Just a little blurb for Koi lovers
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There's tons of koi up here in Canada.worse than that... the Aussies were considering (are still) releasing KHV into the waters to erradicate the wild carp populations. What a f-in' nightmare! Dead decaying koi will be everywhere and what an opportunity for KHV to morphto attack other species.
as for Maine, an Asian restaurant owner had his aquarium koi removed from the restaurant... about $25,000 later , they were returned to him.
The lesson here , of course is NEVER release fish (or any other non-native species)into the streams, lakes, or retention ponds around you. Florida now has active populations of pythons, macaws, parakeets, parrots, iguanas (they rain out of the trees when it freezes) and our buddy, the oscar is currently on the Florida Fish and Game Poster as a native species. The hurricanes blew craploads of lion fish to the atlantic coastline as well... not fun for the divers.
as for Maine, an Asian restaurant owner had his aquarium koi removed from the restaurant... about $25,000 later , they were returned to him.
The lesson here , of course is NEVER release fish (or any other non-native species)into the streams, lakes, or retention ponds around you. Florida now has active populations of pythons, macaws, parakeets, parrots, iguanas (they rain out of the trees when it freezes) and our buddy, the oscar is currently on the Florida Fish and Game Poster as a native species. The hurricanes blew craploads of lion fish to the atlantic coastline as well... not fun for the divers.
distanc3;2280026; said:
I am not sure about all of Canada but here is a list of fish that are illegal in Ontario.
http://www.invadingspecies.com/Invaders.cfm?SID=1
Dr Joe;2281275; said:That is one mean looking koi
Their "non-indigenuos fish" list reads like a list of our feeders
They want to see problems, come on to Florida, southern canals are like an outdoor LFS.
Dr Joe
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how old is that information?...
