Stock list? Looks like some nice shiners in there still fired up.
If it's not too soon, what was lost in the great tragedy of the temporary tank?
Stock list:
SRBD
Scarlet Shiners
Rainbow Shiners
Alabama Shiners
Tri-Color Shiner
Yellowfin Shiners
Redside Dace
Ozark Minnow
Rosyface Chub
Blackstripe Topminnow
I'd expect some type of breeding behavior next spring. The area where that tank is an unfinished part of my basement. So the temps in there fluctuate with the seasons, but also doesn't get to extremes where the fish would be unconformable.
The temp tank was more of a failure than a tragedy. I have a 20long that I take to river cleanups and events to setup and show people fish. I set it up using a couple established filters. I thought this would buy me enough time. But I suppose the combination of transport stress, over crowding in my cooler, and the stress of being in that 20gal was too much. I lost a bunch of Tri-Color, Yellowfin Shiners, Rainbow Shiners and most of my Rosyface Chubs. Like I said before, I probably lost 75-80% of the fish I brought back from GA. I'm not sure which one upsets me more. I love the color of the Rainbows, but was looking forward to having a good sized school of Yellowfins in that tank. I think I have 3-4 now.
Seems like Tri-Colors are kinda touchy anyways (especially in summer). I jumped down into GA for a couple hours while on a trip to Chattanooga. I collected for a couple hours, and found 4 Tri-Colors. They were only in a cooler for 4 hours until I got home. I still lost 3 of the 4, but all the Alabama Shiners were fine, so I have about 10 of those.