catching fish into my tank

[USMCtanker]

i would put them in a sep tank with some salt and check them out first

 

[guppy]

Try to get some pics for ID, I often keep local fish but very of them will do well in a tropical tank, if we can ID them we might be able to tell you if they will work or will need an unheated tank.
When keeping wild caught fish a quarantine period, preferably in salted water, is needed, sometimes you also need to deworm them.
Do they look like this? These are Lepomis humilis (orangespotted sunfish) and are native to Colorado, they don't get very big (about 6") and can adapt to temps in the low 80s F., so will work in many tropical tanks. They are fiesty and eat very small fish but are not as aggressive as some of the other sunfish.

 

[CHOMPERS]

Guppy, that is a gorgeous fish. Tons nicer than most Florida fish.

Everyone else...there is way too much echoing in here. If it has already been said by the previous three people, you saying it again is not going to help in the least. It is a good thread killer though. Nobody wants to read three pages of the same thing and they will move on to the next thread before getting to a meaningful message such as Guppy's.

Ditto for post padding...

 

[moxxommox]

I’ve always been taught, if you have expensive fish, don’t bother risking mixing wild caught fish into your tank, all types of suppressed disease could be around. Wild fish could be home to all types of parasites / bugs or internal disease. If one of your current fish ate it… say bye bye to it.

Just spend 100 or so bucks on a 2nd hand setup and enjoy it in a separate aquarium. It will save you a lot of heart ach if they do contain little bugs/parasites.

 

[Opiate]

i wouldnt man! always the chance of catching and spreading disease!

 

[cburkhart78]

Try to get some pics for ID, I often keep local fish but very of them will do well in a tropical tank, if we can ID them we might be able to tell you if they will work or will need an unheated tank.
When keeping wild caught fish a quarantine period, preferably in salted water, is needed, sometimes you also need to deworm them.
Do they look like this? These are Lepomis humilis (orangespotted sunfish) and are native to Colorado, they don't get very big (about 6") and can adapt to temps in the low 80s F., so will work in many tropical tanks. They are fiesty and eat very small fish but are not as aggressive as some of the other sunfish.

ID the native first so you can be sure that all are compatible, then bu sure to quarantine first