My New Natives

[lil_blue]

carp or any goldfish caught here must be killed and removed from the area immediately, we have so many, they have a bowfishing day at 1 reservoir where u get prizes per weight of carp you shoot

fun stuff..

i think sunfish, however common, are an interesting species that is often overlooked, same with all natives pretty much, not only do they offer something new, i dont have to put a lil pink castle in my tank to match my tropicals(jk, i like tropicals too, but dont like the bright colors)

and i too advocate keeping natives, theyre free mostly, and very cool

 

[fishyz]

No but I had an uncle that would shove a chery bomb or M-80 into the throat of a carp and toss it back..., Blurp! He called it chumming. He hated carp.

Carp arn't natives so I don't really care for them so I might give this a try.

 

[sandtiger]

I think it's because they're just to close to home. I plan on promoting keeping native whenever I can.

The majority of the population want what's rare or unique or worth money. Natives can be found right in your own backyard and people take that for granted, oddly enough the fish native to the U.S. are very popular in Europe. It's not just natives either, it goes with other fish as well. There were fish in the past that were very commonly sold in LFS, they were so common people would stop buying them. Because of that people stopped selling them and now they are rare, so people want them again. If you were to switch Asian arows with oscars (the oscars being rare and expensive and the arowanas being cheap and common) you would have people obsessed with getting an oscar and not giving the Asian arowana a second glance..

 

[sandtiger]

Carp arn't natives so I don't really care for them so I might give this a try.

I think being fishkeepers and such we need to show a bit more respect for every fish, native or not, common or rare. Carp don't need to live in our waters and should be gotten rid of but I don't think your's or guppy's uncles is the adult or mature way to deal with the situation.

 

[fishyz]

This is true but they do need to be rided of.

 

[fishyz]

The majority of the population want what's rare or unique or worth money. Natives can be found right in your own backyard and people take that for granted, oddly enough the fish native to the U.S. are very popular in Europe. It's not just natives either, it goes with other fish as well. There were fish in the past that were very commonly sold in LFS, they were so common people would stop buying them. Because of that people stopped selling them and now they are rare, so people want them again. If you were to switch Asian arows with oscars (the oscars being rare and expensive and the arowanas being cheap and common) you would have people obsessed with getting an oscar and not giving the Asian arowana a second glance..

That's also very true (and sad to see) but there are endangered cichlids that are being breed in captivity by tons of people but nobody (in America atleast) really cares about endangered natives.