Local population of f. cingulatus dieing out
#1 Guest_rainbowchrome_*
Posted 29 May 2011 - 07:09 PM
#4 Guest_EricaWieser_*
Posted 29 May 2011 - 09:31 PM
That having been said,
If you seriously want to ship this fish out to new homes in other people's aquariums, I think you should:
1. Go on aquabid.com
2. Start a new auction, titling it "free shipping" or something that'll make people click on it
3. Explain that their home is drying up in the auction text body
4. Set the price at what it would cost you to ship it, and explain that all they have to pay is that shipping price (USPS priority rate is the cheapest)
5. Set the "buy now" price low as well, so people can buy the fish without waiting for the auction timer to end.
6. Repeat after each sale
The only issue is that the US Native Fish section of aquabid has a low number of people looking at it. This is a killifish, too, right? Post an ad under the killifish section. And throw in some snails and post this under the "mixed lots" section. Use lots of key words in the auction's body of text, since many people find fish by using aquabid's search. The more eyes looking at the auction, the more chance the fish will find a home.
I'm sorry I can't take in any myself, and I really do understand how you feel bad for these fish whose home is drying up. Maybe through aquabid and through NANFA, some of these little fish can find a new home. You'll have to work fast though, since most fish die before the water's all gone from low oxygen conditions and whatnot.
#5 Guest_fundulus_*
Posted 29 May 2011 - 10:29 PM
#6 Guest_rainbowchrome_*
Posted 30 May 2011 - 05:52 AM
Is this site on the Fort Morgan peninsula?
Edit: The species is supposed to be in the Conecuh and Perdido systems, as well as the Fish River. I hope that hasn't changed?
It's in the Perdido system.I never saw the fish around Ft Morgan and in any case I think hurricane Ivan eliminated any native freshwater fishes there.I know there were once some brightly colored chrysotus there that were exterminated.
#7 Guest_ashtonmj_*
Posted 30 May 2011 - 06:01 AM
#8 Guest_rainbowchrome_*
Posted 30 May 2011 - 06:03 AM
I also spect a farmhouse built in the last few years is siphoning some of the underground water off into a well or some such.
Another possibility is putting some of them in the very nearby stream which the ditch used to flow into.That has to be where they originally came from yet I've never seen cingulaus in the main stream.The stream is very marshy so it's hard to explore much of it for other populations.
#9 Guest_fundulus_*
Posted 30 May 2011 - 08:21 AM
#10 Guest_EricaWieser_*
Posted 30 May 2011 - 10:05 PM
I agree; I think local wildlife resources should be contacted first. I prefaced my statement with that.Taking conservation into ones hands at the drop of a hat and throwing fish all across the country into various forms of captivity makes me quite uncomfortable as it should others affiliated with this organization. That's a great way to assure losing ones right to responsibly use a resource.
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