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55G Potomac River Theme

Started by Guest_DooSPX_* , Aug 12 2008 09:56 PM

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#1 Guest_DooSPX_*

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Posted 12 August 2008 - 09:56 PM

here are some pics of our 55G Potomac River tank. We collected some sunfish, we have 6 but only want to keep 3. The reason is because we collected in WV and had to drive them back down to FL.
Our goal is to have 3 sunfish, and a nice school of minnows/shiners mix and a few darters. It has about 150G worth of Bio-Wheel filters.
One of our sunfish must have bumped into something on the trip and messed up his eye, but its all healed, and is blind in that eye, but I will tell you, it doesnt stop him.

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our one eye
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the tank before ALL the rocks where placed
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Edited by DooSPX, 12 August 2008 - 09:58 PM.

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#2 Guest_DooSPX_*

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Posted 13 August 2008 - 02:01 PM

anyone have anything to say or comment?

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#3 Guest_DooSPX_*

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Posted 14 August 2008 - 01:29 PM

anyone like or dislike it?
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#4 Guest_Bob_*

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Posted 14 August 2008 - 01:43 PM

It looks good. I know you'll be very happy with it. I don't want to rain on your parade, though, but I think the sunnies you have are longears, Lepomis megalotis (like my avatar, also from the Potomac). Those are introduced to the Potomac system from somewhere in the great lakes drainage. They're still a cool fish though, and likely won't give you as much trouble as the larger redbreasts, which are native to the Potomac.

anyone like or dislike it?

Edited by Bob, 14 August 2008 - 01:43 PM.

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#5 Guest_DooSPX_*

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Posted 14 August 2008 - 02:59 PM

It looks good. I know you'll be very happy with it. I don't want to rain on your parade, though, but I think the sunnies you have are longears, Lepomis megalotis (like my avatar, also from the Potomac). Those are introduced to the Potomac system from somewhere in the great lakes drainage. They're still a cool fish though, and likely won't give you as much trouble as the larger redbreasts, which are native to the Potomac.

thanks bob! I know they are not native, and I was pretty sure they were longears....
but, they are all over the potomac where I have a cabin, from dam 5 up to cherry run... so just say potomac theme instead of native potomac biotope. LOL
they are not native, but atleast not hurting anything being in there.
and they are pretty fish!!
and should work well with larger dace and spotfin shiners...

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#6 Guest_Gambusia_*

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Posted 14 August 2008 - 03:21 PM

Nice tank

Edited by Gambusia, 14 August 2008 - 03:23 PM.

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#7 Guest_DooSPX_*

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Posted 15 August 2008 - 12:17 PM

thanks guys... i have some that I believe to be female, i hope to get them to spawn when they get bigger

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#8 Guest_Bob_*

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Posted 30 August 2008 - 04:26 PM

I spawned some once, several years ago. It's not hard. You have to condition them by feeding them a lot. Give them lots of soaked cichlid pellets. Feed them twice a day, and do big water changes, because you're feeding them a lot. Set the lights on 12 hour days, and bring the temperature up to 78 degrees. That should do it.