Hey all! I have a 10 gallon tank that I was going to fill with substrate and rocks from local creeks to make the most natural set up possible while spending little to no money on it at all. For said tank I was considering keeping a few tessellated darter from local creeks. Is there anything specific I should know about keeping tessellated darter at all (specific habitat, substrate, feeding, ect...). Feedback and comments are welcome! 
Tessellated Darter Care
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LargemouthSuckBass
, Apr 09 2019 12:57 PM
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LargemouthSuckBass
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Posted 09 April 2019 - 12:57 PM
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Matt DeLaVega
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Posted 09 April 2019 - 02:31 PM
Frozen and live foods are best. Flakes or other prepared foods won't do the trick. Sand is a better substrate than gravel.
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Fleendar the Magnificent
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Posted 09 April 2019 - 03:47 PM
The darters I have came from a rocky bottom river. Not sure what your creek is like but trying to replicate their habitat is best.
Foods. Frozen Blood worms and mysis shrimp have been big successes with my darters. They eat both with equal gusto. Darters won't touch flake foods. I've tried and they either ignore it or spit it out. They also like nightcrawlers, but you have to chip-chop them into very tiny bits. It's icky.
If you can get live foods, they'll like that as well.
Foods. Frozen Blood worms and mysis shrimp have been big successes with my darters. They eat both with equal gusto. Darters won't touch flake foods. I've tried and they either ignore it or spit it out. They also like nightcrawlers, but you have to chip-chop them into very tiny bits. It's icky.
If you can get live foods, they'll like that as well.
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Matt DeLaVega
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- Ohio
Posted 09 April 2019 - 04:04 PM
Tessellated darters. Sand is better.
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