Todays catch!

[mnemenoi]

What steps are you taking to ensure that crawfish aren't carrying anything that might harm your puffer.

We will be doing an IP treatment within the next few weeks, but most crawfish that are bought in stores and used are raised in Louisiana and I've seen their 'farms'. Ditches on the side of the road differ very little indeed and I've seen them trapping in the ditches themselves. Its about as safe as using feeders or ghost shrimp from a LFS, they are raised in ponds that could just as likely have anything in them as any ponds or ditches around here

[mnemenoi]

I would just salt them maybe a bit of "slap yo mamma" should be good to go

Haha, I have a can of that I bought for Sasha!!!!!!

[eklikewhoa]

My trophs tore up the one small crawfish that was left in the bucket.

Sure hope they don't have diseases.

[mnemenoi]

Most crustaceans don't harbor anything that could transfer, otherwise its very visible. There is a possibility of bacteria or something, but any bought from a 'reliable' source other then a tank raised could just as likely be affected. Snails are trickier, but some quarantine should alleviate most of everything.

[LooksLater]

Most crustaceans don't harbor anything that could transfer, otherwise its very visible. There is a possibility of bacteria or something, but any bought from a 'reliable' source other then a tank raised could just as likely be affected. Snails are trickier, but some quarantine should alleviate most of everything.

Agreed. Right now the craws look healthy enough, not a lot of difference from craws moved from ditches in LA to the grocery. I won't feed live food after the IP treatment coming up next week, at least nothing live I haven't personally raised. But for now, I'm thinking she has IP's anyway and might as well have a treat or two.

[New_Cichlid11]

You trying to find the secret location of the manzanita wood?

yes you caught me. lol

[Dan Johnson]

Your crawfish is Procambarus clarkii. The "Spine fish" is some sort of sunfish.

[wesleydnunder]

So finally got around to meeting up mnemenoi with kiko so the three of us went bayou fishing and this is what we came home with.

What I brought home out of the bucket we caught.



Got a few of these G.I. Joe rock fish

Banded pygmy sunfish


This thing is like a line shark or something

Blackstripe Topminnnow

This is a NickintxFish it has glitter all along side of it.


Golden Topminnow

This has to be some sort of spine fish, look at the dorsal fins on this guy.



Finally, this guy was the catch of the day, baby balooga whale



Some driftwood we collected




Had a blast kicking it with mnemenoi and lookslater! They have freshwater prawns in their planted tank from their last collection trip but I forgot to take pictures of it.

The "spinefish" looks like a juv. green sunfish. Your baby balooga looks like a bullfrog tadpole.

Mark

[eklikewhoa]

I hate you mark.

[wesleydnunder]

:kissu:

[HiepSTA]

wow those are some nice peices of wood, care to share info on where to find this?

[fishman1]

I see those tadpoles everywhere! Nice wood

[daphilster08]

Too cool! Lemme go to my local pond or lake, oh wait its full of ice!

[makatak123]

Where did you catch these guys?

[mnemenoi]

In a drainage ditch behind Fox Run in Spring, Tx. Though I catch them all over, just look for any long standing ditch and drag a net...