Florida Frost taking care of invasive exotics problem?

[arowfan]

It makes me sad to hear about those fish....any updates on seeing any live cichlids/pbass?

 

[EricIvins]

wat do u mean??

i can make money off cane toads lol??

if it pays for college, ill do it xD

i onlyl see like 20+ whenever i go out at night when its warm, sometimes there as big as my hand, i always rid of them



oh, and i found a dead brown anole under a brick as well as a greenhouse frog, these invasives just cant stand this temp

i just hope enough are rid of that we can do the rest

not that thats ever gonna happen >_<

Lets just say that money does grow on trees, or in this case, falls out of trees, but I'm not prepared to give out those secrets untill I retire.........Which in this economy, is probably never..........

 

[CTU2fan]

Saw that afrock/afrock-burm hybrid bit on the news today, and the green anaconda in Kissimmee.

From the massive die off others in Miami have seen I wonder how many cichlids are left.

I havent seen anything (only PB) but very deep canals by work however 100% barren other than mosquito fish.

Have you seen dead herps or fish by you?

Thankfully its over.

I've seen a few dead brown anoles, apparently frozen. And one of my son's friends showed up at my door today with a nearly 2' dead pleco. I didn't know they'd taken hold up here outside of the springs, but this pleco came from a local creek and was pretty recently dead, so I'm guessing some plecos are surviving up here.

 

[Louie]

It makes me sad to hear about those fish....any updates on seeing any live cichlids/pbass?

Though I saw hundreds of dead cichlids and natives today during lunch time . A guy walking the canal who eats them was still catching them in deep areas .
He caught foot long Miyans-talipia and 1 jag all large. I wish he would have let them go but thats life.

They were actually biting today even while some were floating half dead and bottom of canal littered with all types of cichlids.

Temps are back to normal many did make it. The cichlid population took a brutal toll but the big cichlids who went deep lived and todays 70s plus degrees they are biting.
The PB I saw all dead even in deep and area . NOT deep from what I could see everything dead EVEN natives .

I am VERY GLAD the cichlids arent wiped out .

 

[Louie]

check this one out.........anacondas

http://www.news-press.com/article/2...1075/Anaconda-captured-at-Osceola-County-park

Wow that is wild .

 

[gangster]

Good to hear Louie....I too dislik the fishermen that keep fish EVERY time they fish.

 

[Louie]

That was my concern. Cutting down the population of non-native exotics is definitely a good thing, but I wouldn't think the native species (for the most part) would be immune to it being so cold for so long.

You say the fish kills are the worst in 20 years, I don't think South Florida has seen anything like this for longer then that. My main concern is for the marine mammals for this could spell disaster for even warm blooded animals.

The non native fish here are harmless maybe 1 or 2 tops might be a nuisance to natives if that. Canals here in Miami are man made and hot as can be much of the yr (other than Nov to March) .
Your not going to find LMB by kendal,etc canals.

I walked the canal by work today and few ponds fed by canals .
The native fish death as far as bull catfish ,gars was unreal.

At least 50 plus of each and this was 1 mile stretch only. Most on bottom but some floating and netted them out for pic.

Lots cichlids also but considering most cichlids live in canals so hot 6 months a yr that no native fish breed in or found in I dont see them as a problem.
Dozens of PB dead on bottom of even deep canal.

1-bull cat dozens dead
2-dozens gars babies to 3 feet gars like pic
3-jag
4-pleco
5- miyans

Most of the fish were on bottom or rotted ,eaten by birds,etc so these were best pics . The pleco pic sucks but best pleco pic in bunch

 

[Louie]

Good to hear Louie....I too dislik the fishermen that keep fish EVERY time they fish.

lol than dont ever move to Miami . The illegal fishing here is unreal. MOST no license and anything they catch they keep.

Non native fish here arent the problem as far as natives go its the Miami fishermen . N.Florida is a whole different world they catch and release.
Surprised Manatees here arent harpooned and eaten.

I understand some in this forum dont like cichlids so we agree to disagree on that but the unreal fishing of native LMB even turtles,etc in Miami is staggering.

 

[Louie]

Saw that afrock/afrock-burm hybrid bit on the news today, and the green anaconda in Kissimmee.



I've seen a few dead brown anoles, apparently frozen. And one of my son's friends showed up at my door today with a nearly 2' dead pleco. I didn't know they'd taken hold up here outside of the springs, but this pleco came from a local creek and was pretty recently dead, so I'm guessing some plecos are surviving up here.

Oh you do have dead brown anoles . I lost as far as I can tell every green anole but no browns.

The greens froze high on brances/bushes but havent seen a single dead brown .

 

[fishjude78]

I was walking around my pond and found a frozen pleco, it was huge like 1 1/2 feet long!!!