I released em back into the canal today... not really a fan of african cichlids and one of them was flashing a LOT, like it wanted to rip its face apart lol... after battling ich like 3 times in the last year thanks to clown loaches I chose not to risk my fish again
ID these fish I caught today!!!!
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You released an invasive species back into the environment? Is there some sort of punchline that I'm missing here......
They've been well-established in Florida and many other states since 1974, what the hell are you talking about?
As for the flashing, it was more likely flukes than anything else. All wild fish, whether caught in Florida or the Amazon, should be quarantined thoroughly. I have a few treatments that I do to clean fish up including QuickCure for flukes, prazi for tapeworms, and levamisole for roundworms. These treatments are obviously spaced out over the period of a few weeks to ensure the fish get a rest in between each treatment. You could also do a PP dip before introducing them to a QT tank.
Theoretically you could have just introduced a new pathogen to the ecosystem down there. Way to go.
Oh please, don't come here with your ~omfg the ecosystem~ tree-hugging crap lol, they were released into the same canal they were found in where they've been breeding for 40 years, and they were never in my tank or in contact with any other fish. At least I didn't flush them or freeze them like some of you prudes do, my bad.
They were never in your tank? Who's tank were they in then? If you kept them strictly in their own canal water and didn't cross contaminate with anything (a net, or a filter, etc.) then the chance would be quite small, but still there. Much higher if they'd been in contact with other fish.
Never release any fish once you've removed it from the body of water, regardless if you release it out of the same area. I used to live in Hawaii. Someone dumped some fish into Lake Wilson, and this is what happened Plant Invasion. It covered 90% of the lake (270 acres) in under 6 months. Took them a year to get it under control. Here.
Can you say with 100% certainty that no plant matter, snails, or pathogen got transferred to the fish while in your care? I doubt it.
Never release any fish once you've removed it from the body of water, regardless if you release it out of the same area. I used to live in Hawaii. Someone dumped some fish into Lake Wilson, and this is what happened Plant Invasion. It covered 90% of the lake (270 acres) in under 6 months. Took them a year to get it under control. Here.
Can you say with 100% certainty that no plant matter, snails, or pathogen got transferred to the fish while in your care? I doubt it.
They were in a quarantine tank filled with water from the canal they were caught in along with some hornwort, wood and tadpoles from the same canal. Only thing I added was an airstone that had been dry and stored for at least a few months.
Most people dont understand the amount of exotics down here in South Florida. I dont blame you for releasing it., especially with the precautions you took while the fish was in quarantine. Pretty much half of what is in our waters isnt from here anyway. Almost impossible to introduce anything were not looking at already.
