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Most common natives kept poll.

Started by Guest_machineman_* , Jan 30 2008 07:13 PM

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#41 Guest_tglassburner_*

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Posted 26 February 2008 - 03:31 PM

1 Unidentified Minnow/Shiner/Something?

I bet someone here could ID it for you.

Edited by tglassburner, 26 February 2008 - 03:31 PM.

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#42 Guest_Irate Mormon_*

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Posted 26 February 2008 - 10:12 PM

So, is anybody keeping track of all this?

If not, I'm gonna go ahead a pronounce a winner so we can wrap it up.

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#43 Guest_Irate Mormon_*

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Posted 28 February 2008 - 10:13 AM

I declare the winner to be Green Sunfish.

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#44 Guest_tglassburner_*

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Posted 28 February 2008 - 10:44 AM

I declare the winner to be Green Sunfish.

I don't have any of those, they can't be the winner.

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#45 Guest_Kanus_*

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Posted 28 February 2008 - 11:20 AM

I don't have any of those, they can't be the winner.

Maybe, but I have two, and am using them to introduce my community to the wonders of native fish. We get them in with feeder goldfish at my pet store, so I give them away. Already have created a few devoted fans.

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#46 Guest_nativeplanter_*

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Posted 28 February 2008 - 11:55 AM

This thread is actually useless without a real poll. I don't know how to set one up, but that would be the real way to determine the answer (and would be much more interesting too, as I bet more people would provide input).

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#47 Guest_tglassburner_*

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Posted 28 February 2008 - 12:43 PM

This thread is actually useless without a real poll. I don't know how to set one up, but that would be the real way to determine the answer (and would be much more interesting too, as I bet more people would provide input).

I agree

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#48 Guest_machineman_*

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Posted 28 February 2008 - 04:28 PM

when I started this thread I was hoping people would add there fish to the number of fish before them. I guess that was a unrealistic idea. It would be more likely to work if this was just a common sunfish poll, greens bluegills and longears, etc.

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#49 Guest_drewish_*

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Posted 28 February 2008 - 04:39 PM

when I started this thread I was hoping people would add there fish to the number of fish before them. I guess that was a unrealistic idea. It would be more likely to work if this was just a common sunfish poll, greens bluegills and longears, etc.

Don't really need a poll for that. Just from being on fish forums in general, the most common would be a battle between green sunfish and bluegill. Green sunfish probably more so because they are often found as tag-a-longs in feeder shipments.

Just about 90% of "what is this?" threads can be answered with "green sunfish".

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#50 Guest_Irate Mormon_*

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Posted 28 February 2008 - 05:40 PM

A poll is easy enough to set up, but you must have a list of predetermined fish to choose from.

Just about 90% of "what is this?" threads can be answered with "green sunfish".

Drew, you da man! Thanks to you, I can now be an expert in the Fish ID forum! All I have to do is answer "green sunfish" and I'll be correct 90% of the time - this is gonna be GREAT! Finally I will get the respect I have always yearned for.

This goes for the rest of you too - we can support each other's ID by repeating "Yup, green sunfish, like Irate said" :twisted:

I cant wait to try this out!

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#51 Guest_Skipjack_*

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Posted 28 February 2008 - 08:52 PM

Not gonna work here Martin. Our members are fairly educated. I think Drew is referring to forums in general. He is correct when it comes to the other forums with their small native sections, most of the time it is a green sunfish, a swamp darter, or a seminole killi.

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#52 Guest_sandtiger_*

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Posted 28 February 2008 - 10:11 PM

Sunfish--
1 Green
1 Pumpkinseed
1 Rock Bass
1 Largemouth Bass
1 Central Longear
1 Northern Longear
4 Bluespotted Sunfish
2 Redspotted Sunfish
4 Dollar Sunfish

Cyprinids--
5 Spotfin Shiners
1 Bluntnose Minnow
1 Redside Dace
2 Common Shiners

Others--
1 Brown Bullhead
7 Banded Killifish
1 Mummichog
2 Sailfin Mollies

36 fish total excluding tropicals

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#53 Guest_sandtiger_*

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Posted 28 February 2008 - 10:13 PM

Not gonna work here Martin. Our members are fairly educated. I think Drew is referring to forums in general. He is correct when it comes to the other forums with their small native sections, most of the time it is a green sunfish, a swamp darter, or a seminole killi.

Yeah I can agree with that as well. I would say the most commonly kept natives by the general fishkeeping population are fathead minnows and NA livebearers.

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#54 Guest_Irate Mormon_*

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Posted 29 February 2008 - 12:15 AM

Nope, I refuse to accept it. Drew is right and youse guys are wrong. From now on it's "Green Sunfish" - that's the ticket!

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#55 Guest_butch_*

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Posted 05 March 2008 - 12:34 AM

It appeared that most of us have kept the gambusia, green sunfish, pumpkinseed, bluegill, rainbow darter and the redbelly dace.

I was so surprised that gambusia are most common kept species, desited their aggressive behavior and lack of the colors.

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#56 Guest_Freshnatives_*

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Posted 10 March 2008 - 02:24 AM

I'm still just getting into natives, so the list is small.

2 Orangespots
1 Pumpkinseed
4 Dollars
4 Yellowfin Shiners

more to come......

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#57 Guest_viridari_*

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Posted 10 March 2008 - 07:13 AM

I would guess that the most commonly kept native is the sailfin molly, given how popular it is in the mainstream aquarium trade.

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#58 Guest_fundulus_*

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Posted 10 March 2008 - 10:25 AM

I would guess that the most commonly kept native is the sailfin molly, given how popular it is in the mainstream aquarium trade.

But most commercial mollies are intensely hybridized organisms with some variable amount of sailfin genetic material. Luckily this never happens to green sunfish...

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#59 Guest_viridari_*

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Posted 10 March 2008 - 10:38 AM

But most commercial mollies are intensely hybridized organisms with some variable amount of sailfin genetic material. Luckily this never happens to green sunfish...

Edited by viridari, 10 March 2008 - 10:38 AM.

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#60 Guest_nativeplanter_*

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Posted 10 March 2008 - 11:20 AM

OK, I think it's time to set up a REAL poll using the forum polling feature.

So...

What should the categories be? Don't want to list every species, but don't want to be too general either.

I'll set it up with a little input...