In a message dated 7/2/05 2:09:34 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
psalm119.111-in-gmail.com writes:
>
> Moon,
> Weren't you looking for sturgeon? Check out aquabid.
> Mike Lucas
>
Hey Mike, I appreciate the heads up, I have been looking for some shovelnose
sturgeons for quite a long while but these are European sturgeon called
sterlets. The are not as suitable as aquarium subjects as the native shovelnose
sturgeons are. The sterlets are brackish water fish and get bigger than shovelnose
sturgeons. I contacted the guy who was selling them and they are being bred
in Florida of all places! The sterlets are thicker and heavier per foot than a
shovelnose and these are being raised for meat. I wish I could get the people
who breed shovelnose to sell some of them into the pet trade but so far all
that are being sold are huge lake sturgeons and sterlets. Thanks for thinking of
me.
Michael
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In a message dated 7/2/05 2:09:34 P=
M Eastern Daylight Time, psalm119.111-in-gmail.com writes:
Moon,
Weren't you looking for sturgeon? Check out aquabid.
Mike Lucas
Hey Mike, I appreciate the heads up, I have been looking for some shovelnose=
sturgeons for quite a long while but these are European sturgeon called ste=
rlets. The are not as suitable as aquarium subjects as the native shovelnose=
sturgeons are. The sterlets are brackish water fish and get bigger than sho=
velnose sturgeons. I contacted the guy who was selling them and they are bei=
ng bred in Florida of all places! The sterlets are thicker and heavier per f=
oot than a shovelnose and these are being raised for meat. I wish I could ge=
t the people who breed shovelnose to sell some of them into the pet trade bu=
t so far all that are being sold are huge lake sturgeons and sterlets. Thank=
s for thinking of me.
Michael
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