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Post by ryansweatt2004 on Jan 23, 2014 9:46:23 GMT -5
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Post by gotareef on Jan 23, 2014 10:19:57 GMT -5
all of them!! in the summer storms put all kinds of marine life right here in maine
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Post by scoobnoob on Jan 23, 2014 12:03:48 GMT -5
Who seeds Xenia in the ocean to farm it...no need its one of the fastest growing corals on there. I'm surprised no efforts to remove it. It will likely never be fully removed but the spread could be minimized
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Post by spotfin on Jan 23, 2014 21:23:38 GMT -5
all of them!! in the summer storms put all kinds of marine life right here in maine Interesting article. I would guess there are more non-native species in the Atlantic than we know. Hope they can get the Xenia under control. The fish that show up here are from the Florida area, not really invasive/non-native. Keep in mind they all die in the winter. Tropical fish collecting even as far north as New York/Rhode Island is big for butterflies, angels, wrasses, damsels , groupers, sea horses lion fish, etc. Here in Maine I have caught or seen pictures of butterflies, flying gurnards, crevalle jack, look down, grey triggers, planehead filefish, and cubera snapper. |
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Post by Matt in Lewiston on Jan 23, 2014 21:54:00 GMT -5
As a diver, it's cool seeing a rare Florida fish in Maine (most often south of Cape Cod)...but in the Caribbean I HATE seeing lionfish, and would HATE seeing xenia. I hope they find a way to control it. Lionfish are out of control, and I would think something like xenia could become a much bigger problem. At least you can eat lionfish.
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Post by jasonandsarah on Jan 24, 2014 7:43:40 GMT -5
As soon as they got xenia under control there'd be another invasive species this is always going to be a problem in nature weather it's brought on by mother nature or humans.
Not that we as hobbyist/humans can't help to lessen the risk by never allowing an invasive species loose into a water way weather it's a lion fish, xenia or some micro algae that could possibly be released and invade our part of the ocean. This is a concern all over the world and is the reason Maine doesn't allow fish ,livestock or algae into Maine unless it's approved.
I couldn't believe the fish time I tried to get a snow white African cichlid and was told it's on the restricted list of fish that aren't suppose to come into Maine. Also very understandable as well though because imagine what a population of African cichlids could do to a lake in Maine? There'd be no other fish left before long these fish would decimate every and any fish population that it was around!
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Post by ryansweatt2004 on Jan 25, 2014 8:00:01 GMT -5
What's stupid about the restricted list is most species on the list pose no real threat to our cold Maine waters yet they allow goldfish? The list makes no sense in many ways.
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Post by Cowdogz on Jan 25, 2014 16:41:16 GMT -5
According to the Maine Inland Fisheries, the real reason they ban the import of freshwater snails is that they are carriers of parasites and pathogens. Probably true for many of the other wildlife that is banned for importation.
When you first posted this, my first though was that somebody just dumped their unwanted Xenia in the ocean. A few years ago, I found that someone had thrown goldfish in my fire pond.
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