I was just wondering if someone has put up a poll to see what the most common native species kept is?
If not I will start here. I am just talking about fish in tanks not pond or outside fish. I figure this could end up being a large list for some of the more avid collectors out there.
I have
5 Green sunfish
8+ Mosquito fish
1 largemouth bass
please add up the totals after your list.
Most common natives kept poll.
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Posted 30 January 2008 - 07:44 PM
Cool idea, I just posted a lot of them in another post you started but I'll put here again
I also have 5 bluespotted sunfish and 2 mosquito fish.
My community tank (75 gallons) has two eastern mudminnows, 2 pumpkinseeds, 6 shiners (swallowtail and satinfin), a tessellated darter, 4 banded killifish, and two mummichogs.
I also have 5 bluespotted sunfish and 2 mosquito fish.
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Posted 30 January 2008 - 09:44 PM
At the moment I have ~50 scarlet shiners, 2 blackspotted topminnows, 1 striped shiner and a bluntnose minnow.
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Posted 30 January 2008 - 10:09 PM
Most commonly kept natives? Just look at the threads in the Sunfish subforum. Sunnies win by a landslide, with bluegill being the most popular for some reason. LMB are right up there too.
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Posted 30 January 2008 - 10:24 PM
Most commonly kept natives? Just look at the threads in the Sunfish subforum. Sunnies win by a landslide, with bluegill being the most popular for some reason. LMB are right up there too.
bluegill or green sunfish? greens can't be far behind.
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Posted 30 January 2008 - 10:43 PM
bluegill or green sunfish? greens can't be far behind.
Yup. I kept a green myself in my younger days - he even had a name.
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Posted 30 January 2008 - 11:15 PM
You're sure he wasn't a hybrid?Yup. I kept a green myself in my younger days - he even had a name.
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Posted 30 January 2008 - 11:18 PM
You're sure he wasn't a hybrid?
Real sure!
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Posted 31 January 2008 - 12:03 AM
My collection consist of the following.
3 Green sunfish
3 Pumpkinseeds
3 Black bullheads
4 Yellow perch
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13 Fish total
3 Green sunfish
3 Pumpkinseeds
3 Black bullheads
4 Yellow perch
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13 Fish total
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Posted 31 January 2008 - 12:17 AM
I have in my 40 long:
between 5 and 7 central mudminnows.(started with 8, lost one about a month ago to an accident, but never seem to see more then 5 at a time..but never saw more then 4 or 5 at a time BEFORE the loss, and have never found or seen another dead one..so entirely possible all save the known casualty are still in there!)
6 blackchin shiners,
6 northern redbelly dace
11 rainbow darters
1 greenside darter
7 american flag fish
3 gambusia
1 western banded killiefish
Adding soon:
couple more greenside darters.
some dwarf crayfish(once I have a separate population up and running).
In spring(or thereabouts). Some(maybe a pair...)bluespotted sunfish. The Sunfish are not 100 percent certain..I'd like some, just unsure yet of if they will fit in with the rest of the community.
between 5 and 7 central mudminnows.(started with 8, lost one about a month ago to an accident, but never seem to see more then 5 at a time..but never saw more then 4 or 5 at a time BEFORE the loss, and have never found or seen another dead one..so entirely possible all save the known casualty are still in there!)
6 blackchin shiners,
6 northern redbelly dace
11 rainbow darters
1 greenside darter
7 american flag fish
3 gambusia
1 western banded killiefish
Adding soon:
couple more greenside darters.
some dwarf crayfish(once I have a separate population up and running).
In spring(or thereabouts). Some(maybe a pair...)bluespotted sunfish. The Sunfish are not 100 percent certain..I'd like some, just unsure yet of if they will fit in with the rest of the community.
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Posted 31 January 2008 - 06:06 AM
All,
Here is a list of my fish. This is both my personal stock and my for-sale stock inclusive.
