It's been a 3 month long hunt, but I've finally got some baby bowfin. I went out to a local lake and waded around in the marshy coves for an hour, until I finally found a ball of baby's. I was promptly attacked by the daddy bowfin, but I managed to scoop up about 500 of them in one scoop. When I got home I put 10 in my 20 gallon long I just got. The rest I put in my pond as backups in case all the ones in the tank die. Before y'all all try and flame me I'm going to go ahead and say the 20 gallon is a grow out. I'm building another pond that I'm gunna put them in. This will be in about 2 months. I've read on how hard it is to keep bowfin fry, and on how the mortality rate of the bowfin fry is very high. This is why I put the 400 or so others in my pond. About half of those will be eaten by my bass. I plan on feeding them mosquito fish from my pond and chopped earth worms daily. I will also do a 35 percent water change every day because I am aware of how much waste they produce. I think I'm going to start a progress thread of the bowfin growth. I know how hard this is going to be and am expecting the worse and hoping for the best. If y'all have any extra advice or tips please let me know.
