Sunfish ID help - pictures and video

  • We are currently upgrading MFK. thanks! -neo
I agree with what every one else has been saying. But, be careful with the minnows you said you may put in there. My green has the issue of nipping fins when he is hungry. Also, one way you can get him on pellets is to feed the other fish n the tank the pellets. Mine eventually decided to start eating them, even though he is almost fully grown.
 
Oh, the gravel? That is just sand and gravel from a local creek. I brought it home in buckets and rinsed it really well in hot water. My only complaint is that some of the small silica particles get sucked up in the gravel vac during water changes or when I rearrange the tank, but overall I don't think its too bad. I love the way it looks.

Just3542 - how big were the minnows in with your green?
 
Oh, the gravel? That is just sand and gravel from a local creek. I brought it home in buckets and rinsed it really well in hot water. My only complaint is that some of the small silica particles get sucked up in the gravel vac during water changes or when I rearrange the tank, but overall I don't think its too bad. I love the way it looks.

Just3542 - how big were the minnows in with your green?

They were normal shiners, he would nip their fins, and eventually they completely lost their tail. He also nips at my goldfish's fins, making the goldfish a rather bad looking fish.
 
warmouths are are agrressive as well as greens, either way they will need space and the big fish will prevail... i have tried and cant keep adult wars together without them killing each other, greens are the same. used to catch em in the creek as a kid and they are mean... but if you start em out small they might make it if the tanks big enough.
 
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