I've finally got my 75 gallon up and running. I bought the tank, but everything else is DIY, stand, canopy, lighting, wet dry filer and overflows. My long term plan is to stock it with several longear sunfish, plus a few smaller fish all from the same area of the river, sort of a mini biotope of a very specific area. Today I went out to catch some fish to cycle the tank. I figured I wouldn't find any longear because it's still a bit early for them. It will probably be late March before I find them redily. I figured I'd pick up a couple of small bluegill to cycle with. I was fishing using my fly rod and a "Popper and dropper" rig. A small bream popper with a very small weighted nymph hung about 12 inches below the popper.
I quickly picked up a number of small bluegill, and put a couple in an ice chest filled with river water. Then I got a hit that I knew was something different, it was a great looking little warmouth about 4 inches long. I put one of the bluegill and the warmouth in my tank to cycle it. I'd like to keep the warmouth long term. Do they get along with longear? Is a 75 big enough to keep them in?
B.T.W. I'd post pics but I'm cameraless right now.
I quickly picked up a number of small bluegill, and put a couple in an ice chest filled with river water. Then I got a hit that I knew was something different, it was a great looking little warmouth about 4 inches long. I put one of the bluegill and the warmouth in my tank to cycle it. I'd like to keep the warmouth long term. Do they get along with longear? Is a 75 big enough to keep them in?
B.T.W. I'd post pics but I'm cameraless right now.
