I'm currently searching around for stock for my 125 gallon. I plan to do sunnies and some other natives. I have searched aquabid every day for months and contacted zimmermans fish repeatedly and can't find some of the natives I'm looking for. I desperately want a yellow perch, a shadow bass, and some unique bottom dweller like a toadfish or something. Can someone please help? I know I can fish for a yellow perch, but catching one at a desired size is hard. I'll be raising my fish from a small size. Please help. I love the hobby and have a passion for natives.
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Posted 18 June 2013 - 12:12 PM
Yellow perch can often be found for pond stocking at fish hatcheries. Rock bass are very similar to shadow bass, and they are in your area. They are fairly easy to catch hook and line. Toad fish? Can't help you there.
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Posted 18 June 2013 - 02:36 PM
Toadfish are a marine species....which will not work with your perch/sunfish.
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Posted 18 June 2013 - 02:57 PM
Would any type of sculpin work?
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Posted 18 June 2013 - 03:13 PM
Aaron, perhaps you confused the [Oyster] Toadfish (Opsanus tau) with Sculpin (Cottus sp.). I can certainly see the resemblance and how you may have confused the two. Oyster toadfish are native to coastal, Atlantic, brackish/marine habitats and can grow a foot in length . Sculpin are freshwater stream fish, which are quite different....at least in their habitat preferences.
To again answer your question, no, a sculpin would not be a good choice to live with your sunfish in my opinion. Many do not thrive all that well in warmer waters (mid 70's and above), and again, prefer a stream environment with cool, flowing, well-oxygenated water.
Hope this clears up any confusion and gets you headed in the right direction.
To again answer your question, no, a sculpin would not be a good choice to live with your sunfish in my opinion. Many do not thrive all that well in warmer waters (mid 70's and above), and again, prefer a stream environment with cool, flowing, well-oxygenated water.
Hope this clears up any confusion and gets you headed in the right direction.
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Posted 18 June 2013 - 03:30 PM
If you try sculpin, try to collect them from warmer waters. I have seen banded sculpin in surprisingly warm streams. I have had good luck with sculpin, but they were in highly aerated basement tanks.
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Posted 18 June 2013 - 10:53 PM
I know the difference between the two. I was hoping that the toadfish would be possible since I knew sculpin were a more demanding species. However, I would obviously not be doing brackish water, so the toadfish is not possible either. Are there any unique bottom dwellers like that that would work well? I already hope to do some catfish. I'm steering toward madtoms as bullheads get too large in my opinion. I want something unique.
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