would this work?

[splintercell H2O]

i will keep that in mind thanks

 

[Mr.Catfish]

Missouri has some beautiful longear sunfish.

 

[splintercell H2O]

yea it wont be hard for me to get alot of different natives within 5 miles of my home

 

[Mr.Geoff]

What part of MO? I know some good spots for a variety of odd fish.

Might not want to take the carp, they will get huge. Your catfish are probably bullheads, thats what in all the creeks by me.

 

[splintercell H2O]

im right near STL
at least 2 of the cats were different a friend took 2 and has had them for about a year now and they are definitely a flathead and a channel

 

[fhawk362]

To distinguish between catfish and bullhead, catfish have forked tails and bullhead have more rounded tails, catfish get huge as well, bullhead get big but not huge, look for bullhead if you have a choice.

 

[splintercell H2O]

i know there are bullhead i would want a flathead or a channel but they get to massive for the other fish i want to keep it with

 

[ReelBigFish]

Id say try to go with one of each of what you can find, I used to do pairs in case one wouldnt eat so then Id keep the better eater of the two and still be able to have that species. Id say go with 6 fish total, 1 or 2 bottomdwellers (sculpin and cat, or two cats, or 2 sculpins) and 4 other fish, my preference would be 1lmb, 1 smb, 1 crappie, and 1 sunfish. Just feel it out, start with what you can get and maybe exchange them if you find some of the more rare fish ( I know I have a tough time getting crappie, I have only had 1 before).

I would stay away from the bass and crappie since they get huge, unless you have a HUGE tank for them afterwards, or can give them to someone who can care for them when they get too large for you.

And it seems alot of people who want to start native tanks thinks it's ok to just release the fish when you can no longer keep them. This is illegal and should NEVER be done. You may already know this, but just in case, I'll say it now before a debate heats up.

 

[splintercell H2O]

I would stay away from the bass and crappie since they get huge, unless you have a HUGE tank for them afterwards, or can give them to someone who can care for them when they get too large for you.

And it seems alot of people who want to start native tanks thinks it's ok to just release the fish when you can no longer keep them. This is illegal and should NEVER be done. You may already know this, but just in case, I'll say it now before a debate heats up.

i know it is illegal because they wont know how to hunt for their own food right?

 

[Mr.Geoff]

No because they can have a diesease that can transfer to the watershed you release them in thus killing everything else. or they are in a watershed they are not normally found in and out compete everything and kill the stream off.

i found some convict cichlids in my local creek one summer, they were breeding like mad with each other and the green sunfish. If/when i catch any of them, they get a knife to the head and thrown on the bank.