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Re: to new plant introducers: Fish

Title: Re: [GWL] to new plant introducers: Fish
My son is in fisheries and wildlife management and he has shown me what wild goldfish are like.  The gold goldfish are highly visible and frequently eaten by predators, but when they breed, there are always a percentage of gray, wild type offspring.  Those are the ones that can hide and reproduce like mad.  They look like a regular carp, but without the barbels around the mouth of true wild carp, and they are voracious eaters of vegetation.
-Lon Rombough


In a message dated 3/14/03 3:12:29 AM, dcamp911@juno.com writes:

<< And the best way to control mosquitoes, even in a rain barrel, is an 89
cent goldfish. >>

Goldfish are a very very very bad idea, and are banned in some states because
they escape into open water where they destroy the habitat for native fish,
as well as eat vegetation and everything else including fish, frogs, and
beneficial insects. Ask some fish biologists what they think and they will
tell you goldfish, which are carp, is a disaster waiting to happen,
especially in the Miss. River delta. Goldfish are now reported in open waters
in every state except Alaska and Florida. Just because you can't see them
doesn't mean they aren't there, just because they look so cute in your garden
doesn't mean they can't escape from it, they are incredibly vigorous and
hardy survivors, rapid breeders and the offspring are more vigorous than the
parents.

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