Re: NANFA-- South Carolina Sailfins

William Allen jr. (billandbonnie_at_peoplepc.com)
Fri, 8 Feb 2002 16:03:38 -0600

I've mentioned several times on this board that I found them here in
shreveport LA, 200 miles from the coast, in rainwater-fed drainage ditches
with a pH of about 7.0 and TDS < 100 PPM.

My biggest colony has gone bye-bye - don't know what happened - but I've
still found a few of them a few miles from the original location, but
haven't found any huge gorgeous males as were at the first location.....

Bill Allen

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----- Original Message -----
From: Doug Dame <dameda_at_shands.ufl.edu>
To: <nanfa_at_aquaria.net>
Sent: Thursday, February 07, 2002 6:47 PM
Subject: Re: NANFA-- South Carolina Sailfins

Sailfin Bob wrote:

>> As the Scharpfmeister mention, I'm really into sailfin mollies.
>> Any of you know of any good brackish water locals for collecting
>> them? Like maybe a salt marsh inside a State Park?
>>
>> Would anyone know how Soutch Carolina sailfins might compare
>> in color and size to the Florida variety? Would it be worth an eight
> > hour drive to get some to cross with my domestic stock?

I know mollies thrive in brackish water, but hereabouts in north central
Florida I also routinely catch them in water with essentially zero salt
content. For example, two week ago I got a bunch just off Orange Lake, which
is perhaps 50 miles as the crow flies from the Gulf and 70 miles from the
Atlantic (right by Interstate-75, between Gainesville and Ocala.) And
they're even as common as Gambusia in some of the little streams that run
right though downtown Gainesville (even in places where the natural stream
has been made into a concrete chute). They're in the Sante Fe River. They're
in the pristine Itchnetucknee River, 3 miles from the headspring. They're
.... well, everywhere ( I want to be !)

I wasn't sure where you are ... were you talking about an 8-hr drive from
S.C. to Florida, or vice versa ?

Doug Dame
Interlachen FL

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