NEVER release an aquarium fish into the wild.

[Temperance]

Just silly

 

[mkman]

Guys, we need a super predator to eat some of these non native species such as a wels catfish J/K

I'm joking but this is a great thread and informative.

 

[FireMedic]

We are suffering from VHS, viral hemmorhagic septicemia up here. I t was introduced to the native fishes from someone releaseing their pet into local waters. This is a very devastating disease and the person responsible should be tied up and beaten with a sack full of hammers.

 

[ewurm]

We are suffering from VHS, viral hemmorhagic septicemia up here. I t was introduced to the native fishes from someone releaseing their pet into local waters. This is a very devastating disease and the person responsible should be tied up and beaten with a sack full of hammers.

Sorry to hear about that. Just one more example why aquarium fish should not be dumped.

 

[voss345]

Man, I hate it when people release aquarium fish in the wild. Sure, they may be a living thing, but native fish need to live as well. I have seen way too many goldfish and kois being caught.

Bucket biologists are just as bad. There was one lake I been to that had great perches and walleyes, then some idiot decided to bring basses from Ontario to Alberta.

ya last summer i saw way to many big goldfish in the ponds in my town as well as koi i can only imagine how many fish have been dumped in theire once htey hve outgrown there ten gallon tank

 

[Polypterus]

We are suffering from VHS, viral hemmorhagic septicemia up here. I t was introduced to the native fishes from someone releaseing their pet into local waters. This is a very devastating disease and the person responsible should be tied up and beaten with a sack full of hammers.

Actually that came to us from Ballast water from cargo ships first... As much as I'd enjoy blaming it on a stupid person and pet release that it not how this occurred. Whole different vector was responsible for VHS being established in the Great lakes..

This nasty virus is now being spread further by bait and gamefish release into inland lakes and it is a major reason to not transport or release fish from any one area to another.

 

[Richie__007]

Worse idea ever.

 

[FireMedic]

MFK is a responsible group.
I we buy it, we are responsible for it period!
If we don't want it anymore, we trade it, sell it or euthanize.
My opinion is this...........You dump it, you don't deserve to be considered a responsible MonsterFishKeeper.
You dump it near me, the Wardens will be a 'knockin.
Respectfully, FireMedic.

 

[ZooTito]

I agree with you 100%. No one should just dump fish in rivers or ponds or whatever!

 

[Vizzerdrix26]

Same thing happened where I live here we have a serious new zealand snail problem and the same thing with zebra mussels, plus the fish and game had to nuke an entire resavoir a few years back because some idiot released a non-native fish in and they were worried it would spread to the streams so they shut it off and cyanided the enitire lake killing everything, the good news is now a few years later the lake has been restocked and is now a thriving fishing area