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Cement Stream Sampling

Started by Guest_njJohn_* , Apr 17 2010 01:11 AM

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#1 Guest_njJohn_*

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Posted 17 April 2010 - 01:11 AM

Full of Banded Killies. I saw something else. Maybe small bluegill. They seemed to elude my 3ft sein. Theres a short semi-natural section to this stream. It was easier and less slippery. I kept 6 banded of various sizes.

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Edited by njJohn, 17 April 2010 - 01:29 AM.

#2 Guest_BTDarters_*

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Posted 17 April 2010 - 03:20 AM

Wow! Amazing that anything can live in that man-made hell-hole!

Brian

#3 Michael Wolfe

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Posted 17 April 2010 - 08:52 AM

Wow! Amazing that anything can live in that man-made hell-hole!

Brian

You really shouldn't say that about New Jersy :twisted:

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#4 Guest_Bob_*

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Posted 17 April 2010 - 09:46 AM

Fundulus are tough. You should get some Meadowlands mummichog. They're so tough, they don't even need water. (Well, only 'til the tide comes back in.)

#5 Guest_njJohn_*

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Posted 17 April 2010 - 04:27 PM

I think its a Banded.

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#6 Guest_fundulus_*

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Posted 17 April 2010 - 04:51 PM

Yeah, those look like bandeds.

#7 Guest_Gene2308_*

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Posted 18 April 2010 - 06:59 AM

Nice channelization! That would score a "20" on my bioassessment sheets for DC stream sampling :smile2:

Yeah, those look a lot like banded killifish. I have 4 in my tank right now that I captured here in the metro area in a highly-impacted urban stream. Those dudes (along with tesselated darters and mummichogs) can live anywhere.

#8 Guest_njJohn_*

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Posted 19 April 2010 - 09:27 AM

I was hoping to get something other than just killies. Still surprised though, I really thought that gambusia replaced all the killies in the area.

#9 Guest_decal_*

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Posted 20 April 2010 - 09:06 AM

I was hoping to get something other than just killies. Still surprised though, I really thought that gambusia replaced all the killies in the area.

From my experiences in a different part of the country (TX), it always seems like that until you hit the jackpot. Certain, uncommon ponds/ditches will be rife with them, whereas in most other areas you find only lonely souls amongst a sea of mosquitofish. It is particularly bizarre when you realize that in the former the order is reversed, with a few mosquitofish here and there. It reeked havoc with my conception of Gambusia encroaching on native killies, anyways.