Hey MFk I was going to post this in the pleco section, but I think everyone needs to see this just to show how serious the consequences are for releasing aquarium fish in a tropical place like Florida.. Like plecos that breed and become huge "monsters" in lakes!
Anyways, this past week I went to my dads work (with my castnet) to help deal with a serious pleco problem in 2 of the residence lakes. I thought the "problem" would be one or two plecos digging into the shore for breeding caves, untill 8 hours later I removed 21 HUGE 1.5+ plecos from 2 lakes.
(the first time i caught a group of three i thought i caught a snapping turtle... because these guys are strong and never die!!!!!!!! )
Now the pics of what my first 3 casts pulled up none of the big boys I caught are in that pic though
and sadly i dont have the pics of the 21 plecos lined up in front of me on my labtop yet, sorry
Anyways, this past week I went to my dads work (with my castnet) to help deal with a serious pleco problem in 2 of the residence lakes. I thought the "problem" would be one or two plecos digging into the shore for breeding caves, untill 8 hours later I removed 21 HUGE 1.5+ plecos from 2 lakes.
(the first time i caught a group of three i thought i caught a snapping turtle... because these guys are strong and never die!!!!!!!! )
Now the pics of what my first 3 casts pulled up none of the big boys I caught are in that pic though
and sadly i dont have the pics of the 21 plecos lined up in front of me on my labtop yet, sorry