SE MN Bowfin
#4 Guest_Newt_*
Posted 14 December 2010 - 05:57 PM
#7 Guest_Yeahson421_*
Posted 14 December 2010 - 08:16 PM
#8 Guest_Newt_*
Posted 14 December 2010 - 08:55 PM
I don't think you can keep an adequate forage base for such voracious fish in a pond that size. You'll need to supplement with additional feeders or processed food pretty frequently. I suggest you pellet-train the fish while you have it in a tank.
#9 Guest_Yeahson421_*
Posted 14 December 2010 - 10:28 PM
I know that the 200 minnows won't be adequete forage, they will be mostly for some amount of interest towards the surface for a few weeks. Also, the pond will be, for the most part, heavily planted. One problem with this is the Bullhead because I've heard that they are plant destroyers. There will also be small cracks in rocks and the like to help the survival of smaller fish. And for the Pickerel, the idea is that for the first 1-2 years they will pretty much go untouched, afterwards I plan on removing some to a tank. My main worry is if the pickerel will bother the bowfin, and same goes for if whatever other tankmates will bother him.Bowfin should do okay with gar, but I think pickerel would eventually be eaten. Bullheads might work. Just be careful to keep fish near the same size.
I don't think you can keep an adequate forage base for such voracious fish in a pond that size. You'll need to supplement with additional feeders or processed food pretty frequently. I suggest you pellet-train the fish while you have it in a tank.
#10 Guest_Newt_*
Posted 14 December 2010 - 10:43 PM
My experience with pickerel is that they are uninterested in fish that are close to their own size. If it's too big to be eaten, and too small to eat them, it's not worth paying attention to.
#11 Guest_Yeahson421_*
Posted 14 December 2010 - 11:11 PM
#12 Guest_Irate Mormon_*
Posted 16 December 2010 - 12:21 AM
Ok, thanks. My plans for planting are lillies and elodea, and I don't mind if the elodea ends up floating, I will most likely pot it though. Ok, so my current stocking list is this: 1 Bowfin, 2 Bullhead (More/less?), and maybe like 4-5 Grass Pickerel. Do you have any other ideas? I'm just worried about getting gar because I don't want my Bowfin to get hurt.
Bowfin and gar pretty much ignore each other. They will get along just fine.
#16 Guest_ipchay61_*
Posted 16 December 2010 - 09:47 PM
LOL, that bowfin was 30-32" in length. I caught it in the 16" dipnet that you see below the fish. Scared the poop out of me when I lifted it up. That's Dustin's boot in the pic. It was released unharmed although it looks like something had taken a bite out of it's tail before I caught it.Hahaha! I was thinking something a little smaller... LOL!
#17 Guest_Yeahson421_*
Posted 17 December 2010 - 05:44 PM
That's CRAZY!LOL, that bowfin was 30-32" in length. I caught it in the 16" dipnet that you see below the fish. Scared the poop out of me when I lifted it up. That's Dustin's boot in the pic. It was released unharmed although it looks like something had taken a bite out of it's tail before I caught it.
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