Search for bowfin

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makbarracuda

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I really want acquire some bowfins for a soon coming 540 gallon aquarium. Problem is that they don't occur in my area. I want to know where people are catching their bowfins and get some pics to see if they look different in different locals. I want to make a fishing expedition happen in the next few months and need to know where to go and what size to target to have them adapt well to captivity.
 
I fish quite a bit and I have only caught 2 of them here in IL. I see them for sale every once in a while. Here is where I have seen small ones for sale recently:
Gunpowderaquatics.net
Aquabid.com
Jacksonaquatics.net
Bluegrassaquatics.com
Tangledupincichlids.com

Here is pic of the last one I caught (female):
 
Jacksonaqautics has one if you want to order of still available.


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Good luck with your search. Ironic this thread came up, last week whike I was wandering through one of my LFS- I stumbled across a tank of small bowfin for $40cdn. Needless to say I now have one in my grow out.. In 20 yrs of looking I haver never seen one at a LFS.
 
Just about everyone that sells predatory fish has little Bowfin at the moment. It's gonna take a while to grow up, but a juvenile is the way to go if you ask me. The posts before me in your thread gave most all of the names of the vendors here that have them for sale. IMHO, they don't have any if all in the way of color difference's. If you keep them on a light color substrate, you generally have a lighter color fish. Same with darker gravel or whatever, you have a darker fish. They are just attempting to blend in like most all predatory fish. They can be kinda hard to get to thrive in an aquarium setting sometimes. They like aged water. I usually use a little more declorinator and try to fill a couple of buckets up with water so it can sit for a while. After 24 hours, the chlorine evaporates out but I still use declorinator. Just out of habit I suppose. Good luck.
 
Thank you everyone. I bought three juvies off aquabid through snookn21, but he hasn't responded to my message about payment or shipping address.... Aquabid says to pay in three days, but you can't pay through them. So I'm I'm just waiting on him to hit me back.
 
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