Fish_are_fishfood said:
They're only 1" if that big at all......they don't get much bigger than that right.
Stickleback fish questions
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They're only 1" if that big at all......they don't get much bigger than that right.
Yeah but honestly I don't know what to do with them. I like them so don't want get rid of them, but I don't have enough interest to try to keep them for a long time also. They are really cool fish, only if they were bigger I can throw them with my Bass.
If you are talking about the ones in the pictures, Culaea inconstans (brook sticklebacks) they get to 3 1/2". They are short lived, only around 2 years.
guppy said:
I'm sure they be OK feeders for piranha, however wouldn't they be pretty expensive to attain on a regular basis anyway?
Ok so yesterday I threw my two stickleback with the large tank with the Bass to see what would happen. I've just feed the bass so they weren't hungry anymore and there was still about 6-8 minnows in there. This mourning I woke up to noise of water splashing. It seems like the Bass were attacking the sticklebacks but weren't eating them. They would bite the stickleback and then spit them out while they didn't even touch the rest of the minnows.
Is there a reason to this, and are they trying to eat the sticklebacks or just messing with them. By watching them the Bass just seems to know that the stickleback is not minnows and are interested in testing them out. Even this mourning they ate up all the minnow but not he sticklebacks. Every now and then I would see them chasing them around but never do they swallow them. I know it's dangerous too that maybe they might get stuck in the mouth of the bass but I just don't know what else to do with them.
I was hoping they'll co-exist after the bass got bored of them but they are just bullies in this tank. Right now they are not too interested in the sticklebacks so it give me time to think of what to do with them...........maybe flush them down....
Is there a reason to this, and are they trying to eat the sticklebacks or just messing with them. By watching them the Bass just seems to know that the stickleback is not minnows and are interested in testing them out. Even this mourning they ate up all the minnow but not he sticklebacks. Every now and then I would see them chasing them around but never do they swallow them. I know it's dangerous too that maybe they might get stuck in the mouth of the bass but I just don't know what else to do with them.
I was hoping they'll co-exist after the bass got bored of them but they are just bullies in this tank. Right now they are not too interested in the sticklebacks so it give me time to think of what to do with them...........maybe flush them down....
illegal to flush down live fishGamefishin;203620; said:Ok so yesterday I threw my two stickleback with the large tank with the Bass to see what would happen. I've just feed the bass so they weren't hungry anymore and there was still about 6-8 minnows in there. This mourning I woke up to noise of water splashing. It seems like the Bass were attacking the sticklebacks but weren't eating them. They would bite the stickleback and then spit them out while they didn't even touch the rest of the minnows.
Is there a reason to this, and are they trying to eat the sticklebacks or just messing with them. By watching them the Bass just seems to know that the stickleback is not minnows and are interested in testing them out. Even this mourning they ate up all the minnow but not he sticklebacks. Every now and then I would see them chasing them around but never do they swallow them. I know it's dangerous too that maybe they might get stuck in the mouth of the bass but I just don't know what else to do with them.
I was hoping they'll co-exist after the bass got bored of them but they are just bullies in this tank. Right now they are not too interested in the sticklebacks so it give me time to think of what to do with them...........maybe flush them down....
