Re: [GSAS-Member] Freshwater Lamprey

[Susan Welenofsky <welenofsky@comcast.net>]

They will eat raw dead fish.

Susan
On Nov 1, 2009, at 11:58 AM, Bryan Nielsen wrote:

> Hi Jeff,
> I am sure it was and is a completely illegal act to try and keep a sea
> lamprey and would be impossible without a host fish to feed on.
> Although I never kept a lamprey, in my teenage years I kept about
> anything I could catch without really considering the legality of it.
>
> Bryan Nielsen
>
>
> On Nov 1, 2009, at 10:19 AM, Jeff Schulstrom wrote:
>
>> I am from Michigan and have fished from the great lakes, it is
>> illegal to take possesion of lampreys.  They must be destroyed.
>> There was a few salmon I have caught had a lamprey on it, it was
>> about 2ft long.
>>
>> I doubt a lamprey would survive in a tank, they probably need some
>> fish to feed on, and dead fishes could foul up your water fast.
>>
>>
>> GoBlueCichlids
>> www.wolverinecichlids.com
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>> ________________________________
>> From: Bryan Nielsen <brynielsen@gmail.com>
>> To: Greater Seattle Aquarium Society member chat <gsas-member@thekrib.com
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>> Sent: Sat, October 31, 2009 12:47:49 PM
>> Subject: Re: [GSAS-Member] Freshwater Lamprey
>>
>> I knew someone that tried keeping a sea lamprey that came off a  
>> salmon
>> in Lake Huron.  Not sure how that turned out.
>>
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