Bottom Feeding Fish Of Florida

May 7, 2012 - I live on a canal in Davie, Florida. I have recently noticed the common bottom feeding fish called a pleco has a huge population in the canal. The problem is they dig or burrow in the bank and when I mow the bank falls away due to the fish digging into it. There are easily 30 just on my property alone. With those numbers its easy to see Im losing alot of real estate.What short of building an extremely expensive seawall could I do to get them to move or get rid of them? Thanks for your time. In...

May 1, 2012 - I have a small (5 gallon) freshwater aquarium for my daughter and have had it for 4 years now (original fish-2 small goldfish, a very small water frog to help with bottom feeding and an algae eater). They have survived many water changes, and even a move from Michigan to Florida. However, one of the gold fish died while we were visiting Michigan for Christmas (my friend was feeding them for us while we were gone), then when we got back to Florida (9 days later) the others were fine until 2...

May 10, 2012 - Redfish are common when fishing Florida Flats. Look for their tails protruding from the shallow water as they search nose down for small crabs and grass shrimp. Be sure to give them a bit of distance and...