CICHLA vs. 6 inch SUNFISH!!!!

[Carg R]

... IMO it is a rather unhealthy looking... fish.

Especially the way it's gasping for breath while sticking out the p-bass's mouth.

 

[ghostknifefish0909]

lol

 

[Mystus Redtail]

kinda neat/ kinda gorry

 

[Tongue33]

1) That fish is not a bluegill. It's a green sunfish.
2) I really hope you put that fish through an extensive quarantine and parasite treatment before using it as a feeder. IMO it is a rather unhealthy looking, skinny fish.

Faith young Jedi

1) explain the difference ? So I can learn And be on the Same horse

It was quarantine for quite a while
You wouldn't look healthy either if you were in that mouth

Wait for the vid

 

[Tongue33]

Especially the way it's gasping for breath while sticking out the p-bass's mouth.

 

[sandtiger]

Faith young Jedi

1) explain the difference ? So I can learn And be on the Same horse

It was quarantine for quite a while
You wouldn't look healthy either if you were in that mouth

Wait for the vid

It wasen't the in mouth pictures I was talking about.

The most notable difference is the mouth. Green sunfish have a much larger "bass-like" mouth. Bluegill do not, they have quite small mouths. Bluegills will also have a dark spot on the soft portion of their dorsal fin. So will greens but greens will also have a spot on the anal fin, bluegills lack that spot.

Bluegill (Lepomis macrochirus)

Green (Lepomis cyanellus)

 

[Tongue33]

Ok now please explain why they don't look healthy?? As they looked healthy when i pulled them form the tank .. I put them in a bucket.. the water was colder.. and caused some color change .. but they "looked" healthy..

 

[X24]

they look rather skinny, especially in the rear end of the fish, but that could possibly just the way you are holding it.

 

[hurricane_redbone]

green sunfish r usually quite fat... like in girth... those guys looked quite skinny...
so either it just wasnt eating enough in the pond or lake where u caught it... or it has a internal parasite in which case ur pbass is screwed... good luck with that (y)

 

[Tongue33]

Sandtiger...



I am probably wrong.. And they also have a blue lower gill. Help me out here before i get to much misinfo. I'm doin my own research as well.. Thanks

Infact I just found this.. And neither are native to my region though they are both planted here So it is looking to me like i have the Hybrid

well had...