Native Alabama Creek Tank

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ColdwaterCreekGuide;1365594; said:
Well I can get yall some pictures of Cottus Pygmaeus (aka Cottus Paulus) or the "Pygmy Sculpin" that exist nowhere else in the world!
http://www.outdooralabama.com/fishing/freshwater/fish/other/sculpin/pygmy/
Yep I live on THAT creek.

But which other "cool" creek species would you like to see? Mountain Brook Lampreys?? or Alabama Hogsuckers? Coldwater Darters? These would all be too difficult for me to keep, trust me I've thought about it!
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That's pretty cool about the sculpin. Those would be cool to see in the wild.

Did a trip to AL earlier this year... here are some of our pics : http://gallery.nanfa.org/v/members/drew/alabama/

I started to label them but never did go through them. One day I will.
 
I'd trade the goldfish into your LFS. That will decrease your bioload and make your life easier, the tank will look more natural, and you'll maybe get some credit.
 
drewish;1365741; said:
That's pretty cool about the sculpin. Those would be cool to see in the wild.

Did a trip to AL earlier this year... here are some of our pics : http://gallery.nanfa.org/v/members/drew/alabama/

I started to label them but never did go through them. One day I will.
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Yeah even though it's "winter" haha I still get in the spring run to catch smaller crawfish, and the pygmy sculpin is under almost every rock. Beautiful tiny little fish ranging from white to yellow to pink with mottled and banded patterns. Thanks for that link, helped me ID a fish I've been seeing for years, the broadstripe shiner.
 
ewurm;1365816; said:
I'd trade the goldfish into your LFS. That will decrease your bioload and make your life easier, the tank will look more natural, and you'll maybe get some credit.
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Why didn't I think of that??? Thanks ewurm!
 
ColdwaterCreekGuide;1366273; said:
Yeah even though it's "winter" haha I still get in the spring run to catch smaller crawfish, and the pygmy sculpin is under almost every rock. Beautiful tiny little fish ranging from white to yellow to pink with mottled and banded patterns. Thanks for that link, helped me ID a fish I've been seeing for years, the broadstripe shiner.
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I don't know if that is what you are seeing since it has a limited range. I believe where we found them was on the edge of its range. If it indeed that fish, you're lucky to be able to see them while they are still around.
 
drewish;1366542; said:
I don't know if that is what you are seeing since it has a limited range. I believe where we found them was on the edge of its range. If it indeed that fish, you're lucky to be able to see them while they are still around.
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I'm quite certain it is indeed Pygmy Sculpins I have been seeing for all these years. The spring is the source of our city's water supply, and was fenced in right after 9/11, but as a kid I used to play in said spring. The spring run is only a hundred yards long before another creek ("Dry Creek" comes from runoff of a local army depot) joins the spring run. They only inhabit this hundred yard stretch of 62 degree crystal clear water, and are not found anywhere in the creek after the nasty creek runs in. They are similar to mottled and banded sculpins except for their color range and miniscule size. National Geographic did a huge study on them when I was a wee lad. I want very much to conserve this species!! Pics to come the next sunny day I get!
 
drewish;1366736; said:
Oh sorry, I was referring to the broadstripe shiner.
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lol I misunderstood. I am not so sure about them.. Its some type of colorful shiner..
 
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