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Re: NFC: blue pike stuff
seems like their filtration qualities could be used but i see the danger and
would rather avoid them at this point. i am wondering how they reproduce and
if they could be confined to a wire cage??
----- Original Message -----
From: "Gay" <ghemsath at att_net>
To: <nfc at actwin_com>
Sent: Wednesday, July 04, 2001 2:43 PM
Subject: RE: NFC: blue pike stuff
> Hello
>
> They also filtered out a lot of the bad stuff as well (PBCs)
> Not just the green algae and zooplankton
>
> Gay
> Alaska
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-nfc at actwin_com [mailto:owner-nfc at actwin_com]On Behalf Of
> flatwood
> Sent: Wednesday, July 04, 2001 11:31 AM
> To: nfc at actwin_com
> Subject: Re: NFC: blue pike stuff
>
> if i recall, they're small in size and came down the mississippi river
then
> into the cumberland river. we're located a few miles from the stones river
> which is a tributary of the cumberland. i'll have to guess that they're in
> there too but now yall have my interest up and will have to check it out.
> this filtration aspect is intriguing however.
> -=tabb in tennessee
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Fully Prepared" <departmentus at yahoo_com>
> To: <nfc at actwin_com>
> Sent: Wednesday, July 04, 2001 1:45 PM
> Subject: Re: NFC: blue pike stuff
>
>
> > --- flatwood <flatwood at bellsouth_net> wrote:
> > > a few years ago they caused a lot of concern in
> > > tennessees lakes and rivers.
> > > if my memory serves me they were establishing
> > > colonies on dam gates and
> > > interfering with the gates operation. i've seen
> > > several references to them
> > > for filtration of the small closed koi ponds. that
> > > may be where this "good"
> > > aspect comes from. i know they're not welcome in
> > > tennessees lakes and
> > > rivers. are they foreign (non usa)???
> > Zebra mussels are native to northern Europe. They are
> > not a problem there because they have predators. The
> > only known predator of zebra mussels in North America
> > is the ruddy duck. The mussels have population
> > explosions that result in super-filtration of water.
> > You will find that this results in a collapsed food
> > chain; no green algae = no zooplankton = no big fish.
> > But the water will look nice.
> >
> > Boo Radley, Saraland, Alabama (not in Monroe County)
> >
> >
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