Stock Tank Update
#1
Posted 08 November 2009 - 12:26 PM
Anyway, here is what I found cleaning out the tanks...
Inverts... not sure about all of these although that last guy is an unmistakable bloodsucker.
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Found a dozen or more of these at three different size classes
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And the star of the show...
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#2 Guest_fundulus_*
Posted 08 November 2009 - 01:34 PM
#3
Posted 08 November 2009 - 02:55 PM
Thanks, I was pretty sure that some of them were dragonfly larva (pic 2 & 3)... we always have lots of adults around the ponds... we also get a really interesting metallic blue fly or wasp of some sort, thought maybe one of them might be some of those. And thanks for comments on the fish. I really want to figure out how to capture more offspring... I'm thinking next year to do a mid-summer tank cleanout.Michael, your first four photos look to be dragonfly (odonate) larvae, common to healthy waters (we could probably do genus-level ID's if we had to). And the fish are beautiful, you at least have quality if not quantity.
#4 Guest_fundulus_*
Posted 08 November 2009 - 03:59 PM
#5 Guest_farmertodd_*
Posted 08 November 2009 - 09:34 PM
Todd
#6 Guest_nativeplanter_*
Posted 09 November 2009 - 08:15 AM
Gotta get me one of those stock tanks...
#7 Guest_alejandro_*
Posted 10 November 2009 - 02:09 AM
-Alejandro
#8
Posted 10 November 2009 - 01:19 PM
That is a really nice topminnow. Glad to see he survived the rains! Did you get any fry this year?
-Alejandro
Yes, but just a few... I think I may have enough to continue my breeding program... but am thinking that we should have a trip to eastern GA or SC to some locations, this spring, where there are known to be some in the wild and hunt up some additional female brood stock. I think that Dustin has a location or two, and I think there are some places in GA that should have some as well.
#9 Guest_UncleWillie_*
Posted 10 November 2009 - 02:19 PM
#10
Posted 10 November 2009 - 08:09 PM
Very nice pics you have there, Mr. Michael. I may call upon you this spring for advice. Now that I am in GA and have some room, I am going to try to move my flagfish into some sort of outdoor tub to get some numbers. That chrysotus is indeed a beauty! Congrats.
Your welcome at any time... I even have quite a bit of hornwort that came back from the dead and is now invading at least three of the tanks in the basement... and I am hoping to be able to move it outside in the spring.
#11
Posted 17 May 2011 - 07:04 PM
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