redbreast sunfish and tank pics
#1 Guest_gway_*
Posted 21 February 2008 - 07:06 PM
I'm a seldom poster/frequent lurker here. Thought I'd post some pics of my redbreast sunfish and his tank.
Thanks for the great forum.
#2 Guest_Gambusia_*
Posted 21 February 2008 - 07:16 PM
How big of tank is it if I may ask?
And how do you get your hornwort to flourish?
#3 Guest_drewish_*
Posted 21 February 2008 - 07:23 PM
#4 Guest_gway_*
Posted 21 February 2008 - 07:32 PM
The tank is 55 gallons.
It's lit by 2 4ft. shoplight bulbs. The hornwort seems to do fine with that. I'm really not too good with plants. I've tried some different ones in this tank, and hornwort and java moss are the only ones I can seem to grow well.
#5 Guest_mikez_*
Posted 21 February 2008 - 09:00 PM
I've been mulling the idea of a tank for redbreasts myself. I think your post convinced me to go for it.
#6 Guest_natureman187_*
Posted 22 February 2008 - 12:05 AM
#7 Guest_pmk00001_*
Posted 22 February 2008 - 06:58 AM
#8 Guest_gway_*
Posted 22 February 2008 - 07:25 AM
The tank also houses: 2 creek chubs, 1 common shiner, 1 rosyside dace, 1 small white sucker, 1 small brown bullhead.
I had tried keeping more than one sunfish in there in the past, but it never really worked out. They would all either harass or be harrassed by the redbreast (and since the redbreast is my favorite, he stays). I have tried a rock bass, a pumpkinseed and a bluegill. The bluegill lasted the longest, they seemed to have an agreement, but then the bluegill got bigger and became agressive so I got rid of it.
#9 Guest_fishlvr_*
Posted 22 February 2008 - 12:07 PM
How big is yours?
#10 Guest_gway_*
Posted 22 February 2008 - 05:33 PM
He's around 4 inches.Yay! Another redbreast keeper! You don't hear too much about others keeping these guys, I guess since they're big and very pugnacious. Yours looks like a nice young male, which can be very aggressive. I had to take mine out because it was beating up my longear, so I moved him to my convict tank, where he beat up my pair and ate all their fry! I got rid of the convicts so I could have a tank for this guy.
How big is yours?
And yeah, he's my favorite sunfish that I've kept. Not really all too agressive though. I had more trouble with other sunnies chasing him. He ignores the larger minnow-type fish in the tank (the ones that don't fit in his mouth). There had been more dace and shiners in with him, but as he's grown he has eaten them.
#11 Guest_fishlvr_*
Posted 22 February 2008 - 05:57 PM
He's around 4 inches.
And yeah, he's my favorite sunfish that I've kept. Not really all too agressive though. I had more trouble with other sunnies chasing him. He ignores the larger minnow-type fish in the tank (the ones that don't fit in his mouth). There had been more dace and shiners in with him, but as he's grown he has eaten them.
I meant female. I was in a hurry while I was typing that.
At that size, a male would normally have a longer opercular flap and a redder breast with broken red verticle lines on the side. I'm not going to rule out that it could be a male though. He could just be a late bloomer.
Redbreast tend to be very piscivorous compared to similar sunfish. I've had some try to eat minnows more than half their size. They also like dragonfly and damselfly nymphs. All the redbreast I've caught on hook and line have been caught on either minnows or crawdads, which they seem to enjoy eating in captivity as well.
#12 Guest_smbass_*
Posted 24 February 2008 - 09:37 PM
#13 Guest_Nightwing_*
Posted 24 February 2008 - 11:11 PM
You may have prodded me into doing a thinning of my plants(now that the substrate I have is fully infused with fish feces and other assorted stuff..they are growing like crazy). I love the rocky bottom!
#14 Guest_FishandFire_*
Posted 24 February 2008 - 11:28 PM
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