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What kind of fish is this??
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Posted 09 October 2006 - 07:58 PM
I found this fish in a pond in Dallas Texas. It is at most 1 inch long. Can anybody tell me what it is?
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Posted 09 October 2006 - 08:03 PM
Here is another pic just with different lighting and angle
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Posted 09 October 2006 - 08:32 PM
Try and post a few more pics, but it looks like a bluegill to me.
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Posted 12 October 2006 - 09:13 PM
Here is another pic
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Posted 12 October 2006 - 11:24 PM
Looks like a 'gill to me. Hard to say.
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Posted 13 October 2006 - 07:32 AM
looks like a Blue Gill, see the verticle stripes in the 2nd pict. its difficult to say at that size. even if it turns out to be a longear, spotted, redear, etc. feeding and care are all the same
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Posted 22 October 2006 - 11:48 AM
I have looked at the pics in the pictorial fish id of the forum and I am still not sure if any of them match. the color around the gills and eyes just seems to change in different lighting situations, mostly like a reflection. I have noticed that he has a black line under the bottom lip. He is in a 20 gallon tank with live plants and I feed him about 20-30 brine shrimp a day. He has barely grown at all. Would this type of fish grow very slowly? Also where is the general care section in forum for this type of fish.
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Posted 22 October 2006 - 11:55 AM
I have seen small longears that look like this. They have more barring than bluegill and the bars are single rather than being doublets. If I had to make an educated guess, I would say longear.
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Posted 22 October 2006 - 02:08 PM
the verticle stripes make me say bluegill, but the lack of the 2 black spo0ts above and below the tail indicate that it could be a long ear or spotted, dustin has more experence with this sort of thing than i,
you should be able to move the fish over to flake food soon, shrimp are great food, but probably not as a staple. I feed my Orange spots hikari cichlid gold as a staple and i supplement there diet 2 times a week with ghost shrimp (that i catch, not from a lfs) and frozen bloodworms.
the trick is to get it eating off the top of the water, it should not be that hard, most sunfish eat insects from the surface, its instinct, they just have to recognize it as food
you should be able to move the fish over to flake food soon, shrimp are great food, but probably not as a staple. I feed my Orange spots hikari cichlid gold as a staple and i supplement there diet 2 times a week with ghost shrimp (that i catch, not from a lfs) and frozen bloodworms.
the trick is to get it eating off the top of the water, it should not be that hard, most sunfish eat insects from the surface, its instinct, they just have to recognize it as food
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Posted 03 December 2006 - 11:57 PM
Looks like a baby longer to me. They have somewhat different proprtions than bluegills, even at that size. Little 'gills tend to have pointier snouts and longer fins.
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Posted 19 January 2007 - 08:59 PM
Hi everyone. This is the newest pic of my unidentified fish. He has barely grown at all but I am feeding him freeze dried brine shrimp. I am starting to think it's a bluegill. If you look at the old pics and compare it to the new one you can see that the vertical bars are starting to separate. I still can not see an ear so I am going to try and get a better pic with more light. But this may help some............Jeff
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Posted 19 January 2007 - 09:29 PM
Sorry the pics not in there as you may have already noticed. I can't figure out how to get it smaller Darn-it!!! Will work on it later......Jeff
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Posted 20 January 2007 - 01:28 PM
looks like a blugill to me
I have a small oe like that in my 55 and I had no problem converting it to flake
and I have a slightly larger red breasted that is eating pellets
I have a small oe like that in my 55 and I had no problem converting it to flake
and I have a slightly larger red breasted that is eating pellets
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Posted 21 January 2007 - 02:37 PM
yep, looks like a bluegill
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Posted 22 January 2007 - 07:10 PM
Guess what. Blue Gill !! Actually the smaller photos look more bluegillish ) 
than the one you say you were trying to get.
than the one you say you were trying to get.
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