Comments on: Native Fish – Sunfish, Killies, Darters

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By: 40G - Wormstrate - 1 Month In-- Guitarfish

40G - Wormstrate - 1 Month In-- Guitarfish — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 19:12:37 +0000

[...] the tank with hydrogen perioxide, both to combat the algae, and as a preventative measure in case any of the fish I recently collected have any parasites. I’ve noticed a significant reduction in algae, [...]

By: Patrick

Patrick — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 16:18:05 +0000

Looks great, keep us posted!

By: Tim

Tim — Sun, 17 Aug 2008 01:38:24 +0000

Thanks for the advice! If yours ever breed, I’d love to take some babies off your hands.

By: guitarfish

guitarfish — Fri, 15 Aug 2008 02:01:34 +0000

Kim, I’ll get some shrimp pictures. The shrimp were hiding the other day.

By: Rami

Rami — Fri, 15 Aug 2008 01:02:24 +0000

Jason: In Washington, “State scientific collection permits are issued to scientists/researchers, educators/educational institutions, and museums, aquariums/zoos. They are NOT issued to the general public for collection/take of fish and/or wildlife.” http://wdfw.wa.gov/scp/

Bummer for us, we’re not allowed to collect natives. D: Had my hopes up for river minnows in the aquarium, but apparently that’s not going to happen.

By: Kim

Kim — Fri, 15 Aug 2008 00:19:48 +0000

Those are beautiful, but where’s the shrimp?:)

By: guitarfish

guitarfish — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 19:15:51 +0000

Tim, I’ve just been going on the advice of other hobbyists locally who have collected and keep sunfish and have searched around online. NANFA (North American Native Fish Assoc) is a great resource for these types of matters, and members receive a quarterly journal from them. I chose the Blue Spotted Sunfish because they max out around 2-3 inches, and won’t rearrange my planted tank. Most other sunfish in the Lepomis genus get much bigger, are more aggressive, and require more space. A 30gal would be fine for Blue Spotted Sunnies. This is my first experience with these fish, but thus far all they’ll eat are live foods. I’ve read that younger fish can be trained onto prepared foods, and if you breed them, you’re likely to be able to get the fry to eat whatever you want. For the location we collected from, all we needed was a fishing license. Depending on other locations, you may not be allowed to collect (i.e. stocked trout streams), or you may need scientific permits depending on the species. Contact your local fishing/hunting locality to find out for sure.

By: Tim

Tim — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 19:02:19 +0000

I’m really interested in your sunfish. I’m in Southeastern Virginia, was thinking about collecting. Can you recommend books or something about keeping sunfish? Do they need live food all the time? Is it hard to get a collecting permit? Are they aggressive? Is a 30 gal too small?

By: Jason

Jason — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 18:13:39 +0000

“you’d also have to check on whether your local laws allow collection.”

Yeah, I hadn’t thought of that. It’s probably not legal. Our state motto is, “Washington: There’s a law against that.”

*le sigh*