I am getting two blue gill and was wondering what would be the temperature for the water, also what should i feed them, how to differentiate from genders.
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blue gill please HELP!!!!!!!
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Dont use a heater,feed 'em flake and they do the rest,do water changes according to what you have set up,but caring for them is the same as most tropicals.What size tank do you have?
Temp...just about freezing to maybe 78. I wouldn't put them in much higher temps then 78 for very long. Depending on the size they can eat flakes, pellets, bloodworms, frozen/freeze dried shrimp, live food.....The list goes on. As you can tell bluegill are extremly easy to take care of just beware they DO get big. About 12"!
Chad
Chad
They are pretty easy and they will except most foods readily. I have two little ones that ended up training my other fish to come to the front of the tank when I come by with the food.
Mine are getting too big for the tank I have so they are moving to my friend's 600 gallon pond soon. I'm gonna miss those guys.
Mine are getting too big for the tank I have so they are moving to my friend's 600 gallon pond soon. I'm gonna miss those guys.
Yeah,but i seem to be the only one who gets the super-drab olive brown/no sign of blue specimens,probably because i collect em kinda Northish,not too colorfull up here,but full of energy though!!
thanks for the help guys i will make sure my blue gill are happy, i keep SA cichlids (alot of them actually) and this is my first attempt at native species.
THank you.
THank you.
kakojones;573167; said:
bluegill look nothing like bluegill when they are small, then they get bigger nad look good. Then when they get really old (past the 6-8 inch mark) they start losing the color again and will look brownish.