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National Geographic and water hyacinth
Craig Cagle wrote:
Hi all. I just watched a special program on National Geographic channel about how water hyacinth is taking over Lake Victoria in Africa. They said it doubles in area every 14 days! Apparently there is so much of it fishermen get stranded in it for days and must be rescued. It's messing up the ecosystem there as well as keeping people from making their only means of income. And to think I wanted to put some in my pond this spring... Craig and now for the rest of the story 1st, Lake Victoria is about the size of NY state! a resort hotel brought the WH in to clean the water so people could swim in clear water BUT! then the WH started taking over. the resort hotel now brings in a fish to eat the WH, the Nile perch (3'+ adult) and only worries about being eaten by Nile Crocodiles. the Nile perch now decides that the WH isnt as good to eat as the local cichlids, haps. etc. and decimated the indigenous fish population to near extinction the only survivors were the smaller types that could hide in the rocky areas. a captive breeding program was started in the early 70's to replace the near extinct fish but wasnt nearly enough to restock the ind. species -- http://www.kencofish.com Ken Arnold, 401-781-9642 cell 401-225-0556 Importer/Exporter of Goldfish,Koi,rare Predators Shipping to legal states/countries only! Permalon liners, Oase & Supreme Pondmaster pumps Please Note: No trees or animals were harmed in the sending of this contaminant free message We do concede that a signicant number of electrons may have been inconvenienced. |
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