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#1 Guest_SunfishGuy99_*

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Posted 03 November 2012 - 10:17 AM

Hello NANFA community, I am new to this site but not to natives, I currently have a 62 gallon sunfish/bass tank and a 15 gallon 1" fry grow out. These are all the natives fish I have ever kept:
-redbreast sunfish 3"
-bluegill 6"
-bluegill 5.5"
-bluegill 4.5-5"
-pumpkinseed 5.5"
-pumpkinseed 5"
-bluegill 4"
-3 largemouth bass 3"
-pumpkinseed 5"
-bluegill 6"
-redeye bass 3"
-mottled sculpin 2.5"
-many, many fathead minnows 1"
-many, many baby bluegill and assorted mystery sunnies


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Posted 03 November 2012 - 10:59 AM

What species are the fry in the growout tank? Sunfish?

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Posted 03 November 2012 - 11:16 AM

The 2.5" sculpin, the 1" minnows, and all the little sunfish. Right now I'm thinking bluegill, green, redbreast, and bantam.

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Posted 03 November 2012 - 03:49 PM

Awww, cute.

Would it be possible for you to write some breeding reports? Like, post pictures of your setups and describe the pH, DH, temperature, food? Spawning information is very valuable and hard to come by. It'd be appreciated by many if you shared how you got your success. :)

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Posted 03 November 2012 - 04:46 PM

Awww, cute.

Would it be possible for you to write some breeding reports? Like, post pictures of your setups and describe the pH, DH, temperature, food? Spawning information is very valuable and hard to come by. It'd be appreciated by many if you shared how you got your success. :)

Oh, I'm sorry, I caught all those sunfish. If you're interested there were pairs of sunfish in breeding color in 2' cleared out circles where I caught them.

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Posted 05 November 2012 - 11:07 PM

Awesome, another NJ native fishkeeper. What part of the state are you from if you don't mind me asking

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Posted 06 November 2012 - 07:32 AM

Awesome, another NJ native fishkeeper. What part of the state are you from if you don't mind me asking

Morris county near morristown nj. Where do you cat h your fish and what kinds do you catch?

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Posted 06 November 2012 - 08:11 AM

I catch most of my fish in the Delaware river and various creeks and brooks that feed into it.I also fish and explore the Millstone and South Branch of the Raritan rivers. I have started exploring the northwest part of NJ around Walpack quite a bit and found one minnow species I have to post pictures of one day to get it identified. I mostly keep crayfish but I do keep some shiners,Madtoms, Eastern Banded Killifish and one very large male Bluegill.

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Posted 06 November 2012 - 09:30 AM

Welcome to the forum!

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Posted 06 November 2012 - 05:37 PM

I catch most of my fish in the Delaware river and various creeks and brooks that feed into it.I also fish and explore the Millstone and South Branch of the Raritan rivers. I have started exploring the northwest part of NJ around Walpack quite a bit and found one minnow species I have to post pictures of one day to get it identified. I mostly keep crayfish but I do keep some shiners,Madtoms, Eastern Banded Killifish and one very large male Bluegill.

how big? i have a 5'' female bluegill

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Posted 06 November 2012 - 05:37 PM

Welcome to the forum!

thanks!

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Posted 07 November 2012 - 09:43 AM

how big? i have a 5'' female bluegill


He weighs close to a pound and is bigger then my hand.

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Posted 07 November 2012 - 05:29 PM

He weighs close to a pound and is bigger then my hand.

A pound? Wow he must be a big bruiser.

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Posted 07 November 2012 - 05:29 PM

Can you post a pic of him in relation to a hand or a ruler or something?



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