Aggresion levels in Sunfish

[Itsadeepbluesea]

From experience what do you guys think are the least aggressive or on the lower end of the sunfish aggression spectrum in terms of species of sunfish?

 

[gar man]

I find that Orangespot sunfish do rather well and are not all that agressive, by far the least agressive I've owned.

 

[warmouth]

My experience is that its not the Green Sunfish.....I tried Bluegills and longears and he killed them all.

 

[AOmonsta]

Black banded sunfish. They are pygmy sunfish though.

 

[critter_bob]

I have some Bluespotted sunfish right now, and they are pretty peaceable - with each other and with other species of fish.


And note to above - pygmy sunfishes are a completely different genus (Elassoma). Blackbanded, banded and bluespotted sunfish are all a smaller genus (Enneacanthus) than typical sunfish (Lepomis).

 

[Sting111]

black banded are the least aggressive...

 

[Noto]

Warmouth are pretty laid back in my experience. I haven't kept bantams or orangespots, but they are also supposed to be less aggressive than most Lepomis. Males of any sunfish species are usually more aggressive than females. There's a lot of individual variation, too. My largest red-spotted sunfish (not usually thought of as an aggressive species) dominates the greens, longears, and rock bass in my community tank.

 

[Itsadeepbluesea]

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