
Sticklebacks
#1
Posted 12 October 2015 - 09:38 AM
#2
Posted 12 October 2015 - 10:17 AM
The plants will be fine, start with a pair or 2 pairs and there offspring (but they will eventually overpopulate the tank)
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#3
Posted 12 October 2015 - 11:46 AM
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#4
Posted 12 October 2015 - 11:53 AM
#5
Posted 12 October 2015 - 05:34 PM
Not too many people keep sticklebacks. Most feel like they are the devil's spawn, so I don't think there really is a ton of info here on their captive care. Try the search function you may find more info than I think.
I think a densely planted aquarium, and just a trio or so is a good plan. Hornwort is so simple, that I would use that as your primary plant, but that is simply an opinion.
The member formerly known as Skipjack
#6
Posted 12 October 2015 - 06:00 PM
#7
Posted 12 October 2015 - 06:11 PM
You can do that! Just keep it a one species tank. The people that hate them have tried mixing them with other species. They are notorious fin nippers and rather territorial.
#8
Posted 12 October 2015 - 06:37 PM
so them with snails is that okay? and maybe ghost shrimp for live enrichment
#9
Posted 12 October 2015 - 06:38 PM
plants are combomba, hornwort, willow moss, hairgrass and duckweed
#10
Posted 12 October 2015 - 06:38 PM
with a top fin 20 internal filter and spray bar attachment
#11
Posted 12 October 2015 - 07:10 PM
I would just use a sponge filter. No need for more. Also if you hope for reproduction, you would want a decent size sponge on the filter intake anyway. Don't think the ghost shrimp will buy you much. Many much better live food sources for sticklebacks. Ghost shrimp seem too big. Maybe their pelagic larvae would be snapped up, but I think even brine shrimp would be better.
The member formerly known as Skipjack
#12
Posted 12 October 2015 - 07:46 PM
#13
Posted 12 October 2015 - 08:49 PM
Yeah, love them or hide them.
The member formerly known as Skipjack
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Posted 12 October 2015 - 09:19 PM
#15
Posted 13 October 2015 - 08:10 AM
#16
Posted 13 October 2015 - 08:26 AM
#17
Posted 13 October 2015 - 09:28 AM
But would the sponge filter tanks up room and look bad?
NO !!! sponge filters are beautiful (repeat that 20 times each day).
There are native Myriophyllum spp such as M. pinnatum and others - you dont need to settle for the Eurasian one.
Fissidens is another native aquatic moss besides Fontinalis.
Gerald Pottern
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#18
Posted 13 October 2015 - 03:38 PM
1.myrophyllum sp.
2.northern water milfoil
3.najas sp.
4.native sag sp.
5. Foxtail sp.
6.hornwort
7.hairgrass sp.
8. Fissiden sp.
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#19
Posted 13 October 2015 - 04:53 PM
Watermilfoil and Foxtail are both common names for Myriophyllum. Assuming the plants survive, they will GROW and not stay in the space you have assigned to them. Planning an aquascape is fun, and this level of detail is appropriate if you're entering a weekend aquascape competition to be judged soon after set-up, but it's a bit impractical for a home aquarium intended for long-term maintenance. With the sprawling plant species you have chosen (Myrio, Najas, Hornwort), it'll quickly become a tangled mass of everything. The fish will love it, but dont be dissapointed if it doesn't match your "vision" a few months from now.
Gerald Pottern
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"Taxonomy is the diaper used to organize the mess of evolution into discrete packages" - M.Sandel
#20
Posted 13 October 2015 - 05:02 PM
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