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NFC: Re: longear sunfish
Hello and thanks for the note Id be happy to help you set up an adopt a
tank its one of my favorite things to do :)
As for the longears Luke Mclurg trades and sells em he is from Kansas . I
will be to forward your note to the nFC List and he will contact you. So
how is Lousianna a bit of a change from the midwest I am sure.
ttyl
Robert Rice
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On Sat, 19 Aug 2000 10:49:18 -0400 "Kim and David Boyd"
<boyd_arts at yahoo_com> writes:
> I have read several articles you have posted about the longear
> sunfish and
> am interested in finding some for my home aquarium. A couple of
> summers ago
> my family vacationed in southern Missouri and my wife caught the
> prettiest
> sunfish I had ever seen, which from the pictures I have seen on the
> web,
> must have been a longear. As a kid I had a tank of bluegills for a
> short
> time that I had netted from a local pond, but they quickly grew too
> large
> for a ten gallon tank. We have recently moved from Indiana to
> Lafayette
> Louisiana, and in moving had to give away all our fish, so . . . I
> have a 30
> gallon aquarium (and a couple smaller ones) that need to be set up
> again. I
> would really like to do some native sunfish in the 30. How many can
> I put
> in safely, a pair or ?? Where can I get the longear sunfish from
> the
> Ozarks? I really would like to find some of those having seen the
> one up
> close when kayaking/fishing, although I am curious as to what is
> native here
> as well. Any info you can provide would be greatly appreciated.
>
> I am also curios about the Adopt a Tank program, as there is a
> really good
> science teacher at the elementary school where my wife attends and
> my wife
> is a full-time youth and children's minister as well. I guess
> though that
> those questions need to be directed to another person.
>
> As far as acquiring fish, I did find the Native Fish Company in
> Minnesota on
> the web. Know anything about those folks?
>
> I appreciate any info you can provide and thank you for the articles
> I have
> already read.
>
> David Boyd
> Lafayette, LA
>
>
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