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Procrastination Saturday

Started by Guest_dredcon_* , Mar 03 2007 03:44 PM

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#1 Guest_dredcon_*

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Posted 03 March 2007 - 03:44 PM

Procrastinating today with a few pictures.

Male (I think) Central Newt
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Female Central Newt fat with eggs I hope

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My Pickerel after eating a crawfish this morning

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#2 Guest_dredcon_*

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Posted 03 March 2007 - 04:24 PM

Sunfish growout

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#3 Guest_dredcon_*

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Posted 03 March 2007 - 04:57 PM

Enneacanthids

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#4 Guest_dredcon_*

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Posted 03 March 2007 - 05:14 PM

Gulf darters

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#5 Guest_killier_*

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Posted 03 March 2007 - 05:19 PM

Gulf darters

sweet fish dredcon wish I had some gulf darters like that

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#6 Guest_dsmith73_*

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Posted 03 March 2007 - 08:15 PM

Those male bantams are very nice. They almost look more like bluespots than anything else. Nice fish.

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#7 Guest_NateTessler13_*

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Posted 03 March 2007 - 11:59 PM

Dredcon, how do you get such nice pictures from inside your tanks? I get a reflection off my glass and background too often, and I have to use the flash to take pictures of the fish otherwise my shots are blurry. How do you combat these things?

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#8 Guest_edbihary_*

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Posted 04 March 2007 - 01:49 PM

If that's a gulf darter, then what's this:

Gulf_Darter.jpg 104.92KB 2 downloads

I brought this fish back from northern Mississippi a couple weeks ago. I looked up in Peterson's all the darters that NatureServe says are supposed to be in the Yalobusha River watershed, and thought this matched the gulf darter illustration and none of the other illustrations. It doesn't look like your gulf darter.

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#9 Guest_dredcon_*

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Posted 04 March 2007 - 02:23 PM

If that's a gulf darter, then what's this:

Gulf_Darter.jpg 104.92KB 2 downloads

I brought this fish back from northern Mississippi a couple weeks ago. I looked up in Peterson's all the darters that NatureServe says are supposed to be in the Yalobusha River watershed, and thought this matched the gulf darter illustration and none of the other illustrations. It doesn't look like your gulf darter.

hmmm, let me think

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#10 Guest_dredcon_*

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Posted 04 March 2007 - 02:36 PM

No colors on it when it was collected? What habitat type did it come out of? It could be a female. Does it have a predorsal light stripe?

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#11 Guest_dsmith73_*

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Posted 04 March 2007 - 02:49 PM

If that's a gulf darter, then what's this:

I brought this fish back from northern Mississippi a couple weeks ago. I looked up in Peterson's all the darters that NatureServe says are supposed to be in the Yalobusha River watershed, and thought this matched the gulf darter illustration and none of the other illustrations. It doesn't look like your gulf darter.

That's a goldstripe darter, Etheostoma parvipinne.

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#12 Guest_edbihary_*

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Posted 04 March 2007 - 03:00 PM

What habitat type did it come out of?

Sandy-bottomed shallow pool. I think Dustin may have nailed it: goldstripe darter. Thanks.

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#13 Guest_farmertodd_*

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Posted 04 March 2007 - 05:19 PM

Sandy-bottomed shallow pool. I think Dustin may have nailed it: goldstripe darter. Thanks.

I'll third goldstripe darter. They're like the koi of darters. They're kinda so-so from the side, but looking down on them.. Oh man is that dorsal pattern COOL.

And great pictures of the gulf darter Dredcon. They're spunky lil' monkeys, I have them in my Gulf Drainage tank. Got some creole darters yesterday from the Michigan boys, but they haven't come out yet. I'm looking forward to seeing them fire up.

Todd

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#14 Guest_dredcon_*

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Posted 05 March 2007 - 11:36 AM

That's a goldstripe darter, Etheostoma parvipinne.

Hehe, I always miss the goldstripe. I love mine, very active.

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#15 Guest_dredcon_*

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Posted 05 March 2007 - 11:38 AM

And great pictures of the gulf darter Dredcon. They're spunky lil' monkeys, I have them in my Gulf Drainage tank. Got some creole darters yesterday from the Michigan boys, but they haven't come out yet. I'm looking forward to seeing them fire up.

Todd

Thanks, they are really starting to get some color since I have started feeding them live food.

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#16 Guest_dredcon_*

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Posted 05 March 2007 - 11:42 AM

Dredcon, how do you get such nice pictures from inside your tanks? I get a reflection off my glass and background too often, and I have to use the flash to take pictures of the fish otherwise my shots are blurry. How do you combat these things?

Thanks, most of its luck I think. I took about 200 pictures to get only a few good ones. I add lights from other tanks to the one I am shooting in. If thats not enough I use a high ISO, but it still comes out blurry sometimes. I use the flash sometimes, its best to have the camera right on the glass in that case. Also shooting at an angle will help reduce the glare from the flash.

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#17 Guest_edbihary_*

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Posted 05 March 2007 - 10:40 PM

Hehe, I always miss the goldstripe. I love mine, very active.

I love it too. Bummer that it's the only one I've got. If anyone can get me some more, I'll pay shipping or tell me what you're looking for from the western PA/OH area.

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#18 Guest_nativecajun_*

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Posted 17 March 2007 - 03:57 AM

Those male bantams are very nice. They almost look more like bluespots than anything else. Nice fish.

How can one distinguish a male from a female Bantam? The young both have the dorsal spot do they not?? Correct me If I am wrong. Because I had a lot of bantams when I returned from Louisiana that I had collected with dredcon. I did notice that some seemed to have a more pronounced spot on the rear of the dorsal on the young and I also observed that on some just a little larger the spots were gone and some were not. Please explain your remark above for me so I can learn. Thanks.

Daniel