43 -0700 > > > >Will they eat my culls and live in a small 2.5 gallon tank? Maybe I > >should get that South American Leaf Fish I've always wanted. ;) > > > >Mark > > > > > Subject: RE: Fwd: lungfish > > > > > > You mean, they were illegal? *oops* > > > An interesting pet if you like watching fish that don't move around > >much. > > > Hard to tell if they're dead sometimes. > > > > > > > > > >From: Bob and Judy Holmes <jbholmes@nwlink.com> > > > >Reply-To: gsas-member@thekrib.com > > > >To: gsas-member@thekrib.com > > > >Subject: Fwd: lungfish > > > >Date: Thu, 13 May 2004 07:54:30 -0700 > > > > > > > > > > > >>X-Original-To: jbholmes@nwlink.com > > > >>Delivered-To: jbholmes.nwlink.com@mx3.pacifier.net > > > >>From: "Gordon Hides" <Wildgrove@bigpond.com> > > > >>To: <jbholmes@nwlink.com> > > > >>Subject: lungfish > > > >>Date: Thu, 13 May 2004 06:32:06 +1000 > > > >>X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2600.0000 > > > >> > > > >>Bob Holmes > > > >> > > > >>We breed the Australian Lungfish (Neoceratodus forsteri) and would > >like > > > to > > > >>inform hobbyists that these unique fish are now legally available to > >the > > > >>aquarium trade. > > > >>Please visit our webpage at > > > >><http://www.lungfishbreeders.com>www.lungfishbreeders.com > > > >> > > > >>Regards, > > > >>Gordon Hides > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >--- StripMime Report -- processed MIME parts --- > > > >multipart/alternative > > > > text/plain (text body -- kept) > > > > text/html > > > >--- > > > >------------------ > > > >To unsubscribe from this list, please send mail to > >majordomo@thekrib.com > > > >with "Unsubscribe gsas-member" in the body of the message. Archives > >of > > > >this list can be found at http://lists.thekrib.com/gsas-member/ > > > > > > > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > > > FREE pop-up blocking with the new MSN Toolbar - get it now! > > > http://toolbar.msn.click-url.com/go/onm00200415ave/direct/01/ > > > > > > ------------------ > > > To unsubscribe from this list, please send mail to > >majordomo@thekrib.com > > > with "Unsubscribe gsas-member" in the body of the message. Archives > >of > > > this list can be found at http://lists.thekrib.com/gsas-member/ > > > > > > ------------------ > > To unsubscribe from this list, please send mail to majordomo@thekrib.com > > with "Unsubscribe gsas-member" in the body of the message. Archives of > > this list can be found at http://lists.thekrib.com/gsas-member/ > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > Express yourself with the new version of MSN Messenger! Download today - > it's FREE! http://messenger.msn.click-url.com/go/onm00200471ave/direct/01/ > > ------------------ > To unsubscribe from this list, please send mail to majordomo@thekrib.com > with "Unsubscribe gsas-member" in the body of the message. Archives of > this list can be found at http://lists.thekrib.com/gsas-member/ > ------------------ To unsubscribe from this list, please send mail to majordomo@thekrib.com with "Unsubscribe gsas-member" in the body of the message. Archives of this list can be found at http://lists.thekrib.com/gsas-member/ --- StripMime Report -- processed MIME parts --- multipart/alternative text/plain (text body -- kept) text/html --- ------------------ To unsubscribe from this list, please send mail to majordomo@thekrib.com with "Unsubscribe gsas-member" in the body of the message. Archives of this list can be found at http://lists.thekrib.com/gsas-member/