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That's how the Bullseye Snakehead was introduced to the waterways down here. I guess when Hurricane Andrew hit back in the day, it flooded and/or destroyed the farms the Asians were using to grow them for food and they escaped into the canals. And the snakeheads are really tolerant to poor water plus breed like crazy so they are a big danger.
I believe most of the cichlids were just aquarium fish people released. They basically took over the bluegill population. Oscars (you see them in every pet store) used to be all over until a cold winter killed a lot of them off and the Mayan cichlids took over. But I have also caught those Jaguar (managuense) cichlids and seen Midas cichlids as well as what I think were Convict cichlids (slightly smaller). I know there are the Clown Knifefish in some lakes too. And Plecos (those algae eating things that everybody buys for their 10gal aquarium and releases when they get 10"+) are all over in certain lakes and I really want to get a frog gig and spear me some of them.
And then the Peacock Bass were actually introduced down here by the DNR, I think to help with the invaisive cichlid problem. And grass carp were introduced by the DNR as well for "vegetation control" and they keep the ponds and lakes from becoming swamps covered in duckweed. TXfag says the grass carp were probably sterilized when released which makes sense but certain lakes do seem to have quite a few of them for me to think they are all sterile.
