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#1 saugatuckstiel

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Posted 30 November 2019 - 09:59 AM

Hello Everyone!

 

I'm new to keeping native fish, and I'm looking to stock a 37 gallon tank with fish from my local river/watershed: the Saugatuck River in Weston, CT. I'd like to have a piece of the river that is such a huge part of my life (as a rower) in my bedroom, and perhaps to take with me when I go off to college.

 

I'm open to any and all suggestions, though I have some very preliminary thoughts. I've always found golden shiners to be beautiful. I'd love to keep pumpkinseeds, though from what I've read here keeping more than 1 or fewer than 5-6 of these is not advisable, and for that larger school size a 55 gallon is recommended. Could I keep a healthy school in a 37 gallon tank? Will a single pumpkinseed get along with a school of shiners?

 

The tank has a fairly small footprint and is pretty deep, 30"x12"x22", which I suppose is not ideal, but it'll fit on my bookshelf and the Black Friday deal was irresistible.

 

If any of this seems totally out of the question for a novice aquarist such as myself, please let me know. I've kept freshwater fish successfully in the past, but it's been a while since then.

 

Thanks!



#2 JasonL

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Posted 30 November 2019 - 04:47 PM

I think you could keep a single Pumpkinseed with a small school of Golden Shiners in a tank like that. Golden Shiners in theory can get 10-12 inches long and outgrow your tank, but my aquarium experience with them is they rapidly grow to 3-4 inches then slow down quite a bit. Regardless those 2 species would do ok together in my opinion.



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