Sunfish Community And Breeding
#1 Guest_fishlvr_*
Posted 28 July 2007 - 11:01 PM
#2 Guest_sandtiger_*
Posted 29 July 2007 - 11:44 AM
Will a pair of sunfish breed in a community tank? I have some longears I'm going to put in a 55 and was thinking of adding some pickerels and maybe some bantams. I know the pickerels would eat the fry, so I would remove the fry ASAP, but I was just wondering if the fish would lay eggs with other species of fish in the same tank. If not I can always get separate tanks, but I was just wondering if it could work out.
Sunfish will breed in a community aquarium but I don't suggest to try it or let them. Males become rather territorial when protecting their nest, even a pickerel would not be safe...especially in a 55g.
#3 Guest_fishlvr_*
Posted 29 July 2007 - 10:47 PM
#4 Guest_smbass_*
Posted 29 July 2007 - 11:05 PM
#5 Guest_fishlvr_*
Posted 29 July 2007 - 11:25 PM
BTW the longears and warmouth I bought from you(smbass) are all doing great. The largest one is definately male. The others I can't really tell. I think one of the others is a male, but they all have a little red on the gills so I'm not sure about any of them. I think I'm going to have to move the warmouth, because the longears are such aggressive feeders that he barely gets any food. I do feed him cut up earthworms though, which the longears can't quite swallow yet.
#6 Guest_centrarchid_*
Posted 30 July 2007 - 08:50 AM
Will a pair of sunfish breed in a community tank? I have some longears I'm going to put in a 55 and was thinking of adding some pickerels and maybe some bantams. I know the pickerels would eat the fry, so I would remove the fry ASAP, but I was just wondering if the fish would lay eggs with other species of fish in the same tank. If not I can always get separate tanks, but I was just wondering if it could work out.
I have been able to breed sunfishes, including bantams in multi-species tanks. Often easier than with a single isolated maleA single territorial / nesting male will allocate more time to aggression against tank mates (females and heterospecifics) than multiple males with such aggresion devoted more to relatively harmless male-male territorial disputes. Remove pro-larvae a couple days post-hatch.
#7 Guest_smbass_*
Posted 30 July 2007 - 10:47 AM
Also glad to hear your fish are well. Sounds like you are taking care of them well and seeing first hand that the warmouth are rather dossile even though they get much larger than the longears. They can work in the same tank as long as the warmouth stays well ahead of the longears in size.
As far as the plants go, i would say that would work if you can get the plants to grow ok being sparsely planted. I have always found that to get good plant growth that is algae free they need to be rather densly planted throughout the entire tank. My rule is either it is a planted tank or it's not, there is no real middle ground. This is just my own experience though, I certainly wouldn't claim to be an expert on growing plants in a tank.
#8 Guest_fishlvr_*
Posted 30 July 2007 - 01:41 PM
#9 Guest_smbass_*
Posted 30 July 2007 - 11:59 PM
#10 Guest_fishlvr_*
Posted 31 July 2007 - 03:34 PM
#11 Guest_smbass_*
Posted 10 August 2007 - 01:12 PM
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