Re: NANFA-L-- ghost shrimp


Subject: Re: NANFA-L-- ghost shrimp
From: Irate Mormon (archimedes-in-bayspringstel.net)
Date: Mon Aug 30 2004 - 19:00:44 CDT


Quoting Kenneth Quinn <mosasaur47-in-msn.com>:

> While trying to catch Heterandria formosa in a lake choked with hornwort, I
> netted two ghost shrimp and they are great additions to the tank. You
> should see on of them playing tug of war with a Heterandria, the "rope"
> being a crushed snail! Any way, outside of the same technique - dragging a
> fine mesh dipnet through thick hornwort - does anyone have ideas about how
> to net more of them?

That's how I get 'em. There are a couple of spots nearby where I can get 20 or
more in one dipnet swoop. Mostly I find them in Potamogeton.
>
> Kenneth Quinn
> New Orleans
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--Irate
  
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groed they cane to make our syrup allso groed they Beans and Peas to make soup
beans out of ... he Killed a beaf and a Sheep and two or three hogs for the
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: Wed Sep 29 2004 - 12:24:25 CDT