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20 gallon long Native tank

Started by Guest_mcneesecajun14_* , Sep 24 2013 07:11 PM

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#1 Guest_mcneesecajun14_*

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Posted 24 September 2013 - 07:11 PM

Hello all fellow aquariumnist! Because of recent events (mostly because my best friend has sparked an interest in me starting my own tank),I am now set up with a 20 gallon long tank which i have set up to start collecting natives. I plan to start with a small warmouth and maybe a green sunfish from my camp in Church Point, Louisiana. I understand that the tank will eventually become to small but because I only have so much room in my dorm I am limited. I will simply release the fish into my fish pond on our pourch and raise a couple of more. I just am very happy to start this new hobby and am really ready to watch my fish grow!

Thanks!

Gavin J. Guidry
President Couyon Brothers Assosiation.

Edited by mcneesecajun14, 24 September 2013 - 07:37 PM.

#2 Michael Wolfe

Board of Directors

North Georgia, Oconee River Drainage

Posted 24 September 2013 - 07:43 PM

Welcome Gavin,

We are glad to have you here. Please read up on the forum and maybe even jump over to the main web page. You will quickly see that NANFA is about much more than aquariums. And while you are looking at some of those things (like maybe even the NANFA code of ethics) and thinking about stuff, let me encourage you to take a different approach with your native aquarium. It is very important for the health of your native environment to never return a fish that you have held in a captive aquarium back to the wild. Once you have taken a fish out of the wild (legally), then it is your fish to take care of from then on. So plan ahead and make a space for any fish you do take home.

Also let me encourage you to learn about other fishes that you might enjoy even more in your 20L. But most of all, welcome and I hope you can get all the info you need to be successful with your native fish.

Either write something worth reading or do something worth writing. - Benjamin Franklin

#3 Guest_Skipjack_*

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Posted 24 September 2013 - 07:44 PM

Please don't release fish that have been captive. Into a closed pond system is no problem, but not into any waterways. Aquarium kept fish can develop diseases, even if they do not show symptoms of them. These diseases can be very foreign to native fish in said water way, and you don't want that on your conscience.

#4 Guest_LSUMAN_*

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Posted 24 September 2013 - 07:44 PM

Sounds like you have a good buddy for pointing you into the direction of native fish keeping. I hope you have much success with your tank

Steffan McBride

#5 Guest_mcneesecajun14_*

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Posted 24 September 2013 - 07:51 PM

Let me clarify i will be releasing the fish into a enclosed pond which sits on our back pourch. It is more of a big water trough converted into a pond with many native plants. Thanks for the information i plan to learn alot more from the main site but also the forum. Thanks Steffan McBride! I see that you are from South Louisiana? What part? Maybe we can get together and talk about tanking.

Gavin Guidry

#6 Michael Wolfe

Board of Directors

North Georgia, Oconee River Drainage

Posted 24 September 2013 - 08:00 PM

Perfect solution! I have several such "ponds" that I have created using 100 gallon "stock tanks" with some water lily and some pickerel weed and even a pitcher plant or two... and of course fishes! Thanks for taking that into consideration Gavin.

Either write something worth reading or do something worth writing. - Benjamin Franklin