Aquarium keeping natural/tecnological

[Moontanman]

Originally Posted by Not half, but whole!

Buy native fish seems abit like canned hunts IMO....

Any help would be great in terms of this aspect of fish keeping. I know no-one that is remotely interested in it, It's all Africans and reefs. I live in North East Texas (Dallas Area). I need to find out about what minnows and darters are about in the area. I have a smaller tank, so many of the natives just will outgrow the tank...maybe a plot to convince the other half for a new tank though.heheh

Ive done some cursory online searches and have found virtually nothing out there... I need to see if there is a group in the area for some hands on local advice as well.

Try these people, I am one of them and they do indeed know their stuff when it comes to North American Native Fishes. I'm not very familiar with Texas fishes. I do have links to people that will sell you native fishes ( I have been known to do that too since I live where most of the warm water natives live) To collect fish you'll have to find out what the laws in Texas say about collecting non game fish, a fishing license is probably necessary at least.

The North American Native Fishes Association