Creek Chub diet

[TStephens]

The one I had took FD bloodworms the 1st day then took FD krill and veggie and shrimp pellets. They are jumpers so you need a full lid, thats how mine commited suicide.

 

[Bridger]

creek chubs nearly a foot.

Wow! And I though my two seven inchers were big.

 

[Noto]

There are places where folks catch both creek and river chubs on hook and line for food, and swear at the fish and game agencies for ruining their best "hornyhead" streams with trash fish like rainbow trout.

 

[warmouth]

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.

Thanks for the info. Im looking into tankmates and what size of tank they would be comfortable in (I was told a 39 gallon would be ok for Green sunfish once after our ice storm and I lost all my convicts......wrong answer they outgrew it in 2 years) before I make a trip and collect any.

 

[Noto]

I would go with an 18" X 36" footprint (40 breeder or 65) at least. Of course bigger is better, and these are active fish that will use the whole tank.

My river chubs are in a large tank with other big minnows (stonerollers, striped shiners, golden shiners), a northern studfish, various sunfish, and rock bass. I don't currently have any creek chub but they would also do fine in that tank.

Tankmates to avoid are anything small enough to fit in the chub's mouth, and anything that is shy or passive when it comes to feeding time. For creek chub, tankmates should be close to their own size. Redspots can probably be kept with most other minnows, even little guys like Chrosomus and Notropis species.

Chub are very aggressive feeders, and fish like pickerel, mudminnows, darters, and madtoms are likely to go hungry in a tank with chub unless you go to special lengths to deliver food to these fish.

 

[Itsadeepbluesea]

The one I had took FD bloodworms the 1st day then took FD krill and veggie and shrimp pellets. They are jumpers so you need a full lid, thats how mine commited suicide.

yah i knew they were jumpers, but didn't know how much until i started acclimating them and one jumped out of the bucket....scared the daylights out of my dog....after that i covered the bucket with egg crating and you kept hearing them jump into it...even now they hit the cover a lot specially when i come in the room.

 

[Itsadeepbluesea]

what would you consider a good temp range for chubs in a tank?

 

[TStephens]

The stream I got mine from gets up into the high 80s in the summer time and down into the 30s during the winter so room temp should be ok.

 

[Itsadeepbluesea]

Thanks for the reply, all the research i did on it indicated that that would but fine but i just wanted another keeps reassurance.

 

[warmouth]

I would go with an 18" X 36" footprint (40 breeder or 65) at least. Of course bigger is better, and these are active fish that will use the whole tank.

My river chubs are in a large tank with other big minnows (stonerollers, striped shiners, golden shiners), a northern studfish, various sunfish, and rock bass. I don't currently have any creek chub but they would also do fine in that tank.

Tankmates to avoid are anything small enough to fit in the chub's mouth, and anything that is shy or passive when it comes to feeding time. For creek chub, tankmates should be close to their own size. Redspots can probably be kept with most other minnows, even little guys like Chrosomus and Notropis species.

Chub are very aggressive feeders, and fish like pickerel, mudminnows, darters, and madtoms are likely to go hungry in a tank with chub unless you go to special lengths to deliver food to these fish.

Thanks.....I think Im going to end up making a Central Longear Sunfish/ Redspot Chub tank with some common shiners thrown in for good measure.