O K so heres the deal.... i live in Madera County cali, our irrigation water mainly comes from a lake named hensley. there are over 50 miles of canals in this system, the water is for the farmers. now every year this ****ing stupid county dumps god knows how much chemicals in the water right below the lake. what chemical you ask, well it is to kill the monkey hair algae that clogs the farmers pumps of course ( the farmers can't just clean their own pumps). now within days of them doing this all every living thing in this irrigation system dies, crawdads, toads, frogs, and fish as well as anything else that happens to be in the water. so this year i went to one of these canals and caught everything i could to later release into a ponding basin that is poison free. a couple of these guys are going to a middle school science class for education and a couple for my 120 gallon tank but the rest are going to the ponding basin to live out there lives. just wanted to share this story with ya all. here are some pics as well. enjoy.
