What natives do you keep?
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I went fishing for Guadalupe Bass in the Guadalupe river but I just caught two rainbow trout. Where did you get your Guadalupe Bass?
Mike
Mike
HAVE ANY ONE EVER HEARD stuff like this befor. 
Originally Posted by malawi haps
Dont know, rapid breathing is a sign of stress do you have an air bubbler in the tank?You could try to put some hydrogen peroxide in their to help raise the oxygen level of the tank ? Then again it might stress him out even more. Try to find out what is making the ph so low and try to fix that without chemicals .
Originally Posted by malawi haps
Dont know, rapid breathing is a sign of stress do you have an air bubbler in the tank?You could try to put some hydrogen peroxide in their to help raise the oxygen level of the tank ? Then again it might stress him out even more. Try to find out what is making the ph so low and try to fix that without chemicals .
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I have over 12 tanks at the moment and not really part of my job. For the record....some guys here have a dozen more native species than me at this time, I just like to inventory from time to time.
I can add bantam sunfish to the list (thanks Mike!), remove a few and add several others.
I'm like many others here (off the deep end with natives).
I do believe I have native envy...
Anyway, I have a single 40 long tank, in which currently resides a mix of native and exotics:
12 Rainbow darters(4 male, 8 female)
1 very large Johnny darter(sex unknown, but it's pretty dull, so female?)
12 blacknose shiners
4-6 central mud minnows(they are never all in the open at once..so I honestly don't know how many there are currently. Started with 7, think I likely lost one right off..and never see more then 4 at any one time. I've never found a dead one, however....
4 [SIZE=-1]Otocinclus catfish.
I used to have 6 amano shrimp, right up untill I got the darters. I've never found a dead one..but within a week, I ceased seeing them. I suspect foul play....
I also used to have a ton of pond snails, but within a week of getting the darters, I ceased to see them. I again suspect foul play...
Things I"d like to do/add:
Right now, I have about a third of the tank heavily planted. Unfortunatly I used native plants..which are now all going dormant and dying off, and therefore the bioload has spiked, causing no end to the cynobacteria. I am going to have to pull the native plants and go commercial, I'm afraid. I was told this would happen, but was too stubborn to listen! Fish don't care about the cyno(indeed, they seem to enjoy the cover) but it's ugly as hell. Anyway, weather is supposed to suck tomorrow, so I"l have a day to kill, so may rework the tank a bit and clean it up.
I'd like to run more powerheads for more current, and add some hill stream loaches(they just look so darn cool!).
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Anyway, I have a single 40 long tank, in which currently resides a mix of native and exotics:
12 Rainbow darters(4 male, 8 female)
1 very large Johnny darter(sex unknown, but it's pretty dull, so female?)
12 blacknose shiners
4-6 central mud minnows(they are never all in the open at once..so I honestly don't know how many there are currently. Started with 7, think I likely lost one right off..and never see more then 4 at any one time. I've never found a dead one, however....
4 [SIZE=-1]Otocinclus catfish.
I used to have 6 amano shrimp, right up untill I got the darters. I've never found a dead one..but within a week, I ceased seeing them. I suspect foul play....
I also used to have a ton of pond snails, but within a week of getting the darters, I ceased to see them. I again suspect foul play...
Things I"d like to do/add:
Right now, I have about a third of the tank heavily planted. Unfortunatly I used native plants..which are now all going dormant and dying off, and therefore the bioload has spiked, causing no end to the cynobacteria. I am going to have to pull the native plants and go commercial, I'm afraid. I was told this would happen, but was too stubborn to listen! Fish don't care about the cyno(indeed, they seem to enjoy the cover) but it's ugly as hell. Anyway, weather is supposed to suck tomorrow, so I"l have a day to kill, so may rework the tank a bit and clean it up.
I'd like to run more powerheads for more current, and add some hill stream loaches(they just look so darn cool!).
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Currently have 2 pumpkinseed sunfish, one 10 inch yellow lake perch, 10 bullhead(and a billion fry) and a dozen or so channel cats (albino and standard).
I need to get another LMB and SMB.
I need to get another LMB and SMB.
I have...
4 Northern longears (Lepomis peltastes)
5 warmouth (Lepomis gulosis)
2 green sunnies (Lepomis cyanellus)
1 white catfish (Ameiurus catus)
3 yellow bullheads (Ameiurus natalis)
1 bluefin killie (Lucania goodei)
3 rosie reds (Pimephales hybrid)
3 bluehead chubs (Nocomis leptocephalus)
2 unidentified crays
1 red swamp cray in berry
4 Northern longears (Lepomis peltastes)
5 warmouth (Lepomis gulosis)
2 green sunnies (Lepomis cyanellus)
1 white catfish (Ameiurus catus)
3 yellow bullheads (Ameiurus natalis)
1 bluefin killie (Lucania goodei)
3 rosie reds (Pimephales hybrid)
3 bluehead chubs (Nocomis leptocephalus)
2 unidentified crays
1 red swamp cray in berry
I now have :
Tiger Musky
Bantam Sunfish
Blue-spotted Sunfish
Red-spotted Sunfish
Central Mud Minnow
Flier Sunfish
Shadow Bass
Longear Sunfish
Stonecat
Warmouth
Rockbass
Black Bullhead
Albino Channel Catfish
Also have
Golden Orfe
Oscar
Koi
Goldfish
Guppy (feeders)
Convict Cichlid
These are in 12'X8' X3' deep out door pond
130 gal tank, 120 gal tank, 45 gal tank, three 30 gal tanks, 29 gal tank, 20 gal tank, four 10 gal tanks.
I have a 70 gal tank and another two 55 gal tanks I just baught to set up.
Mike
Tiger Musky
Bantam Sunfish
Blue-spotted Sunfish
Red-spotted Sunfish
Central Mud Minnow
Flier Sunfish
Shadow Bass
Longear Sunfish
Stonecat
Warmouth
Rockbass
Black Bullhead
Albino Channel Catfish
Also have
Golden Orfe
Oscar
Koi
Goldfish
Guppy (feeders)
Convict Cichlid
These are in 12'X8' X3' deep out door pond
130 gal tank, 120 gal tank, 45 gal tank, three 30 gal tanks, 29 gal tank, 20 gal tank, four 10 gal tanks.
I have a 70 gal tank and another two 55 gal tanks I just baught to set up.
Mike
