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Obtained a couple yellow perch

Started by Guest_Gambusia_* , May 06 2008 08:59 PM

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#1 Guest_Gambusia_*

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Posted 06 May 2008 - 08:59 PM

Both are sorta small but the smallest one did not like being in with my chain pickerel so I moved it into a 20 gallon tank housing a bullfrog tadpole.

My question is can yellow perch be kept solitary?

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#2 Guest_jase_*

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Posted 06 May 2008 - 11:42 PM

Both are sorta small but the smallest one did not like being in with my chain pickerel so I moved it into a 20 gallon tank housing a bullfrog tadpole.

My question is can yellow perch be kept solitary?

Thanks

I have kept them alone before, but they definitely seem to prefer being in schools of 2 or more. They're very much a schooling fish, especially when smaller.

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#3 Guest_edbihary_*

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Posted 07 May 2008 - 08:58 AM

I have kept them alone before, but they definitely seem to prefer being in schools of 2 or more. They're very much a schooling fish, especially when smaller.

I didn't realize this before. I've had one for nearly two years now, kept with a pair of warmouths right now, and all are doing well. Tom and I found a small one a few weeks ago, which I put in with the two-year-old, and they hang out together all the time. They appear to love each other's company.

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#4 Guest_jase_*

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Posted 07 May 2008 - 09:09 AM

I didn't realize this before. I've had one for nearly two years now, kept with a pair of warmouths right now, and all are doing well. Tom and I found a small one a few weeks ago, which I put in with the two-year-old, and they hang out together all the time. They appear to love each other's company.

Yeah, neat, isn't it? In a tank they don't "school" like danios or minnows, but mostly just hang out near the bottom together. Kinda cute.

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#5 Guest_edbihary_*

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Posted 07 May 2008 - 09:28 AM

Yeah, neat, isn't it? In a tank they don't "school" like danios or minnows, but mostly just hang out near the bottom together. Kinda cute.

That's exactly what they do! Until feeding time, that is; then they're on their own until they are done feeding. When done feeding, it's right back to "sitting" next to each other on the bottom.

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#6 Guest_scottefontay_*

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Posted 07 May 2008 - 09:33 AM

iwhile snorkeling, I've seen them roam in schools eating whatever is in their path....usually with a large school of walleye on their tails!

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#7 Guest_mikez_*

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Posted 07 May 2008 - 10:59 AM

I often see large schools of last year's crop of perch in ponds around here.
I have also found lone perch fry mixed in with a banded killifish school. The little perch look very similar to banded killies and are the same size. I always assumed the perch had gotten seperated from it's own school and joined the killies rather than be alone.

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#8 Michael Wolfe

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Posted 07 May 2008 - 11:54 AM

I have also found lone perch fry mixed in with a banded killifish school. The little perch look very similar to banded killies and are the same size. I always assumed the perch had gotten seperated from it's own school and joined the killies rather than be alone.

Nah, he's just decided to move in with the food... for now they're his friends... pretty soon they will have names like Lunch, Snack, Dinner...

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#9 Guest_scottefontay_*

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Posted 07 May 2008 - 12:19 PM

Nah, he's just decided to move in with the food... for now they're his friends... pretty soon they will have names like Lunch, Snack, Dinner...

when i used to have some very small largemouth bass (1.5-2in) they would both chill with the rosey reds and other feeders. Then gulp one up every now and then