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Khemul said:
Down here I don't see as many Plecos but in some lakes I can catch Mayan Cichlids by the dozens without even trying. There is one lake nearby where because of the combination of Bluegill, Turtles, and Mayans bait doesn't last more then a couple seconds. Literally, bait hits the water and you are dragging in a 6-7" fish. Last time I tried to give any Mayans to a LFS they flat out told me the fish were considered worthless and they'd 'dispose' of them for me. They didn't even try to sell them.
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You wanna send any of those mayans over here to the west coast? :D
Shoot me a PM if you would be interested in shipping.
 
Khemul said:
The thing about Florida is that a lot of "lakes" are not really lakes in the sense that a lot of people think about them. They are old quarries or drainage systems for whole neighborhoods. Yes, they arn't natural by any stretch but they also usually arn't closed systems. From the outside they may look like a closed off lake but if you were able to look at it empty you'd see many tunnels connecting the lakes and canals into a massive network running from Lake Okeechobee to the Ocean or the Everglades.

If this is a closed off system then that'd be true, but if it is like a large portion of the lakes then no body ever had to bother stocking it.



And killing the fish is perfectly fine. They will keep breeding until they push out all competition then balance their own population. This isn't a good thing. Wiping out 21 might not put a huge dent in the population, but it also isn't creating an opening for the babies to fill. It is taking some of the stress off the native populations who have a lot of unfair competition on their hands. It is a losing battle but it doesn't hurt anything to do it either.

Down here I don't see as many Plecos but in some lakes I can catch Mayan Cichlids by the dozens without even trying. There is one lake nearby where because of the combination of Bluegill, Turtles, and Mayans bait doesn't last more then a couple seconds. Literally, bait hits the water and you are dragging in a 6-7" fish. Last time I tried to give any Mayans to a LFS they flat out told me the fish were considered worthless and they'd 'dispose' of them for me. They didn't even try to sell them.
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+1. Nothing wrong with trying! The overall message is PLEASE DO NOT RELEASE AQUARIUM FISH INTO WATERWAYS! XD lol
 
I have just one question. What is XD that girls put on the end of sentences?
 
I too do not agree with the killing of innocent fish. Were any attempts made to re-home them? Merely pointing out that it's too difficult to even bother to try is not good enough. Sorry, I cannot justify murder...even if they are a major threat to the ecosystem, especially when they could have been re-homed. my 2 cents..
 
Cleanbio said:
I too do not agree with the killing of innocent fish. Were any attempts made to re-home them? Merely pointing out that it's too difficult to even bother to try is not good enough. Sorry, I cannot justify murder...even if they are a major threat to the ecosystem, especially when they could have been re-homed. my 2 cents..
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Newsflash chief.....Murder is defined as killing another human being, so unless they were merman plecos, I don't think this was murder.

I want to hear you talk like this about fire ants when they are invading your bed and you spray them with pesticide. The poor innocent things are just trying to get a meal.
 
Cleanbio said:
I too do not agree with the killing of innocent fish. Were any attempts made to re-home them? Merely pointing out that it's too difficult to even bother to try is not good enough. Sorry, I cannot justify murder...even if they are a major threat to the ecosystem, especially when they could have been re-homed. my 2 cents..
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Soo if you live on a pond or lake and all the sudden you see gators getting less and less afraid of humans, you call someone they will kill it if its big enough they relocate it if its small...... The same thing is happening here but they are eating other type of fish...

Re-home doesn't solve the problem fully.... If you re-home them and the owner and cant keep him he could possibly do the same throw him back in.... The carp in the Mississippi river, they are not going re-home.
 
Cleanbio said:
I too do not agree with the killing of innocent fish. Were any attempts made to re-home them? Merely pointing out that it's too difficult to even bother to try is not good enough. Sorry, I cannot justify murder...even if they are a major threat to the ecosystem, especially when they could have been re-homed. my 2 cents..
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So are you a vegan that lives off the grid (guess not since you're on a computer)?
 
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