Asian Carp in Aquarium
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that makes sense ... they were probably 4' and fat as could be ...
my memory tells me they were a tanish, maybe even a green color ... but its been many years
my memory tells me they were a tanish, maybe even a green color ... but its been many years
Yeah, I'd bet they were grass carp if they were 4'. I've seen some that might have been close to 5. The ones in the main lake at the Columbus Zoo are monsters. The easiest way to tell the difference is the head shape. The white amur/grass carp have a very wide, rounded head with a forward facing mouth versus the downward mouth with barbles on a common carp
The sight of all those carp in that river is foul. Carp are a dirty, useless fish. I'm sure if Scotty saw this he would disagree, but I am not a fan of them. I understand the thinking of grass carp, but they disturb the river/lake bed just like the big common making all lakes turbid. They should be fertilizer for gardens.
Muske;2288911; said:
oh ok that was so random....i dont see your point related to my questions about keeping asian carp in public aquarium?
Kept an 8-10" common carp in a 55 gallon for a few years as kid, that fish ate anything, was interesting to watch, but did get spooky if you moved too fast. As it started to grow, we released it back into our local pond (years before I knew not to do that).
It was a cool fish, but I would think you need at least 500 gallons to keep one happy, and there is every chance it might get too big for that, even though the ones near me max out around 12 lbs.
It was a cool fish, but I would think you need at least 500 gallons to keep one happy, and there is every chance it might get too big for that, even though the ones near me max out around 12 lbs.
you can buy grass carp at lfs' in the u.k, they even have albino ones! apparently some people keep them with koi to eat algae, but they are as reliable as CAEs at eating algae.
I saw a pair of some kind of Carp in a pond on a golf course while I was fishing for largemouth in N. Texas. These things were massive. I dont know how they got in that pond but they were easily 4' long. At first all I saw was a tail going thru some weeds and I was thinking "Good lord im about to catch a state record" But then after following them for a bit I saw what they were. Massive and def. impressive.
Yeah, they're great with algae when young, but the big ones get very lazythingthing;2327367; said:
Probably grass carp. Golf courses always buy tons of them to keep down the algae in their ponds since they have so much fertilizer run-off pouring into themVenom SS;2331435; said:
