I've been keeping fish on and off for over 30 years. I grew up in Florida collecting both freshwater and saltwater fish and critters with my family, and after years of keeping exotics, have gone back to native fishes. I now have two 50G custom-built systems that I'm setting up as native fish biotopes, one SW and one FW. I'm looking forward to learning more about native fishes here and maybe even picking up some captive-bred livestock at some point!
Hello from NC
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, May 24 2013 08:06 PM
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Posted 24 May 2013 - 11:02 PM
Hi, I'm in North Carolina, too. Our regional representative is Gerald Pottern, who is very nice and also extremely knowledgeable about streams to explore. You can meet him in person at the Raleigh Aquarium Society meetings: http://www.raleighaq...enandwhere.html
You might find this useful: it's a guide to what species are found in what river basins in North Carolina. An Excel spreadsheet opens if you click on 'FRESHWATER FISH BY RIVER BASIN': http://portal.ncdenr.../bau/nativefish
You might find this useful: it's a guide to what species are found in what river basins in North Carolina. An Excel spreadsheet opens if you click on 'FRESHWATER FISH BY RIVER BASIN': http://portal.ncdenr.../bau/nativefish
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Posted 25 May 2013 - 09:16 PM
Thanks for those links Erica! And welcome to the show velvetelvis! Greetings from the campus of ECU in G-Vegas! Hope you enjoy the transition from tropicals to natives as much as I have. Theres nothing like coming home 
Good luck with your adventures and I hope we can help you out with any questions u may have!
Good luck with your adventures and I hope we can help you out with any questions u may have!
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Posted 26 May 2013 - 12:47 PM
Thanks for the welcome, everybody!
I live in Goldsboro, about an hour southeast of Raleigh. I've actually met Gerald before, Erica! I had some captive-bred blackbanded sunnies from MD that I was giving him for a friend who breeds them (this was back before I decided to go back to keeping natives exclusively). He's a really, really nice guy and we had fun talking shop for almost an hour.
It's hard for me to get to the meetings on account of my location and work schedule, but I'd like to come to one someday. I definitely would like to go on a collecting trip one of these days. I still can't pass a body of water (even just a ditch) without wanting to dip a net into it.
I live in Goldsboro, about an hour southeast of Raleigh. I've actually met Gerald before, Erica! I had some captive-bred blackbanded sunnies from MD that I was giving him for a friend who breeds them (this was back before I decided to go back to keeping natives exclusively). He's a really, really nice guy and we had fun talking shop for almost an hour.
It's hard for me to get to the meetings on account of my location and work schedule, but I'd like to come to one someday. I definitely would like to go on a collecting trip one of these days. I still can't pass a body of water (even just a ditch) without wanting to dip a net into it.
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Posted 27 May 2013 - 12:32 PM
Greetings ... I was hoping we'd see you on here eventually.
July 20 (Sat) is the RAS picnic at Umstead Park north of RDU airport if you can join us. We can go seining after we eat.
Your chaeto's are now in Missouri with Mike Hellweg who spoke at our Raleigh conference in Feb.
July 20 (Sat) is the RAS picnic at Umstead Park north of RDU airport if you can join us. We can go seining after we eat.
Your chaeto's are now in Missouri with Mike Hellweg who spoke at our Raleigh conference in Feb.
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