phragle

the zebra mussels definitly cleaned up a lt of the water born sediment, now (at least around here) giant lillypad lotus things are invading marinas and channels because more sunlite reaches the bottom, seagrasses are cropping up all over the bay for the same reasons (wrapping around props), the damn things grow in any crack, crevis transom housing they can find, the larvae gets sucked up into the outdrive and motors then grows and clogs stuff up... and those lilly oad things are some kind of protected plant species so you can get major fines for clearing them.

cosmic12

Ya the Zebra mussels cleaned the water somewhat but like said above now the plant life is makeing it almost impossible to use the rivers and you can't swim anymore whithout shoes on because the F'ing things will slice your feet up like razor blades. They suck.

bouyhunter

Wow - didn't realize it was causing those kinds of problems up there.
Initially in the first 5 years, the water was looking alot better. Hell, it was like a big mud-puddle to play in the Maumee and out in the bay before the zebra-mussel thing. You had to go alot further out into the lake to find clear water.
Last time I was up there on the water was about a yr and a half ago with Glassdave. And the water looked great. Didn't realize about the other problems - and hadn't thought to ask.

hotlavey

The ninth circuit court is well known for making many stupid decisions. In fact, they are the court that has had more decisions overturned by the Supreme court then any other.
They are a bunch of liberal idiots.

Mark

We had a boat on Erie for many years. Zebra Mussels suck! Yes, we had bad water intake & over heating issues. The mechanics had a field day with us suckers! So did the Mussels!

Michael1

I'll second that! The courts have far too long been one person legislative bodies.

Michael

A.W.

This is a tough one. Which is worse Ninth Circut Court judges or Zebra Muscles.....In my opinion they both need to go. Zebra Muscles suck. BAD. They do clear the water because they eat sediment, algae, phytoplankton, etc. all things that cloud the waters. However as some of you have noted that only invites new problems. And just a note on how fast the can spread: One female can produce 40,000 eggs per breeding cycle and about 1 million eggs per year. The lavae, which can't be seen by the naked eye, can live outside the water for days. That is how these things spread from lake to lake to lake. . As for killing these things once they get into your lake.....Good Luck. I've heard about a power plant in Michigan that pulled it's water from a lake that was infested with Zebra Muscles. They were having problems with their intakes, they inspected them and counted about 700,000 muscles per square meter. no good.

Mark

Yeah, it is a toss up - both Liberals and Zebra Mussles SUCK!