Got this predator other day Got lil mark from another bowfin , nothing salt n fresh water cant fix 
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New bowfin 15in
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Not a snakehead but nice none the less.
Not sure it was a good choice for you though, looks like a silver aro swimming past, Bowfins are subtropical at warmest end of the spectrum, silvers are fully tropical. Your waters either going to be too hot for the bowfin or too cold for the silver.
Not sure it was a good choice for you though, looks like a silver aro swimming past, Bowfins are subtropical at warmest end of the spectrum, silvers are fully tropical. Your waters either going to be too hot for the bowfin or too cold for the silver.
They will be fine, bowfin are adaptable and super hardy so don't need be concerned about the water temperatures.
Do you keep them ? I have not personally, thought about it and researched it but didn't seem to be suitable for my tropical monster tank.
Perhaps your right, but then why does the natural range not stretch that far ? Why are they not found living and breeding in the tropic's in the wild ? There is a reason they are found in those ranges in the wild, it's how they have evolved to live.
I'm sure they will adapt to an extent, many species of sub tropical ranges can for some time because most experience a summer of some sort. But inevitably the stress of summer temperatures year round catches up with them and they die at a younger age.
I wont argue it thought, just was offering advice. i see many people make the same claims of "they adapt" about MANY subtropical species and in my experience it's always someone who had one a year or less then sold it, or had it die of some "mystery cause" that claim it'll work OR someone who read enough of these claims on the internet to think it's true and then regurgitates that info. (not directed at you personally MN_Rebel, just these sorts of claims in general)
Any way the owner can do his own research and make up his own mind I'm just proving the information. just trying to help!
Wrong section for this thread but the mods can handle it.Nice looking Amia calva but that silver looks enormous next to it,I'd like to see a full tank shot.
I know its a bad pic but the Cabelas near me has a huge silver aro and rtc in with bowfin. They have been together years .
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Yes I kept them, and their native range can be from extremely southern Florida to southern Texas to southern Canada. They are most active in hottest days in middle of summer. They are thriving in summerkill ponds and lakes when the water gets too hot and no oxygen. Nothing will kill a bowfin except the humans. They are extremely hardy and adaptable to any environments and conditions.