Perch

[ShadowVengance]

I have three perch minnows, what should I feed them?

I like perch, they are very hardy, i'll post some pics when I get a chance, they move around a lot.

[ShadowVengance]

ive decided to let em go

[iheartfishies]

ive decided to let em go
that was quicik.

[ShadowVengance]

I kept them for about 4 days in a filterless tub, i thought it to be cruel

[sandtiger]

Good job. I have caught so many fish I wanted but later realized it would be best to let them go.


Oh yeah, there are no such thing as "perch minnows". I hear a lot of people call baby fish minnows but minnows are actually a family of fish called cyprinids that include things like shiners, chubs, tiger barbs, goldfish and carp. Just thought you would like to know :)

[ShadowVengance]

I just called em minnows because they were fry, I'm actually begnning to doubt they were perch, they were about 3-4 "

Here are some pics of them a few minutes before I released, one is of the tub they were in for a few days, you can see my crawdad poking out, hes doing great and likes hunting, i'll let him go later maybe:

[ksiaquatics]

Looks like some type of native killifish. Where did you catch them?

Chip in SC

[ShadowVengance]

They were stuck in a tiny bay my neighbour dug I think i did them a favor by fishing them out since they couldn't have gotten back to the lake.

Just the lake across the street, the pictures are sort of crappy quality and the fish were stressed from moving them around, you can sort of see their stripes but they were faded when they were calm you could more see their stripes and they also had two top dorsil fins so thats were I got the notion of perch from. http://www.outdooralabama.com/fishing/images/perchyellowthurlowhornsby.jpg <- is of a more mature one, mine werent nearly as big.

If it was a native killifish i'd be really happy and pissed I let em go lol.

[guppy]

I think that ksiaquatics was right about them being somekind of killie, where there is one there will be more.

[ShadowVengance]

either way killie and perch are cool.

[ksiaquatics]

Just the lake across the street, the pictures are sort of crappy quality and the fish were stressed from moving them around, you can sort of see their stripes but they were faded when they were calm you could more see their stripes and they also had two top dorsil fins so thats were I got the notion of perch from. http://www.outdooralabama.com/fishing/images/perchyellowthurlowhornsby.jpg <- is of a more mature one, mine werent nearly as big.

If it was a native killifish i'd be really happy and pissed I let em go lol.

The pics you took show the fish to only have one dorsal fin placed way back on the body while the link to the perch you posted has two dorsal fin segments (first spiny, second soft) placed midway on the body. I'm almost positive they were some type of killie but it's hard to say for certain without better pics and the state/town location.

Chip in SC

[ShadowVengance]

alright, well either just two, or one of the three had two top dorsils, but i'm confident in seeing it. I cant get better pic's cause they are gone, and thats the best i could take.
I live in canada so the state and town location wouldnt do you much good.

[sandtiger]

They look like banded killfish to me. I once confused them for perch awhile back.