New Native Wet Pets

xraycer

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Just wanted to share a couple of native fish my 7yr old son and I collected this past summer. My little guy caught both these guys(?) on earthworms at our town lake. A 4" small mouth bass (Bob) and 4"+ pumpkinseed sunfish (Rocky)IMG_20141004_193725.jpgIMG_20141004_193741.jpg.

Bob took right to pellets and became an instant wet pet while Rocky took less than a week to convert to pellets and is now even more of a wet pet than Bob.

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Chub_by

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Very cool, can't stress enough how underrated natives are. what are the plans for them?:)
 

xraycer

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Very cool, can't stress enough how underrated natives are. what are the plans for them?:)
Definitely want to do a large native tank. Just keeping an eye out for a good deal on a 100gal+
 

divemaster99

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Nice! What size tank is that SMB in? It'll need more than 100G eventually.
 

xraycer

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Nice! What size tank is that SMB in? It'll need more than 100G eventually.
They're in separate 29gal tanks. I've been catching these guys for well over 30 years so I'm very well aware the potential sizes of smb ;)
 

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They're in separate 29gal tanks. I've been catching these guys for well over 30 years so I'm very well aware the potential sizes of smb ;)
Then why 100gal? I would shoot out for 180+.
 

Montelboom

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Then why 100gal? I would shoot out for 180+.
He put 100+ so I assume he's waiting for a good deal on a tank over 100 gallons

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xraycer

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Then why 100gal? I would shoot out for 180+.
He put 100+ so I assume he's waiting for a good deal on a tank over 100 gallons

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Correct Montel. I'll jump on a bargain deal even if its just 100gal, if for nothing but a growout. I already have a 180gal and planning for something around 1000gal for my CA once they grow out of the 180. Then the 180 can become a native. Much more than I wanted to explain, but for those overly concerned with how I plan to house the smb, here it is.
 

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I would just focus on getting 180gal instead of 100gal regardless of how good deal it is.
 
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