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Re: NFC: blue pike stuff
DUH Time!!
8 messages on the PC, all titled blue pike stuff and
not a one on blue pike.
give us a break!
jake
--- Fully Prepared <departmentus at yahoo_com> wrote:
> --- 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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