26 Johnny Darters (Etheostoma nigrum)
15 Fantail Darters (Etheostoma flabellare)
11 Common Shiners (Luxilus cornutus)
10 Bluntnose Minnows (Pimephales notatus)
10 Show-Quality Blackstripe Topminnows (Fundulus notatus)
9 Swamp Darters (Etheostoma fusiforme)
8 Bluefin Killifish (Lucania goodei)
8 Least Killifish (Heterandria formosa)
6 Roanoke Darters (Percina roanoka)
5 Blacknose Dace (Rhinichthys atratulus)
5 Creek Chubs (Semotilus atromaculatus)
5 Hornyhead Chubs (Nocomis biguttatus)
4 Mosquitofish (Gambusia affinis)
4 Sand Shiners (Notropis stramineus)
4 Spotfin Shiners (Cyprinella spiloptera)
3 Tadpole Madtoms (Noturus gyrinus)
2 Central Mudminnows (Umbra limi)
1 Blackchin Shiner (Notropis heterodon)
1 Central Stoneroller (Campostoma anomalum)
1 Fathead Minnow (Pimephales promelas)
1 Golden Shiner (Notemigonus crysoleucas)
1 Southern Redbelly Dace (Phoxinus erythrogaster)
1 Unidentified “Finer Shiner” (*Came in with a batch of Rainbow Shiners)
1 Yellowfin Shiner (Notropis lutipinnis)(*Soon to be 5 of these)
The "Finer Shiner" I don't have any pictures of because she won't sit still for the camera. She was sent to me as a female Rainbow Shiner (Notropis chrosomus) but I'm not convinced that she is because of her coloration, or lack thereof. The only reason I know she's a female something is because she's gravid. I'll have to try harder to get some pics to post.
The Blackstripe Topminnows I call "Show-Quality" because I won an award for a pair that I entered into a killifish show from the same collection site as the ones I have in-house.
All of the fish in my list are split-up among the 13 tanks that I have. They range in size from 55 gallons to <1 gallon. The majority of my tanks are heavily planted.
Here is a list of my fish. This is both my personal stock and my for-sale stock inclusive.
26 Johnny Darters (Etheostoma nigrum)
15 Fantail Darters (Etheostoma flabellare)
11 Common Shiners (Luxilus cornutus)
10 Bluntnose Minnows (Pimephales notatus)
10 Show-Quality Blackstripe Topminnows (Fundulus notatus)
9 Swamp Darters (Etheostoma fusiforme)
8 Bluefin Killifish (Lucania goodei)
8 Least Killifish (Heterandria formosa)
6 Roanoke Darters (Percina roanoka)
5 Blacknose Dace (Rhinichthys atratulus)
5 Creek Chubs (Semotilus atromaculatus)
5 Hornyhead Chubs (Nocomis biguttatus)
4 Mosquitofish (Gambusia affinis)
4 Sand Shiners (Notropis stramineus)
4 Spotfin Shiners (Cyprinella spiloptera)
3 Tadpole Madtoms (Noturus gyrinus)
2 Central Mudminnows (Umbra limi)
1 Blackchin Shiner (Notropis heterodon)
1 Central Stoneroller (Campostoma anomalum)
1 Fathead Minnow (Pimephales promelas)
1 Golden Shiner (Notemigonus crysoleucas)
1 Southern Redbelly Dace (Phoxinus erythrogaster)
1 Unidentified “Finer Shiner” (*Came in with a batch of Rainbow Shiners)
1 Yellowfin Shiner (Notropis lutipinnis)(*Soon to be 5 of these)
The "Finer Shiner" I don't have any pictures of because she won't sit still for the camera. She was sent to me as a female Rainbow Shiner (Notropis chrosomus) but I'm not convinced that she is because of her coloration, or lack thereof. The only reason I know she's a female something is because she's gravid. I'll have to try harder to get some pics to post.
The Blackstripe Topminnows I call "Show-Quality" because I won an award for a pair that I entered into a killifish show from the same collection site as the ones I have in-house.
All of the fish in my list are split-up among the 13 tanks that I have. They range in size from 55 gallons to <1 gallon. The majority of my tanks are heavily planted.
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Posted 31 January 2008 - 07:11 AM
I caught soooo many small bluegill and pumpkinseed this fall that they were the designated pickerel feeders for the winter, as well as small crays and night crawlers. The gar really likes fatheads too.
55 gal
7" Redfin
1 bluegill (that hasn't been eaten yet)
30L
7" Florida/Spotted Gar (not quite sure which)
3 bluegill
3 pumkin seeds
40 Breeder - all are bound for the pond in the spring ( after I remove the two chain pickerel in there!!)
1 Golden Shiner
3 banded killies
2 logperch
12 small bluespotted sunfish
55 gal
7" Redfin
1 bluegill (that hasn't been eaten yet)
30L
7" Florida/Spotted Gar (not quite sure which)
