Darters

[JIM]

I hope he wont mind if i use his name but, in my opinion, the expert on that subject on this forum would be Sandtiger. Or if you belong to NANFA or use that site talk to Jblaylock, and im sure The guy at BT darters would help you also, nice guy (but sells Darters so im not sure how many trade secrets he will let go

 

[JIM]

They deal with pretty much any native species they can get a hold of. In their larval stages, the mussels hitch rides in the gill filaments of fish. Different mussels pick different species of fish. They introduce mussel larvae to a lot of fish species and see which ones they take to. They then take fish, load them up with endangered mussel larvae and stock them in waters where the mussels live to help bolster numbers

WOW !!! Thanks for that explanation, that is so kewl and so worthwhile, Its amazing how many of those type explanations never get posted just as matter of fact items. gimme that knowledge. I wish more folks would post things like that without having to be asked. I say if you know it Spit It Out.
So, i vote for you, from now on once a week to post a little trivia section, or call it " Did You Know" At the end of say a year we should be able to get you a small container of Hikari pellets or somthing

 

[sandtiger]

I hope he wont mind if i use his name but, in my opinion, the expert on that subject on this forum would be Sandtiger. Or if you belong to NANFA or use that site talk to Jblaylock, and im sure The guy at BT darters would help you also, nice guy (but sells Darters so im not sure how many trade secrets he will let go

There are members here that probably know more about darters than me but thanks, I'm flattered. Truthfully I have little first hand experiance with them. I have kept rainbows, orangespots, tesselated and a couple other species but my house gets rather warm and they don't do well in it so until something changes I'm darterless and going to remain so. Plus this part of NY is not exactly rich in darter diversity so though I do collect some on occasion its sort of a rare treat. I know enough to get by and if anyone has any questions on them feel free to ask but I wouldn't consider myself an expert.

 

[Moontanman]

I often have and or keep warm water darters from the south east, Swamp Darter, Sawcheek Darter, and Tessellated Darter. They all live well in warm water I feed mine mostly live food (daphnia, black worms) and some frozen food. Great little fish.