freshwater flounder
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For those interested in SoCal, just found a tank full of these guys at
Orange Coast Tropical Fish
6881 Western Ave.
Buena Park, CA 90621
714-523-1003
Orange Coast Tropical Fish
6881 Western Ave.
Buena Park, CA 90621
714-523-1003
I got one at Walmart about 2 yrs ago. I feed him small/med red worms, black worms and pond/ramshorn snails. I keep hoping for it to get bigger but it doesn't seem like it will get any bigger than 3".
Fish Room Plus;1670408; said:the best flounders are from Peru. They get big, 12", and are full fresh and fairly easy to feed
Yep, those are sweet fish! I have a small flounder right now, but ordered one of those big boys one summer. It was DOA, no ice pack and it got cooked. If I get the chance to buy another I will.
Fish Room Plus;1670408; said:the best flounders are from Peru. They get big, 12", and are full fresh and fairly easy to feed
That is a good looking fish, I've raised hogchokers to that size but they will die if not given marine water (or water laced with salt and a lot of calcium cloride) does this flounder breed in freshwater? How is it for temperature extremes? Would it live in an outdoor pond that didn't freze over?
Has anyone kept the freshwater tongue soles?
They are not a hassle to feed if you keep them in a species only tank like you're supposed to.
Buy a 10G tank, pour about a centimeter or about half an inch of beach sand... Go to the beach and pick up a bucket of sand. Come home and pass it through a screen or strainer. remove all the crud... fill your bucket with extremely hot water several times... let the sand settle and pour out as much of the water as you can. Also stirr the sand up before you let it settle. I have a custom hot/cold water hose in my bathroom that's very rigid so I just use water pressure. Then you set the tank up with a good filter with lots and LOTS of activated carbon. You can get "filter savers" which are these fine netted sacks that you tie at the top. Fill it with carbon to get rid of any possible chemicals from the beach. People are filthy.
After you've filtered the water for a week or so you throw your flounders in there. Decorate with a couple of jungle val plants, wisteria, and whatever plant grows well in brackish. add a few rocks, your flounders... then gradually add small ammounts of dissolved salt to your filter and check your salinity. You do this for the plants not just the flounder.
Beach sand generally consists of a lot of crushed coral which means you will have a natural source for calcium and your pH should be good.
I take an oyster shell and stick it in the sand so the edges are barely sticking out and even fill inside it with sand almost to the top...
Always pour your food in there and the flounder will eventually learn. Over time you can stop feeding live food... they will eat when fed.
I sometimes hate my bichir for killing my 1st flounder... I wish I had cared for him properly...
Buy a 10G tank, pour about a centimeter or about half an inch of beach sand... Go to the beach and pick up a bucket of sand. Come home and pass it through a screen or strainer. remove all the crud... fill your bucket with extremely hot water several times... let the sand settle and pour out as much of the water as you can. Also stirr the sand up before you let it settle. I have a custom hot/cold water hose in my bathroom that's very rigid so I just use water pressure. Then you set the tank up with a good filter with lots and LOTS of activated carbon. You can get "filter savers" which are these fine netted sacks that you tie at the top. Fill it with carbon to get rid of any possible chemicals from the beach. People are filthy.
After you've filtered the water for a week or so you throw your flounders in there. Decorate with a couple of jungle val plants, wisteria, and whatever plant grows well in brackish. add a few rocks, your flounders... then gradually add small ammounts of dissolved salt to your filter and check your salinity. You do this for the plants not just the flounder.
Beach sand generally consists of a lot of crushed coral which means you will have a natural source for calcium and your pH should be good.
I take an oyster shell and stick it in the sand so the edges are barely sticking out and even fill inside it with sand almost to the top...
Always pour your food in there and the flounder will eventually learn. Over time you can stop feeding live food... they will eat when fed.
I sometimes hate my bichir for killing my 1st flounder... I wish I had cared for him properly...
