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Shiner Cannibalism

Started by Guest_fuzzyletters_* , Jun 15 2007 11:34 PM

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#1 Guest_fuzzyletters_*

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Posted 15 June 2007 - 11:34 PM

I have a few minnows in a bucket right now... they look like a cross between sand shiners and bluntnose minnows. Anyway, the largest one ate the smallest one I think, as I can't find the littlest one anywhere (in or outside) and I had a lid on the bucket. I was under the impression that these would be peaceful inhabitants of a native tank and this makes me nervous. :S Has anyone else had similar experience? Advice? :S

#2 Guest_teleost_*

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Posted 15 June 2007 - 11:43 PM

Since neither sand or bluntnose have large mouths, I'd guess you have something along the lines of a creek chub in the bucket?

I guess it's possible, but you must have very large and very small fish in the same bucket for that to happen.

#3 Guest_fuzzyletters_*

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Posted 16 June 2007 - 12:56 AM

I think you're right... the pictures that I originally saw of creek chub looked nothing like these fish but others look very similar.

#4 Guest_dredcon_*

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Posted 16 June 2007 - 01:12 PM

I have had large Cyprinella sp. that would eat any small fish added to the tank.

#5 Guest_fuzzyletters_*

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Posted 17 June 2007 - 11:23 AM

I have had large Cyprinella sp. that would eat any small fish added to the tank.

Today I found the second-largest of four alive and well and his second-smallest tankmate dead and headless.

I was hoping that I could put my slenderhead darter in with them today, but now I'm afraid.

By the way, dredcon, I love your photo galleries.

#6 Guest_factnfiction101_*

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Posted 20 June 2007 - 01:50 PM

Can you take a few pictures of them, so that someone can tell you what they are? I've had creek chubs of different sizes to stay alive for two days, without fighting (until I used them for bait). They may have not been small enough for the big ones to eat though...

#7 Guest_fuzzyletters_*

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Posted 22 June 2007 - 02:38 PM

Can you take a few pictures of them, so that someone can tell you what they are? I've had creek chubs of different sizes to stay alive for two days, without fighting (until I used them for bait). They may have not been small enough for the big ones to eat though...

Yes... but it will take me a day or two probably (I need to borrow a camera with a macro option :S)

#8 Guest_fuzzyletters_*

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Posted 23 June 2007 - 02:42 AM

These are two different fish of different sizes that I think are the same species (sorry about image quality):

#9 Guest_factnfiction101_*

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Posted 28 June 2007 - 12:27 PM

I think we have those here in WV, but I've never heard of them eating each other. I've seen those type of shiners in big groups, of all different sizes getting along just fine (if they are the same type of shiner). I have no idea

I'm not sure what kind of minnow is in the bottom picture.

#10 Guest_fuzzyletters_*

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Posted 29 June 2007 - 12:08 AM

I think we have those here in WV, but I've never heard of them eating each other. I've seen those type of shiners in big groups, of all different sizes getting along just fine (if they are the same type of shiner). I have no idea

I'm not sure what kind of minnow is in the bottom picture.

They're all the same type, just two different sizes and a number of pictures. Sorry about the quality; if you need better ones I can try to get some.