Bream Pond
- Thread starter clemsonguy1125
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Thanks guys, Ill look into all these, and can you provide a link to where I can buy these natives.
http://zimmermansfish.com/Price.html
http://jonahsaquarium.com/JonahSite/fishlist.htm
http://aquaculturestore.com/fwverts.html
There are others but these are all reputable Native LFS's.
http://jonahsaquarium.com/JonahSite/fishlist.htm
http://aquaculturestore.com/fwverts.html
There are others but these are all reputable Native LFS's.
Thanks, do you think I would be ok with a trio of black spotted sunfish. The temps range from uper 20's to mid 90's
Is that the water temps or air temp. I dont know how well Spotted Sunfish would do with water temps under 35 degrees f. .....spotteds, Bantams and Redears are from the Southern part of the US, and because ive never kept them I would not recommend them at those temps. Northern Longear, Redbreasts, Rockbass, Warmouths and Pumpkinseeds seem to do the best at low temps, especially if theyre from that area, but I dont think they would live for a extended period of time in the 90s (many cichlids cant handle water temps in the 90s for extended periods of time) I would check your water temps before stocking.
That air temps. I really like the idea of a ton of fathead minnows too. Is 4 bluegill out of the question?
I take that back you could do a Spotted sunfish pond as long as you have a small heater to make sure the water temps dont get below 40degrees. Yeah you can do fatheads or Bluegill.....a $20 fan facing on it will keep temps down in the summer. If your going to go for minnows I would look at shiners and topminnows (rainbow shiners, redbelly dace, Bluefin Killies etc.) or at the very least Rosy reds (they were bred from fathead hybrids).clemsonguy1125;4870263;4870263 said:
Fatheads spawn as many as 12 times in a year and live up to 3 years. In nature they can lay from 4000-12000 eggs in a spawn. Fatheads along with Bullheaded and Bluntnose minnows have the male guard the nest untll they hatch. Rosy Reds are just a Pimephales hybrid that was bred to bring out the red color, and will work just as well.clemsonguy1125;4870736;4870736 said:
I had read 14 months, but Im looking into the minnows, would one bluegill help keep the minnow population down some.
