Who on here keeps natives?

[warmouth]

Over the years I caught more then I baught, but I did buy quite a fue that I was unable to get.

Oh, I had 2 Mud Sunfish too.

Most fish are in tanks, but I do have a outdoor grrden pond thats 12' long x 8' wide x 3' deep.
Inside I have a 130 gal, 125 gal, 75 gal, (2) 55 gal, (3) 40 gal, (3) 30 gal, (2) 29 gal, (2) 20 gal, (8) 10 gal, & a 7.5 gal aquariums.

Mike are you a member of NANFA? Wow spotted Bullhead and Mud Sunfish....thats awesome!

 

[Mikeberg]

Yes, I am a member of NANFA, they are a great sight too. I wish I could get to one of the conventions they are always somewhere I wish I could go, money & time are always issues for me the last five years.

 

[warmouth]

Yes, I am a member of NANFA, they are a great sight too. I wish I could get to one of the conventions they are always somewhere I wish I could go, money & time are always issues for me the last five years.

I am a member too (wargreen), I would love to go to a convention but since my wife got laid off we havent had the money either. I wish someone would start breeding and selling Spotted ,Flat, and Snail Bullheads.....they look so cool and are the perfect size for a 55g aquarium with a few Lepomis in it. Have you tried to breed your Mud Sunfish.....I hear theyre getting rare in their native range.

 

[Mikeberg]

I had two to start with but one died right away so I never had a chance to breed them.

I did not have any luck tring to breed natives in the aquarium yet, this year I thought I would get my spotted sunfish to breed but the male killed my two females after he made the nest in the tank. I was so hopefull, but just discusted in the end.

I hope to get some small ponds going soon, to put fish in in the spring & see if I could get them to breed outside this next year.

I would like to get all those bullheads too. Your right they would be better fish for most people.

On another note I found two Florida Flagfish at the pet store, so I baught them for my empty 10 gal aquarium.

 

[Moreh2o]

16 large mouth 3 bluegill and 7 channel cats in a 240. love the naturals

 

[usafyellow]

16 large mouth 3 bluegill and 7 channel cats in a 240. love the naturals

Wow, that's a lot of fish in one tank, how much do you have to feed them each day? Do you have any pictures?

 

[snookman]

Dollar sunfish, Alabama bass, yellow perch. I know a spot in FL where one could get their hands on as many spotted bullheads as they would care to keep. Too bad I'm in Alabama. My perch is a solid 11" long and is a beast. Has anyone on here grown one bigger?

Justin

 

[snookman]

Forgot to put that, although collected in Surinam, I have a swordspine snook that is also native to Florida.

Justin

 

[salmogairdneri]

I've got a chain pickerel and some bluegills.

 

[warmouth]

I had two to start with but one died right away so I never had a chance to breed them.

I did not have any luck tring to breed natives in the aquarium yet, this year I thought I would get my spotted sunfish to breed but the male killed my two females after he made the nest in the tank. I was so hopefull, but just discusted in the end.

I hope to get some small ponds going soon, to put fish in in the spring & see if I could get them to breed outside this next year.

I would like to get all those bullheads too. Your right they would be better fish for most people.

On another note I found two Florida Flagfish at the pet store, so I baught them for my empty 10 gal aquarium.

Sorry to hear about your spotteds, I had the same thing happen with Green Sunfish in a 39g. Good catch with the Flagfish, I love the look of those little things.