bluegill

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smellymeatballs

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I have a pretty small bluegill, and I had a few questions. I know bluegill are schooling fish in the wild, but would it be ok as a single fish in my semi aggressive tank. He has been here for a few weeks and I have yet to have a problem with him being picked on, but will there be future problems with him being stressed out due to him being the only bluegill?
 
The best rule with sunfish is keep 1 or a group of 5-6+ so you should be fine. Of course I'm going to be stupid and keep a pair of Green Sunfish together in a 30 long soon but I'll deal with it if stuff happens. Do as I say not as I do :)
 
Ok sweet lol. He is a very interesting little dude. He seems to like the oscar a lot. Does anyone know the growth rate on a bluegill? Because I have him with a peacock bass of equal size, and I know the bass is gonna grow quickly. I just don't want him to outgrow and eat the bluegill immediately

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all i know is that wild bluegills up in the great lakes region can grow up to 4-5 inches in a year, but also consider the winter we have.
 
You are keeping cold water fish with tropical fish which my pose some issue.


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smellymeatballs said:
I live in the south, the pond he is from easily reaches 76 in the summer. So I assume he would be able to live in that. Would that stress him living in that year round?

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Not at all, especially if he's southern. Bluegills I'm general are temperate water fish, not cold water. Most species in the Lepomis genus can tolerate a wide temperature range and can live with anything from the true coldwater trout up to sharing a tank with tropical SA cichlids. I live in pa and my local sunfish live with temperatures ranging from 34-86 F !
 
I've kept all sorts of bluegill with tropicals over the years and never had any problems, single and in pairs. Often I find that they are the quickest to adapt to aquarium life and they end up thriving. You should be fine, they are definitely tough enough.


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Yeah, I've had a green sunfish that I found in a goldfish feeder tank at the lfs for about a year now. He is about 4-5" and in a tank of nothing but CA and SA cichlids. He is actually one of the more dominant fish and has done fine with almost any size fish that couldn't swallow him. The temp. for him has always been around 82
 
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