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Posted by Marco Schwarz on April 13, 2006, 11:50 am
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I've heard about pretty North American minnows of 3-4"
maximum. Unfortunately I don't know their colloquial or
scientific names.
In a telephone call a friend told me about several other
pretty small North American Cold-water Fish.
Would like learn more about them.
Thanks in advance.
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cu
Marco
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Posted by Charles on April 13, 2006, 1:27 pm
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On Thu, 13 Apr 2006 17:50:51 +0200, Marco Schwarz
>Hi..
>
>I've heard about pretty North American minnows of 3-4"
>maximum. Unfortunately I don't know their colloquial or
>scientific names.
>
>In a telephone call a friend told me about several other
>pretty small North American Cold-water Fish.
>
>Would like learn more about them.
>
>Thanks in advance.
There are a lot of them. For an overview
http://www.utexas.edu/tmm/tnhc/fish/na/naindex.html
There is an organization dedicated to them:
http://www.nanfa.org/
One that is frequently kept, but not so much in the US is:
http://fins.actwin.com/nanf/month.9902/msg00205.html
Another is the least killifish
http://www.aquahobby.com/gallery/e_Heterandria_formosa.php
Many of the small carp relatives can be kept in aquariums, many known
as shiners
http://www.cnr.vt.edu/efish/families/warpaint.html
If you have a library than can get books, there is a book, "American
Aquarium Fishes" by Robert J Goldstein that discusses a great many
fish suitable for aquariums.
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Posted by on April 13, 2006, 3:47 pm
Please log in for more thread options please don't release the fish you got with the koi shipment. You never
know what it may be carrying, even if it is a native species. Toilet
before release!
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Posted by Eric on April 14, 2006, 3:27 am
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On Thu, 13 Apr 2006 10:50:51 -0500, Marco Schwarz wrote
> Hi..
>
> I've heard about pretty North American minnows of 3-4"
> maximum. Unfortunately I don't know their colloquial or
> scientific names.
> In a telephone call a friend told me about several other
> pretty small North American Cold-water Fish.
There's the green sailfin molly, but it's not that much of a coldwater fish
and could not survive german winters. the same goes for the Gambusia
mosquitofish. Tough as nails, but it might not make it in European ponds.
Gambusia have been introduced to many areas outside their home range in the
southern US, and have come to be thought as a pest species responsible for
environmental destruction.
-E
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>
>I've heard about pretty North American minnows of 3-4"
>maximum. Unfortunately I don't know their colloquial or
>scientific names.
>
>In a telephone call a friend told me about several other
>pretty small North American Cold-water Fish.
>
>Would like learn more about them.
>
>Thanks in advance.