FISH ID PLEASE
- Thread starter rmkblades
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Yes, but he died
Yeah that's one problem with finding natives in feeder tanks, they tend to die quickly from disease. Which is where I'm guessing you got it since most stores don't sell and you didn't say you caught it.
Or....or.....or.....it could be the old ripen age. Perhaps the odd coloration has do something with his death. This sunfish looks old individual to me.
I did purchase this particular fish at an LFS, and probably because like previously mentioned... You just don't see these guys for sale. At least I haven't in socal. There was another one for sale at the same LFS, a tiny bit smaller, but exact same coloration. I'm now thinking that they were surrendered to the LFS and probably were very old. It was my responsibility to do my due diligence and ask more questions about what their history was... BUT... I was kind of in a rush and really just assumed that they just all looked like that... To be honest, I wasn't even sure what they were... Hence the ID thread. It's to bad because it was a great looking fish and I would have loved to experience having one.
Just out of curiosity, how would these fish get mixed in with a shipment of goldfish feeders? Or are there native feeders that are harvested where these sunfish also inhabit. Thanks.
Just out of curiosity, how would these fish get mixed in with a shipment of goldfish feeders? Or are there native feeders that are harvested where these sunfish also inhabit. Thanks.