Bluegill experience??

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Hi all,

I just picked up a young (2.5" - 3") bluegill last night, but I don't know very much about them. So I thought I would seek some knowledge of you more experienced folk. Anyone know anything interesting about this little fish?

Thanks.
 
They are very similar to aggressive cichlids, in temperament. You could consider them coldwater convicts, except bluegill get a good deal bigger than convicts. Feed them whatever you want.
 
They are a fish that I usually have on hand I was keeping one in a 5g jar with a box filter but I traded it off, before anybody jumps me about a 4-5" fish temporaily in a 5g jug let me explain that the jug contained water, plants, and fish all from a small pond not far away. Every few weeks I would take it back to the pond and restock it from scratch except for the lava rocks in the filter. The fish came from that pond, was returned to that pond, and was not exposed to anything not from that pond.
Any way I like blue gill which under the right conditions can get more than a foot long, they tend to be bullies, and beg for food, they are easy to acclimate and will become tame enough to nibble your fingers, If you adjust the temp. slowly they adapt to tropical tank temps.
they eat anything including M+Ms (an accident) but love crickets and earthworms.
 
Cool. Thanks for the info. Sounds like an interesting fish. I am hoping to grow this guy out.
 
guppy said:
They are a fish that I usually have on hand I was keeping one in a 5g jar with a box filter but I traded it off, before anybody jumps me about a 4-5" fish temporaily in a 5g jug .
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you kept a blue gill in a 5g jug :eek:
are you crazy! j/k
i know you know what you are doing! :naughty:
 
Just think, 10 years from now you can take the bluegill down to a lake, take a picture of you holding it and get awarded for a world record bluegill!!! Then put it backi nyour tank and wait another few years.
 
I dont think they eat anything. Mine is very picky. It will only eat insects. It has ate other stuff but usualy will only once and never after... Very tough and kinda like oscars in personality.

Heres mine:
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My bluegills ate everything...flakes and all. The pumpkiseeds I have now also eats everything I toss in the tank. I think they have come to trust that if i drop it in front of them it is food. :) I will admit though, it took awhile to get them to eat at all and even come out of hideing...now they act like they were born in captivity.
 
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