Creek Chub diet
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Ive never had them, but some of the guys on Nanfas (North American Native Fish Association) forum have had Creek chubs, Redspot Chubs, Fallfish etc and can help you (I do know from watching them in streams around here they are very fast and skittish). A book I have American Aquarium fishes says to feed them scuds, small minnows, crickets, and underwater insect larvae.
In all honesty, they will eat just about anything that fits in their mouths. While they are omnivorous, they high protein foods as opposed to veggie matter. But in captivity, their appetite and voracious feeding habitats, they will eat anything. Careful if there are any other fish in the tank - as they will not hesitate to eat fish smaller than itself.
I've got 4 creek chub and they will eat literally ANYTHING. Mine were trained to eat flakes in less than a week, but I don't like feeding natives with flake so I mainly feed them worms (wen it rains), smaller minnows, dried krill, frozen brine shrimp, and frozen bloodworms. I have to make sure to thaw the frozen foods first since the largest chub will eat the whole cube before it melts and the others can't compete for food.
thanks for the answers...fed them a few piece of chopped shrimp this morning, and they seemed to like it, i'll just have to try and see what they like.
I went fishing in Southern Indiana recently and caught 10-20 of these. I wish I could have brought a few home for my tanks but I don't keep any cold water fish so I released them.
I caught them on these large live grubs I was finding under rocks. They hunt like Pirahnas in a pack, once one hits they all swarm. It was really neat.
I caught them on these large live grubs I was finding under rocks. They hunt like Pirahnas in a pack, once one hits they all swarm. It was really neat.
warmouth;4115118; said:
Chub are great fish for a tank. They are really easy to take care of. They came from a local stream that gets pretty hot in the summer so I don't think a chiller is necessary. Is the stream where the redspots are spring fed? If not then just an unheated tank should emulate their natural conditions pretty well. I have 4 in a 30 gallon with a logperch. They are really voracious feeders and are really fun to watch eat when you put in some feeder minnows. Good luck with the redspots.
yah i do not have a chiller as well just, just non heated. They come from the shallow corner of a pond/stream that gets fairly warm in the summer. They seem pretty happy and are starting to show lots of personality. I can wait till they start to get use to human activity as they still are fairly skiddish.
Chiller is definitely not necessary for creek chubs. They thrive in intermittent streams where they often are isolated in small, thermically unstable pools for weeks or months.
Redspot chubs (Nocomis asper) are rather different from creek chubs. I haven't kept redspots but have a group of the closely related river chubs. Nocomis chubs are more accustomed to large streams (read: stable temperatures) and are less predatory than Semotilus chubs. A chiller should still not be necessary if your home temperatures don't get too terribly hot; a fan may be useful during heat waves.
Nocomis can be kept with much smaller fish, while Semotilus should only have tankmates near their own size. Otherwise Nocomis have just as broad an appetite as creek chubs and usually take to frozen foods, flakes, and pellets without much persuasion.
Just remember that these chubs get big (for minnows). Redspots can reach 9", creek chubs nearly a foot.
Redspot chubs (Nocomis asper) are rather different from creek chubs. I haven't kept redspots but have a group of the closely related river chubs. Nocomis chubs are more accustomed to large streams (read: stable temperatures) and are less predatory than Semotilus chubs. A chiller should still not be necessary if your home temperatures don't get too terribly hot; a fan may be useful during heat waves.
Nocomis can be kept with much smaller fish, while Semotilus should only have tankmates near their own size. Otherwise Nocomis have just as broad an appetite as creek chubs and usually take to frozen foods, flakes, and pellets without much persuasion.
Just remember that these chubs get big (for minnows). Redspots can reach 9", creek chubs nearly a foot.