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Florida Flag Fish

Started by Michael Wolfe , Feb 22 2014 11:58 PM

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#1 Michael Wolfe

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North Georgia, Oconee River Drainage

Posted 22 February 2014 - 11:58 PM

Found this guy today hiding the java moss of a tank that I cleaned out... I had forgot he was in there. I moved him to another tank with other FFF.

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#2 mattknepley

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Smack-dab between the Savannah and the Saluda.

Posted 23 February 2014 - 07:28 AM

That's a beefy boy. Nice looking FFF.

Matt Knepley
"No thanks, a third of a gopher would merely arouse my appetite..."

#3 Guest_Casper_*

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Posted 23 February 2014 - 01:24 PM

Yeah, that's a nice suprise. Handsome with a slight resemblance to G Kimberli.

#4 Michael Wolfe

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North Georgia, Oconee River Drainage

Posted 23 February 2014 - 03:30 PM

Oh, it is defintely a FFF G. kermberli cf C. coxi

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#5 Guest_Casper_*

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Posted 23 February 2014 - 09:20 PM

He is handsome but the best i have EVER seen them was in the cement pond in the heat of summer. They were crazy proud, intensely colored and would dash out of the follage, strut about, wave their fins, and dash back in. Like a prancing male Longear but higher above the substrate.
They did not make the cold winters though. Considering their range i am pleased that they are surviving outdoors in northish Georgia.
Next time you visit bring a few and we will see what happens.

Gee off would be proud if he knew.

#6 Guest_Irate Mormon_*

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Posted 06 March 2014 - 12:41 AM

FFF=AFF? Sorry, couldn't resist the poke at a common misnomer :-)

#7 Michael Wolfe

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North Georgia, Oconee River Drainage

Posted 03 May 2014 - 07:03 PM

Winter in Georgia was very harsh this year... but... cleaned out the pnd the other day and found 4 teenage looking AMERICAN Flag Fish that survived under the 2 inches of ice that I had on the pond this winter.

Anyone that wants to consider these touchy, tender, pansy, florida near tropicals has another thing coming These individuals must have hunkered down on the very bottom of the pond and stayed nestled in the water lily rhizomes (no stems or anything in the winter). Tough, tough, Jordenalla floridae var G. kermberli cf C. coxi

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#8 al10

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North Carolina

Posted 21 November 2014 - 10:13 AM

I think I hae seen some of those, I use them as bait

they are killifish right?

#9 don212

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Posted 22 November 2014 - 07:58 PM

love flaggies, they are similar but not killies, they are cyprinodontids, pupfish, they are nearly endemic to fl. and one of the few natives popular in the tropical trade. they are our friends not fish food,

#10 al10

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North Carolina

Posted 22 November 2014 - 08:20 PM

Did you just say thatthey are our friends not food? Have you ever gone fishing?

#11 don212

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Posted 23 November 2014 - 08:41 AM

yes, it's a joke from nemo, but really i keep them so i don't use them, though i did try golden topminnows once , there seems to be a reason they use minnows, they take a beating and keep on swimming, not so much with killies, the fathead minnow is a tough little survivor.

#12 al10

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North Carolina

Posted 23 November 2014 - 12:45 PM

Haha I know. Haveyou tried bluefin killis? They are supose to be very hardy,also least killifish, they arent true killis they are livebearers(I think) and are less then an inch.