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Prickly sculpin (lots of pics)

Started by Guest_Kaosu_* , Oct 16 2010 04:35 PM

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#1 Guest_Kaosu_*

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Posted 16 October 2010 - 04:35 PM

all of these fish were collected from the same lake in the same location
Clear Lake, Skagit County Wa.

my prickly sculpin...had her over a year now,
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her tank
20 gallon, fan cooled to just around 70 and below, one 45 gallon whisper filter, one 20 gallon whisper filter, one 55 gallon bubblier.
Logs/rocks collected by me, plants are Anubis and java furn
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prickly sculpin baby#1
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prickly sculpin baby#2
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unknown sculpin #1 (will get better pics to see if any one can ID soon)
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unknown #2
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#2 Guest_PhilipKukulski_*

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Posted 16 October 2010 - 06:11 PM

The baby #2 looks like a Round Goby.

http://seagrant.wisc.../roundgoby.html

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#3 Guest_panfisherteen_*

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Posted 16 October 2010 - 07:15 PM

nice looking sculpins :cool2:

. An all-scuplin tank eh, never seen that before

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#4 Guest_Kaosu_*

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Posted 16 October 2010 - 11:12 PM

The baby #2 looks like a Round Goby.

http://seagrant.wisc.../roundgoby.html

..looks like it but if you look at the link...it shows the difference
it is a Mottled sculpin.

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#5 Guest_Kaosu_*

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Posted 16 October 2010 - 11:15 PM

nice looking sculpins . An all-scuplin tank eh, never seen that before

thank you ^_^ i do enjoy my sculpin a great deal, ill be adding a paradise fish next month..depending on how it goes i might go with a pare but they are not native..i cant seem to find a small enough native to add to a 20 gallon with a sculpin, there are smaller natives but with my large one at over 4 inches...well she can eat anything around 2-2 1/2 inches right now..soo not many things to pick from that will stay small enough for a 20..and eventually a 55.

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#6 Guest_panfisherteen_*

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Posted 16 October 2010 - 11:55 PM

speckled dace can get to 4", obviously its whether the dace can reach 4" before the sculpin eats it :fishy:

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#7 Guest_Kaosu_*

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Posted 17 October 2010 - 12:07 AM

speckled dace can get to 4", obviously its whether the dace can reach 4" before the sculpin eats it

yeah..it would eventually be eaten at 4 inches seeing as i got her at under two inches about a year agoe..and is over 4 now...will probably hit the 6 inch mark next year. and im looking for mid to top range fish...

and narrow fish fit in her mouth better...^_^

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#8 Guest_panfisherteen_*

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Posted 17 October 2010 - 12:40 PM

could get some golden shiners but they get huge (not so much a predatory problem but a need of a bigger tank problem)

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#9 Guest_Kaosu_*

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Posted 17 October 2010 - 04:10 PM

yeah tank size is a problem, i have a 55g to upgrade to but this tank is in my bedroom ...and i could squeeze a 55 in but ...grr what a pain!

i still might..but for now its the 20g..ooh if only i had more space

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#10 Guest_panfisherteen_*

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Posted 17 October 2010 - 04:13 PM

at worst get some dace (if you want more natives), if the sculpin eats a couple, oh well :fishy:

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#11 Guest_Kaosu_*

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Posted 17 October 2010 - 05:27 PM

at worst get some dace (if you want more natives), if the sculpin eats a couple, oh well

yeah not sure where to find them ATM most of the streams around here are getting to cold to go collecting in..and lakes for that mater.

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#12 Guest_Skipjack_*

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Posted 18 October 2010 - 05:49 PM

http://www.natureser...dIndexes=819868
Mottled sculpin huh? That is one heck of a distribution. No surprise why this species is being worked with. Seems like one that might actually deserve some splitting. Scroll down and click on the distribution tab.

Edited by Skipjack, 18 October 2010 - 05:50 PM.