Went Collecting Again (pic heavy)

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Would you be willing to trade or sell some of the darters or killifish?
I don't think it's legal to sell live fish collected here in Missouri without a commercial license and I'm not looking to trade. What types of darters and killies are you after? I can keep an eye out for you when I go out collecting again and maybe work something out for you to just pay the cost of packaging and shipping them to you. I don't mind helping another fishkeeper out.
 
I want to see the madtom.

It's your lucky day. My slender madtom decided to come out and stay still just long enough for some crappy pictures.
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Here's the catfish cave where he likes to hide out.
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These little guys are super secretive. They usually only come out during feeding time and at night. They're so secretive in fact that I just found out today that I have at least two! I remembered seeing more than one when I collected them, but I've only seen one at a time until today. I'm pretty stoked.

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I got an even better surprise at feeding time today. I was watching my fish demolish a few cubes of bloodworms and the slender madtoms came out to feed. I remembered catching more than 1 or 2, but I hadn't seen more than 2 at once. I counted FIVE of the little guys at once. These little catfish are sooooo cool. I wonder how many I have in the tank. I'll have to pay better attention in the future when I go collecting.
 
Isn't collecting fun?
 
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