anybody know if there are smaller species of pickerel than the grass and redfin pickerel availible? i recently moved and broke down all but 2 of the 8 aquariums i had, and am in the process of taking down the others, however today i was looking at my 29g and picturing a jungle of driftwood and vals and was thinking that it would be a perfect grow out tank for a small esox. i've never kept pickerel before, and my experience with predatory fish has been limited to a Butis butis, Lepomis cyanellus, Ictalurus punctatus, a few puffer species, a couple gobies and a Hemibagrus wyckioides, so any tips would be helpful. how fast do they grow, how easily can they be weaned off of feeders(i'm planning to breed gambusia in the sump) what are their captive habits? i was looking at SACHS and saw that they had 1.5"~3" grass pickerels. is there other species of fish like pickerels that would be better?
29g pickerel tank(grow out)
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pickerel and the likes dont like driftwood as much as they would like a nice, dense, weedy jungle to lurk in. they can be weaned off feeders with patience and i'd say with proper diet and good water quality they can grow .5-1" in a month. grass pickerel is going to be your best bet, as they stay small but not too small. redfin stay the same size as grass, the only apparent difference is physical appearance.
hope this helps
hope this helps
le patron;2813576; said:
They're not especially common, but they're around. You could probably get your LFS to special order them from their distributor. There are established populations in South Florida (just like every other fish).