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Easiest Percina darter to breed?

Started by Leo1234 , Apr 26 2015 04:06 PM

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#1 Leo1234

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san clemente, california

Posted 26 April 2015 - 04:06 PM

what would be the easiest to breed? They would need to be able to be bred in 68-78 degree water.

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#2 Sean Phillips

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Allegheny River Drainage, Southwest PA

Posted 27 April 2015 - 04:23 PM

None. IME temps need to be at least in the mid to low fifties before any darters shows any signs of wanting to spawn. My johnnies weren't showing any breeding habits until the water was 54 and I rose it to 64.

Sean Phillips - Pine Creek Watershed - Allegheny River Drainage

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#3 don212

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Posted 28 April 2015 - 10:28 AM

how about swamp darters though i have not tried to breed mine

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#4 gerald

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Wake Forest, North Carolina

Posted 28 April 2015 - 12:34 PM

How about P. nigrofasciata from FL springs that are nearly constant temp year round?

Gerald Pottern
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Hangin' on the Neuse
"Taxonomy is the diaper used to organize the mess of evolution into discrete packages" - M.Sandel

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#5 killier

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Posted 28 April 2015 - 01:24 PM

I'd agree with Gerald. Blackbanded would be my choice. Hardy little buggers and they live all over the southeast.

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#6 Leo1234

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san clemente, california

Posted 28 April 2015 - 06:04 PM

How do you spawn blackbanded darters?

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#7 Sean Phillips

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Allegheny River Drainage, Southwest PA

Posted 28 April 2015 - 06:14 PM

How do you spawn blackbanded darters?

I'd like to know as well. I wasn't aware there was a species of darter that lived in those temps year round.

Sean Phillips - Pine Creek Watershed - Allegheny River Drainage

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#8 Ken

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Posted 12 May 2015 - 10:41 PM

I would probably have to agree with Blackbanded. I spawned them through F3 than sadly lost them to what looked like a bacterial infection a couple months ago. Here are some photos of Multi generations together, courting and spawning.....