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Fish and Plants for biotope
- To: <Aquatic-Plants at actwin_com>
- Subject: Fish and Plants for biotope
- From: "Steven Pituch" <spituch at ev1_net>
- Date: Wed, 18 Jun 2003 21:14:15 -0500
I've always wondered about putting cat-tails in an aquarium. Every time in
the past that I've tried to yank them up, I would get only leaves and cuts
on my hands. Awhile ago I brought a garden trowel with me and was sure I'd
come home with some, but no luck. The roots seemed to be real deep. This
time I brought a shovel with a square tip. It was still a lot of work but I
did bring some cat-tails home. For the results of my efforts to date go to
my web site at
http://users.ev1.net/~spituch/
and then to "Steve's Page", "Aquariums", and then "Steve's 2003 Texas
Coastal Bend FW Biotope".
Plant Question one:
I have been looking for Mexican Oakleaf down here in Corpus Christi. I
figured it has to around here somewhere. However, I have never seen an
emersed picture of it. All the pictures I see of it are in its submerged
state. I heard that it grows mostly emersed. So I'm not sure what I am
looking for. I figure its got to look leafy, and its got to be green.
There aren't too many plants that fit that decription down here. I had some
time to explore today and ran into something close. I have a picture of it
at:
http://users.ev1.net/~spituch/y/y.html
If any one would care to tell me if it is Mexican Oakleaf, I would
appreciate it. If it isn't can someone send me an emersed image of it?
Thanks.
Fish Questions:
OK. I think I sort of hit the jackpot today. I actually found a ditch in
Corpus that had some water in it. I could see fish in it. I went home and
took the pool net with the long handle and pulled like crazy on the net
frame to convert it from a narrow rectangle to a roundish square. I went
back to the ditch and caught about 3 dozen Sailfin Mollies, one perch-like
fish, and about six darter types that aren't exacty darters, but very
interesting. The eyes are on the side of the fish, not the top like a
darter. I'm dying to find out what they are. Once again, go to:
http://users.ev1.net/~spituch/
and then to "Steve's Page", "Aquariums", and then "Steve's 2003 Texas
Coastal Bend FW Biotope", and you'll see some interesting fish.
Regards,
Steve Pituch
Corpus Christi, TX, USA