Anyone ever kept a bowfin??? i found a place where, the river floods an old strip mine pit every year, and at first it seemed it was over run with longnosed gar, but a few days ago, i went with some over ripe market shrimp for bait, using a barbless hook, i caught several nice bowfin, the smallest of which i kept and now have him in a 75 gallon tank.
He seems very happy, but hasnt eaten that i can tell, The guys on NANFA tell me they will sometimes not feed for a long time, but just in case, i went to another place of mine that has tons of, Gambusia, and netted about a hundred or so and put them in that same tank, also by luck the lake in late summer gets packed with duckweed, so i got a good supply of that as well which looks pretty cool, floating on the surface, with the little roots dangling down, Starting to look like a underwater view of a lake or pond.
You'll have to excuse if i post about essentially the same thing in a couple of different places here. Seems im getting "Old Timers Disease" and forget what i did 15 minutes ago.
Subject: Bowfin Buddies :) 
I was picturing an 18" fish in a 75gal. Those suckers do grow quick when they're young though. You may be OK for a year but if he starts eating he'll be outgrowing that tank before you know it.
