Ok I saw this and wow! Is it awesome. some guy has been keeping sheepshead in a freshwater pond for 15+ years! It would be an interesting thing for someone to try...
sheepshead..... in a freshwater pond?
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R u sure those r Sheephead? If so, another name for them is Freshwater Drum, so it is possible, though they prefer brackish and ocean water. Anybody doing this currently?
freshwater drum r different - want to try those to though!
Yeah freshwater drum are going to have more of a grey to light bronze color with no pattern. If anything tho these fish remind me of a type of tilapia for some reason.
ya fresh water drum dont have vertical bars
they like brackish but can survive in fresh and prefer to move into fresh during the winter months
they like brackish but can survive in fresh and prefer to move into fresh during the winter months
I don't want to go off a supposition. Is there a proof these are sheepshead? Who is the guy? Where is this info coming from? Does he have convincing photos that these are indeed what he says they are?
They may be sheepshead, I don't mind. They can be other fish. Kind of remind me of sergeant major, or other striped fish...
They may be sheepshead, I don't mind. They can be other fish. Kind of remind me of sergeant major, or other striped fish...
I COMPLETELY agree. Can not be Sergeant majors. By the size, they look large. We need context.I don't want to go off a supposition. Is there a proof these are sheepshead? Who is the guy? Where is this info coming from? Does he have convincing photos that these are indeed what he says they are?
They may be sheepshead, I don't mind. They can be other fish. Kind of remind me of sergeant major, or other striped fish...
Those do look like sheepshead, though I can’t zoom in without it becoming blurry. I also see a possible largemouth bass due to the horizontal stripe and black tail, and the other fish look like tilapia. I don’t think they can be in full fresh, but largemouth bass and I think some species of tilapia, can be in brackish water. My guess is this is brackish water, but I don’t know if they are in a pond without evidence.