are you still in Dauphin Island?
i was there this summer at the river habitat place and talked to one of the
aquarists, i forgot his name, it's a really great exhibit. I tried to get
him on the list and to join NANFA, don't know if he did. See if he remembers
talking to me.
Bill Allen
----- Original Message -----
From: Bruce Stallsmith <fundulus_at_hotmail.com>
To: <nanfa_at_aquaria.net>
Sent: Thursday, May 03, 2001 2:29 PM
Subject: Re: NANFA-- fish behavior at dams, trip report,
> You got it, Moon--the big advantage for the creek chubs is that their eggs
> and larvae have fewer predators than would be the case in the adults'
> habitat.
>
> --Bruce Stallsmith
> (actually in Dauphin Island, who's counting...)
>
> >In the mountains of WV one of the first sure signs of spring was the
creek
> >chubs taking advantage of high water to come up stream in creeks that
> >normally didn't support any fish at all to spawn. You almost never got to
> >see
> >the adults as they moved in the tiny creeks at night. but in few days
> >millions of tiny fry would be seen crowding their way down the stream
> >before
> >it dried for the summer. I over turned rocks and found creek chubs 12"
long
> >hiding in a creek with almost no water at all.
> >
> >Moon
>
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