Hello everyone, now I know this sounds far fetched, but I was wondering if I could put some Ellasoma Zonatum in community 125 with some fish like Enneacanthus, Notropis, Nocomis, and some Etheostoma as well. I know they only get up to about an inch and a half, but could they still work? I'm sure the answer is no, I'm just curious if anyone knows from experience.
Ellasoma Zonatum with Enneacanthus, Notropis, Nocomis, etc?
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, Dec 14 2013 11:41 PM
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Michael Wolfe
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Posted 14 December 2013 - 11:52 PM
I think the Enneacanthus would hunt them down. Even darters are pretty effective predator of very small things.
I currently have some Elassoma mixed with flag fish. And they are surviving and breeding in small numbers. But not thriving.
I currently have some Elassoma mixed with flag fish. And they are surviving and breeding in small numbers. But not thriving.
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Posted 15 December 2013 - 01:19 AM
No, don't mix the two.
Sure zonatum max out at 1.8 inches, but their young are less and they spend their first half year of life under 1 inch. This doesn't sound like a big deal, but actually look and compare the sizes.
Elassoma:
http://www.nanfa.org...l2003/site9.htm
Nocomis:
http://forum.nanfa.o...ar-of-the-fish/
The elassoma's about the width of the finger. The nocomis's open mouth is, too. Even the full grown elassoma in the picture can very much fit inside the mouth of that nocomis. Imagine how small the young are (half the size of the adult) and how much tastier to the nocomis. Keep in mind that elassoma life spans are less than two years, and the ones you'll get are already adults and halfway through that time. If you're not breeding them, you soon won't have any.
Sure zonatum max out at 1.8 inches, but their young are less and they spend their first half year of life under 1 inch. This doesn't sound like a big deal, but actually look and compare the sizes.
Elassoma:
http://www.nanfa.org...l2003/site9.htm
Nocomis:
http://forum.nanfa.o...ar-of-the-fish/
The elassoma's about the width of the finger. The nocomis's open mouth is, too. Even the full grown elassoma in the picture can very much fit inside the mouth of that nocomis. Imagine how small the young are (half the size of the adult) and how much tastier to the nocomis. Keep in mind that elassoma life spans are less than two years, and the ones you'll get are already adults and halfway through that time. If you're not breeding them, you soon won't have any.
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