3 bluegill
3 pumkin seeds
40 Breeder - all are bound for the pond in the spring ( after I remove the two chain pickerel in there!!)
1 Golden Shiner
3 banded killies
2 logperch
12 small bluespotted sunfish
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Posted 31 January 2008 - 08:43 AM
Big salt tank
1 spotfin butterflyfish
1 blackbacked flounder
~6 rainwater killies
30 gal salt
one pair bicolored damsels
2.5 gal salt
3 rainwater killie fry rescued from canister filter
2 adult female rainwaters fattening up for future breeding
big planted tank
~30 sailfin mollies
5 rainwater killies
55 gal stream
11 SRBD
4 common shiners
3 blacknose dace
6 rainbow darters
4 tesselated darters
3 roanoke darters
2 fourspine stickleback
1 small bluegill
30 gal planted swamp
5 golden shiners
6 bluespotted sunnies
4 banded sunnies
15 gal oddball
2 goldfish trained to swim through hoop [5th grade science project ]
1 pumpkinseed banished from swamp for aggression
2 central mudminnows rescued from baitbucket
20 gal nursery
unknown number of SRBD eggs/fry
4 boys, 2 cats and one wife who whines about the electric bill
1 spotfin butterflyfish
1 blackbacked flounder
~6 rainwater killies
30 gal salt
one pair bicolored damsels
2.5 gal salt
3 rainwater killie fry rescued from canister filter
2 adult female rainwaters fattening up for future breeding
big planted tank
~30 sailfin mollies
5 rainwater killies
55 gal stream
11 SRBD
4 common shiners
3 blacknose dace
6 rainbow darters
4 tesselated darters
3 roanoke darters
2 fourspine stickleback
1 small bluegill
30 gal planted swamp
5 golden shiners
6 bluespotted sunnies
4 banded sunnies
15 gal oddball
2 goldfish trained to swim through hoop [5th grade science project
]1 pumpkinseed banished from swamp for aggression
2 central mudminnows rescued from baitbucket
20 gal nursery
unknown number of SRBD eggs/fry
4 boys, 2 cats and one wife who whines about the electric bill
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Posted 31 January 2008 - 11:10 AM
You may all laugh at me, but the only native fish I'm keeping right now (besides a bunch of rosy reds) are a least brook lamprey that's been living in my refrigerator for two years, and two southern redbelly dace. But I'm getting more soon!
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Posted 31 January 2008 - 12:34 PM
These are the natives I am currently keeping. I think. Most of my small tanks are so clogged with java moss that i'm not sure of the counts.
~(12) okeefenokee pygmy sunfish
~(20) L. ommata pygmy killies
~(12) evergladei pygmy sunfis
(3) L. goodei bluefin killies
(1) tadpole madtom
(6) oranespotted sunfish
(6) C. lutrensis
(8) fiery black
(8) northern redbelly dace
(2) bluehead chub
(20)flagfin shiners
(3) striped shiners
(6) Pteronotropis merlini
(4) rainbow darters
(2) banded darters
(1) fundulus notti
(3) fundulus cingulatus
(12) rainbow shiners
(3) alabama hogsuckers
(8) orangefin shiners N. ammophilus
(10) southern redbelly dace
(6) blackbanded sunfish
(8) long eared sunfish
(8) bluenose shiners
My pond
blue spotted sunfish
dollar sunfish
redspotted sunfish L. miniatus
warmouth
heterandria formosa
fundulus notti
f. cingulatus
f. chrysotus
lmb
dambusia
bluegill
~(12) okeefenokee pygmy sunfish
~(20) L. ommata pygmy killies
~(12) evergladei pygmy sunfis
(3) L. goodei bluefin killies
(1) tadpole madtom
(6) oranespotted sunfish
(6) C. lutrensis
(8) fiery black
(8) northern redbelly dace
(2) bluehead chub
(20)flagfin shiners
(3) striped shiners
(6) Pteronotropis merlini
(4) rainbow darters
(2) banded darters
(1) fundulus notti
(3) fundulus cingulatus
(12) rainbow shiners
(3) alabama hogsuckers
(8) orangefin shiners N. ammophilus
(10) southern redbelly dace
(6) blackbanded sunfish
(8) long eared sunfish
(8) bluenose shiners
My pond
blue spotted sunfish
dollar sunfish
redspotted sunfish L. miniatus
warmouth
heterandria formosa
fundulus notti
f. cingulatus
f. chrysotus
lmb
dambusia
bluegill
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Posted 31 January 2008 - 02:48 PM
Sunfish
7 Central Longear Sunfish
4 adult 10 juv Warmouth Sunfish
3 adult 25 juv Redspotted Sunfish
1 Black Spotted Sunfish
2 Green Sunfish
6 adult 150 juv Bantam Sunfish (please buy these!
