Slough Shark Posted December 20, 2006 Report Share Posted December 20, 2006 Do I need a special permit to keep native fish such as shiners and Trout-perch in my tank? What are your feelings about the idea? I am seriously thinking about it (if legal), it would be the Nature tank, scratch the nature tank stocking idea of course. For stocking I was thinking (30 Gal): 6 Emerald Shiners 4 Spottail Shiners 2 Trout-Perch Maybe some daces if I can get them All the fish would be harvested from Pigeon Lake, I have a cabin there Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toirtis Posted December 20, 2006 Report Share Posted December 20, 2006 Yes, you would require a special permit to collect, transport, and keep live native species....including crayfish. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sam Chicklets Posted December 20, 2006 Report Share Posted December 20, 2006 Fish and Wild Life law states that it is ilegal to transport or keep any native livestock with out a permit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slough Shark Posted December 20, 2006 Author Report Share Posted December 20, 2006 Grrrrr, well, anyone know how much it might be? Any feelings to be expressed on the idea? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toirtis Posted December 20, 2006 Report Share Posted December 20, 2006 Not so much the cost of the permit, but they are near impossible to get...and the fines for trying to sneak by without one are staggering. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sam Chicklets Posted December 20, 2006 Report Share Posted December 20, 2006 (edited) I believe the reason for this is that they do not want fish being introduced into another waterbody where they didn't formerly exist. This has happened in the past when someones fish got to big, or they just got bored with them and decided to let them go in the closest place. This BTW is a national thing and not just specific to Alberta. Edited December 20, 2006 by Sam Chicklets Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maniac Posted December 20, 2006 Report Share Posted December 20, 2006 yeah, I mean i grew up in the west country and one of the best trout fishing lakes was ruined a few years back with the addition of perch so I'm in favor of the regulations if it protects our fishing holes from being ruined. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slough Shark Posted December 20, 2006 Author Report Share Posted December 20, 2006 Oh yes, I'm indefinitely in favour, but I am sadened to hear that they are hard to come by. Areas in banff have been populated by some idiots african jewel fish, because of that handicap the banff subspecies of [i think] longnose dace is extinct. What a face head!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toirtis Posted December 20, 2006 Report Share Posted December 20, 2006 Areas in banff have been populated by some idiots african jewel fish, because of that handicap the banff subspecies of [i think] longnose dace is extinct. What a face head!!! Cave & Basin drainage marsh...it was originally (back in the 50's) jewel cichlids, sailfin mollies, mosquitofish, guppies, neons, and angels, but the angels, neons and guppies did not survive long, and now the three former species are all doing very well...and the Banff Longnose Dace, outcompeted in its only habitat, was officialy declared extinct 20 years ago. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Go4Long Posted December 21, 2006 Report Share Posted December 21, 2006 wouldn't that water be really cold? how could a jewel cichlid survive? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toirtis Posted December 21, 2006 Report Share Posted December 21, 2006 wouldn't that water be really cold? how could a jewel cichlid survive? The water comes from the Cave & Basin hot springs, which is geothermally heated, so the marsh is a relatively toasty 76ºF+ year-round. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Go4Long Posted December 21, 2006 Report Share Posted December 21, 2006 cool...would be cool to see I suppose, although the longnose dace was probably cooler by some accounts. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snaggle Posted December 21, 2006 Report Share Posted December 21, 2006 I think a cold water tank with a couple Northern Pike would be cool. :eh: How big do they get anyways. Maby just a school of yellow perch. Brad Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
birger Posted December 21, 2006 Report Share Posted December 21, 2006 now the three former species are all doing very well.. I usually go there a couple times a year, used to be able to watch the parent cichlids with their young in the summer but haven't seen a cichlid for probably 3 or 4 years now, I am thinking it is due to naturally reduced water levels in the marshes,they may be farther out in the marsh but I doubt this as the water temperature would drop as well,they may come back if the water level rises again....who knows.The other two species are still doing well......I do not agree with introductions but the fish are interesting to see in a sort of natural environment Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snaggle Posted December 21, 2006 Report Share Posted December 21, 2006 I do not agree with introductions but the fish are interesting to see in a sort of natural environment I thik it would be cool to make a man made lake, kinda like the ones that they have in the newer developments, and keep tropical aquarum fish in there. I would love to go dive or snorkel in there and see all the fish we keep being more natural. Brad Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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