Nick Zarlinga
Aquarium Biologist
Cleveland Metroparks Zoo
216-661-6500 ex 4485
"Fish worship... is it wrong??" (Ray Troll)
On Sunday, July 14, 2002 3:51 PM, Moontanman_at_aol.com
[SMTP:Moontanman_at_aol.com] wrote:
> In a message dated 7/14/02 12:48:38 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
> DenkhaR_at_ci.fort-worth.tx.us writes:
>
> << Is there a need for a snakehead
> rescue group? Of course, all those unwanted Oscars and such could be
used to
> feed the unwanted snakeheads... >>
> I've given some thought to starting a fish rescue place if i ever manage
to
> buy a few acres so I can build a pond under a greenhouse. It may start
coming
> together by next summer when I plan to build a house on about five acres.
I
> would almost have to charge a small fee to cover the cost of long term
care
> of large fish. I was thinking of a long narrow pond under one of those
long
> temporary greenhouses like they use in this area to grow tobacco plants.
They
> only keep the plastic up in the winter but leave the metal hoops up year
> round. You could build a very long narrow pond like that and put fish too
big
> for their owners to keep in it. keeping in warm around here wouldn't be
> terribly difficult but keeping the really nasty fish apart from the just
big
> ones might be a problem. Just one of those useless thoughts that rattle
> around in my head from time to time.
>
> Moon
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