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4 Redbreast Sunfish
6 adult 20 juv W. Dollar Sunfish
7 E. Dollar Sunfish
7 Bluespotted Sunfish
4 Blackbanded Sunfish
1 Flier
1 Redeye Bass
1 Mud Sunfish
Minnows
1 Redlip Shiner
2 Mountain Redbelly Dace
1 Streamline Chub
1 Gravel Chub
6 Blacknose Shiners
1 River Chub
1 Hornyhead Chub
2 Bigeye Chub
4 Scarlet Shiners (formerly rosefin shiners)
1 Redside Dace
1 Pugnose Minnow
6 Red Shiners
Suckers
2 adult male and 5 juv Lake Chubsuckers
1 juv Creek Chubsucker
1 Juv N. Hogsucker
1 juv Spotted Sucker
1 juv Smallmouth Buffalo
Darters
4 Least Darters (more in an outdoor pond)
1 Rainbow Darter
1 Banded Darter
1 Fantail Darter
1 Redline Darter
2 Bluebreast Darter
2 Rainbow X Orangethroat darter
2 Slenderhead Darter
1 Variegate Darter
Catfish
2 Brown Bullheads
1 Freckled Madtom
1 adult 4 juv tadpole madtoms
1 Brindled Madtom
others
5 Trout-Perch
3 N. Starhead Topminnows
1 Sailfin Molly
15 Least Killifish
1 Northern Studfish
about 100 or so Dwarf Swamp Crayfish
I think that's all of them right now
7 Central Longear Sunfish
4 adult 10 juv Warmouth Sunfish
3 adult 25 juv Redspotted Sunfish
1 Black Spotted Sunfish
2 Green Sunfish
6 adult 150 juv Bantam Sunfish (please buy these!
)4 Redbreast Sunfish
6 adult 20 juv W. Dollar Sunfish
7 E. Dollar Sunfish
7 Bluespotted Sunfish
4 Blackbanded Sunfish
1 Flier
1 Redeye Bass
1 Mud Sunfish
Minnows
1 Redlip Shiner
2 Mountain Redbelly Dace
1 Streamline Chub
1 Gravel Chub
6 Blacknose Shiners
1 River Chub
1 Hornyhead Chub
2 Bigeye Chub
4 Scarlet Shiners (formerly rosefin shiners)
1 Redside Dace
1 Pugnose Minnow
6 Red Shiners
Suckers
2 adult male and 5 juv Lake Chubsuckers
1 juv Creek Chubsucker
1 Juv N. Hogsucker
1 juv Spotted Sucker
1 juv Smallmouth Buffalo
Darters
4 Least Darters (more in an outdoor pond)
1 Rainbow Darter
1 Banded Darter
1 Fantail Darter
1 Redline Darter
2 Bluebreast Darter
2 Rainbow X Orangethroat darter
2 Slenderhead Darter
1 Variegate Darter
Catfish
2 Brown Bullheads
1 Freckled Madtom
1 adult 4 juv tadpole madtoms
1 Brindled Madtom
others
5 Trout-Perch
3 N. Starhead Topminnows
1 Sailfin Molly
15 Least Killifish
1 Northern Studfish
about 100 or so Dwarf Swamp Crayfish
I think that's all of them right now
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Posted 31 January 2008 - 03:09 PM
You sure do have a lot of fish. Do you ever have any orange spotted sunfish?
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Posted 31 January 2008 - 03:17 PM
Work tank:
2 Gambusia
2 Flagfish
3 Swamp darters
1 Tadpole madtom
Nano tank at home:
6 Least killies
I also have this giant shrimp/prawn that came with a tank that I bought that I'm assuming is native but I'm not sure.
Boyfriend had a pair of Montezuma swordtails in one of his tanks. There are also miscellaneous swordtails and mollies in the house but the fancy aquarium-bred mutts don't count, right?
2 Gambusia
2 Flagfish
3 Swamp darters
1 Tadpole madtom
Nano tank at home:
6 Least killies
I also have this giant shrimp/prawn that came with a tank that I bought that I'm assuming is native but I'm not sure.
Boyfriend had a pair of Montezuma swordtails in one of his tanks. There are also miscellaneous swordtails and mollies in the house but the fancy aquarium-bred mutts don't count, right?
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Posted 31 January 2008 - 03:18 PM
I tried breeding orangespotted the last two seasons with barely any success (I got a grand total of 5 young) and will likely try again next spring. They just don't seem to work as well as the rest of the Lepomis in a clear vegetated stagnant pond. I'm thinking of trying to add a little movement and some clay to the water to mimic a large muddy river like what they are tipically found in. I don't currently have adults but they are easy for me to get.
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