View Full Version : Snakehead Found In Queens, NY lake
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/08/09/nyregion/09snakeheads.html?ex=1124251200&en=937953d837afe8c3&ei=5070&emc=eta1
cenecker
08-09-2005, 10:55 PM
GGGGGGGREEEEEEEEATTTTTTTT....I'm telling you guys...the day is soon approaching when everything will be illegal except tetras.
cenecker
08-09-2005, 11:10 PM
You know what would be great? If there was an entrance exam or something to be allowed to keep all these illegal species...that way all the responsible aquarists could enjoy snakeheads and piaranas and such. We would just have a system to weed out all the FREAKING IDIOTS who dump thier aquariums into the lake when they get bored.
and mollies...mabye...those are kinda agressive though...
Actually some close relatives of guppies and mollies (the mosquito fish in genus Gambusia) are illegal in some states and are highly invasive... :grinno:
shovelnose
08-09-2005, 11:36 PM
Was it just me or was that an extemely anti-Asian article?
Mattcomptonassvanhorn
08-09-2005, 11:41 PM
Was it just me or was that an extemely anti-Asian article?
Whos team is that guy on whos geting laid out?
guppy
08-09-2005, 11:42 PM
how cold can that water get??? and they can survive it? i need afew for my pond :cheers:
Some types survive cold winters in the wild just like bowfins do here.
Chad55
08-09-2005, 11:49 PM
They really make snakeheads sound very bad. "Devouring everything in there path" "Breathing air and walking on land" I think these people are scared of em.
Chad
sandtiger
08-10-2005, 1:47 AM
Yeah, I noticed carp on the list of fish it could harm. LOL...they are also invasive!!!! The article made snakeheads out to be pretty bad fish. First sharks, then pirahnas and now snakeheads. Must be a fish thing or something. Anyone see the Sci-fi movie "Snakehead" or "Frankenfish"? I swear...if I ever get a SH I am going to name it Frankenfish and call it Frank for short.
zhuangsw
08-10-2005, 8:57 AM
the reporter made a nasty description of the fish and where it came from.. thats my opinion of the newspaper article..
jenBLKAROWANA
08-10-2005, 9:23 AM
WOW...that artical was really horrible....Voracious? Eats everything in their path? lol
Watch, BAN ON ALL FISH!!! Come on....but I like the exam idea!
Jen
Guppy - carp are Asian, and were introduced on Long Island/NYC in 1831. Unfortunately, they are here to stay, but unlike snakeheads, won't wipe out the rest of the lakes population.
Little known fact - Long Island/NYC was never originally home to the Largemouth Bass either, they were only found upstate until they were stocked by people.
sandtiger
08-10-2005, 10:59 AM
That is the case with many species. Some are invasive and some are not. Brown trout are from Germany/Europe. Rainbow trout are from the Western U.S. Both can be found in NY, our only native trout is the brook trout.