Well thanks and I have excellent news. I did my normal 20 gallon water change yesterday and added in the stuff. I just tested it and it is down to 0! I'm surprised it happened so fastwarmouth;4189021;4189021 said:
YAY!!Longear Sunfish in 55 gallon
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YAY!!Fantastic, wow looks like its been a good day for almost everbody! I also looks like Jaws (that is his name isnt it?) and the Bluegill still have a home! I cant wait until I get time to find a bigger home to buy and move into,..... I really want a bigger tank than the 39g I have, if you put any big fish in them (over 6inches) it seems impossible to keep clean!KittyKatFish100;4189941;4189941 said:Well thanks and I have excellent news. I did my normal 20 gallon water change yesterday and added in the stuff. I just tested it and it is down to 0! I'm surprised it happened so fast
Well no not Jaws but that is a good name, his name is actually Eclipse and for now I'll be keeping the bluegill. Having big tanks is fun. It gives me a sense of pride and satisfaction owning them but in my case it is hard keeping the 75 clean. I thought it would be better, but I blame the sand and goldfish lolwarmouth;4190227;4190227 said:
Lol, Eclipse it is; Im glad your keeping the Bluegill I love sunfish, they remind me so much of Cichlids. I am actually going to move so I can get some bigger tanks, my goal is to have one native coldwater ecosystem tank, and one temperate Native tank. I would like the coldwater to have darters and minnows in a 125g and the temperate to have Sunfish, small bullheads or big madtoms, and some big shiners (golden or common) in a 250g, and them use my 39g for a quarantine or hospital tank......at least thats my dream.KittyKatFish100;4190334;4190334 said:Well no not Jaws but that is a good name, his name is actually Eclipse and for now I'll be keeping the bluegill. Having big tanks is fun. It gives me a sense of pride and satisfaction owning them but in my case it is hard keeping the 75 clean. I thought it would be better, but I blame the sand and goldfish lol
Okay, so now for the tanks substrate and structure.
I was told that Long ears prefer substrate is small, rounded pebbles (river stone) and that I should provide drift wood.
I was told that Long ears prefer substrate is small, rounded pebbles (river stone) and that I should provide drift wood.
Thats true, the area Ive seen them in is smooth pebbled creek and in areas over a hard clay and sand. They like driftwood and ive seen them in creek holes this is where they would make theyre nests about a foot or two away from the plants and bank over the semi hard red clay bottom. In my area I believe they hybridize with Bluegill from a nearby lake that the stream runs into. The hybrids are not as pretty as the plain Bluegill or the plain Central longear and come in some strange patterns. I hope this helps I am not an, expert just an enthusiast.Foxlarocks;4192224;4192224 said:
