Since my largest longear sunfish ate most of my new fish from last week, he has been moved to the empty tank in my room. I kept some smaller longears in my main tank in my livingroom and added some new tankmates. One of my roomates was available to help me use a sein in one of the local streams and we made some nice additions. Here's some photos of the new residents.
My largest Longear sunfish (moved to a different tank)
Johnny darter
Logperch
Some to be identified minnows, stonerollers, and a creek chub
Orangethroat darter
To be identified darter
Possibly a Greenside darter not positive yet
I have a couple of each species of darters with the exception of the logperch including a few that I haven't photographed yet. Also, I got a slender madtom and a couple crayfish. The stonerollers were the biggest surprise. I only kept a couple since I thought they were kinda ugly, but watching them root through the gravel to find food pellets and eat algae off the rocks is surprisingly entertaining. Between the stonerollers and crayfish no food settles to the bottom before being eaten. I've been feeding them flake, pellets, and frozen bloodworms. I thought it would be more difficult to get the darters eating flake, but they figured it out on day one.
I plan to add a few more orangethroat and rainbow darters and some killifish when I get the chance. Also, I plan on using some of the minnows as feeders for my large longear since they were so easy to catch and I like the idea of free natural food.
I got my diy sump overflow filter going as well and the new residents seem very happy.
My largest Longear sunfish (moved to a different tank)
Johnny darter
Logperch
Some to be identified minnows, stonerollers, and a creek chub
Orangethroat darter
To be identified darter
Possibly a Greenside darter not positive yet
I have a couple of each species of darters with the exception of the logperch including a few that I haven't photographed yet. Also, I got a slender madtom and a couple crayfish. The stonerollers were the biggest surprise. I only kept a couple since I thought they were kinda ugly, but watching them root through the gravel to find food pellets and eat algae off the rocks is surprisingly entertaining. Between the stonerollers and crayfish no food settles to the bottom before being eaten. I've been feeding them flake, pellets, and frozen bloodworms. I thought it would be more difficult to get the darters eating flake, but they figured it out on day one.
I plan to add a few more orangethroat and rainbow darters and some killifish when I get the chance. Also, I plan on using some of the minnows as feeders for my large longear since they were so easy to catch and I like the idea of free natural food.
I got my diy sump overflow filter going as well and the new residents seem very happy.
