May castnet tommorrow morning or the next day. Have a 10g and a 30g set-up. what natives could i stock in them? I have guppies in the 10 and shellies in the 30. Could also spend my b-day $$$ and c-mas gift for a tank? Thinking about lmb (no way) smaller sized cats, crappie, any smaller sunfish, the pretty ones. im open to any give my ideas plz.
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found a decent priced 75g. hopefully getting the dimmensions in the next few days. what would i be able to stock it with?
I dunno what you would do but I would probably use the 90 and either get;
a couple yellow perch and/or some sunfish (no sunfish in Alberta)
or schools of various minnows; like fatheads, shiners, and a couple sticklebacks. In a 90 you might get away with over 30 fish, depending on their size. If you keep the water quality good and stock lightly, then go with shiners; they should color up nicely when they get to breeding condition. TBH I have never bred a fish or seen spawning behavior (excluding infertile blood parrots) in my own aquarium... but I might soon with my new minnows.
I don't know where GA is but there are some cute minnows in the great white north. Sticklebacks are cool if they are full grown. They look like a little pike or something. Green with pointy heads and spikes.
a couple yellow perch and/or some sunfish (no sunfish in Alberta)
or schools of various minnows; like fatheads, shiners, and a couple sticklebacks. In a 90 you might get away with over 30 fish, depending on their size. If you keep the water quality good and stock lightly, then go with shiners; they should color up nicely when they get to breeding condition. TBH I have never bred a fish or seen spawning behavior (excluding infertile blood parrots) in my own aquarium... but I might soon with my new minnows.
I don't know where GA is but there are some cute minnows in the great white north. Sticklebacks are cool if they are full grown. They look like a little pike or something. Green with pointy heads and spikes.
GA = Georgia. Huge fish diversity down there. Where will you be collecting, Fishkeeper1?
You could keep a small group of large sunfish (greens, bluegill, redbreast, warmouth, rock bass, etc.) in a 75 or 90. If you want more species in the tank, you can go with small-to-medium sunfish such as longears, dollars, orangespots, and redspots. You can keep these with large minnows such as bluehead and creek chubs or golden shiners, and small catfish such as most madtoms.
Alternatively, you could set up a tank with a great many small fish. There are a ton of gorgeous darters, shiners, dace, and topminnows down your way. Yellowfin and sailfin shiners are some especially nice regional specialties.
You could keep a small group of large sunfish (greens, bluegill, redbreast, warmouth, rock bass, etc.) in a 75 or 90. If you want more species in the tank, you can go with small-to-medium sunfish such as longears, dollars, orangespots, and redspots. You can keep these with large minnows such as bluehead and creek chubs or golden shiners, and small catfish such as most madtoms.
Alternatively, you could set up a tank with a great many small fish. There are a ton of gorgeous darters, shiners, dace, and topminnows down your way. Yellowfin and sailfin shiners are some especially nice regional specialties.
I will most likely collect in streams, rivers, ponds, lakes, ect... Mostly local small lakes nothing like Lake Lanier. I am planning on any: bass-too big, Crappie-maybe? other suns- redbreast, bluegill?, green sunfish, really anything from 10-20" Idealy from 10" to 16"
where are you collecting? you could find some sunfish, darters, catastomidae, sculpins, a nice group of cyprinids. you dont want to put any bass or cat, besides a madtom in a 90g, they'd outgrow it. you can always just do a crap load of gambusia lol
Black bass are definitely too big. Crappie and flier are somewhat delicate and do not compete well with aggressive sunfish.
Bluegill tend to become drab as adults. Some preferable sunnies in the size range you mentioned are redbreasts, greens, warmouth, rock bass, and shadow bass. They keep their looks and are alert, personable fish.
They can all be aggressive, though. I would keep no more than three or four total adults of those species in a 90. Be sure to provide plenty of structure to break up sight lines and provide each fish with its own space. In short, treat them like CA cichlids.
There aren't many good tankmates for those fish that will fit in a 90. Like Sean said, you should avoid most of the typical cats, including yellow, black, and brown bullheads. A smaller bullhead, such as a spotted, would be OK, as would large madtoms. Very large minnows such as creek chub, river or bluehead chub, stonerollers, or golden shiners might work too.
Be sure to check out http://forum.nanfa.org/; it's the best place for North American native fish discussion.
Bluegill tend to become drab as adults. Some preferable sunnies in the size range you mentioned are redbreasts, greens, warmouth, rock bass, and shadow bass. They keep their looks and are alert, personable fish.
They can all be aggressive, though. I would keep no more than three or four total adults of those species in a 90. Be sure to provide plenty of structure to break up sight lines and provide each fish with its own space. In short, treat them like CA cichlids.
There aren't many good tankmates for those fish that will fit in a 90. Like Sean said, you should avoid most of the typical cats, including yellow, black, and brown bullheads. A smaller bullhead, such as a spotted, would be OK, as would large madtoms. Very large minnows such as creek chub, river or bluehead chub, stonerollers, or golden shiners might work too.
Be sure to check out http://forum.nanfa.org/; it's the best place for North American native fish discussion.