Blacknose Dace and Fundulus heteroclitus

[MICHIKO KITA <michikokita at earthlink_net>]

As some of you remembered with my previous posts, I caught some 
Blacknose Daces at Camping (thank you to Lee for helping with ID.) 
Since I really liked them, I caught them to see if I could bring them 
to the auction at local aquarium society. Well, it is not gonna be 
happening. I wanted to check the book that Lee suggested, but I had to 
replace them somewhere, but I decided to keep them in the bucket for a 
bit. Then I had to feed them, then most of the died. How unlucky I am, 
but I saw two are alive. Then I just saved them from the bucket, and 
was trying to figure out where to put them. Then I saw my Fundulus 
Heteroclitus tank, and one of blacknose dace looks so happy over there. 
So I decided to put them there. This was my first time seeing fishes 
that are bigger than guppy babies to be eaten by my fishes! Two were 
eaten by the devils!

It is kinda strange that I am learning very slow about aquarium. I need 
a bit more energy to study about it, I guess.. I learned my lesson, I 
won't catch any fishes in wild if I do not know how to take care of 
them before head. But I will still continue bidding for wild killies if 
I can make sure to talk to the owner about it!

I feel so bad to those fishes. I should have left them at Cold River! 
They would have been happier. Oh well. I guess I learn from mistakes.

Michiko Kita
Boston Aquarium Society
Membership Chair/Director at Large
michikokita at earthlink_net

"One cannot convey the beauty of nature to others without having a love 
of all small living creatures oneself" - Takashi Amano

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