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My new 35 gallon setup

Started by Guest_Bwood_* , Aug 13 2008 02:52 PM

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#1 Guest_Bwood_*

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Posted 13 August 2008 - 02:52 PM

Hello all my name is Brandon, this is my first post on this forum. I came across a 35 gallon fish tank and thought about keeping wild game fish. Iv been putting some thought into it and have decided to do some research on the internet. What i found was limited untill i came across this forum. Iv set the tank up and filled it with 6 feeder minnows, after about a week i had made my final the decision to keep bluegill in it. Last night i went down to the local reseviour and brought home 4 one inch bluegill. Im not possitive on the actual species ill keep checking out photos on here and see what i cant figure out. They are adapting great they already cleared out the minnows and a couple worms however they are still timmid and i just cant get a good picture of them (should have done it before i put them in the tank :wacko:

) below are some scratchy photos of my tank (the bubble stone got pulled up from my cat playing with the excess air tube

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#2 Guest_Bwood_*

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Posted 15 August 2008 - 08:28 AM

The fish have adapted well and are eating great. They have developed individual personalities in such a short period of time and I couldn't be happier. Unfortunitly last night I left a small section of glass off the top, not thinking responsibly. I had been away from the tank for about 45 minutes and when I returned one of my bluegill was laying on the floor flopping around. when I returned him to the tank I moved him back and forth gently until he took off on his own. He is still alive and swimming but seems to rest on the bottom a lot and just doesn't have the vitality of the others. Should I keep him around and watch him closely? or is it time to take humane action? Ill be sure not to be so carless in the future.

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#3 Michael Wolfe

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Posted 15 August 2008 - 12:19 PM

The fish have adapted well and are eating great. They have developed individual personalities in such a short period of time and I couldn't be happier. Unfortunitly last night I left a small section of glass off the top, not thinking responsibly. I had been away from the tank for about 45 minutes and when I returned one of my bluegill was laying on the floor flopping around. when I returned him to the tank I moved him back and forth gently until he took off on his own. He is still alive and swimming but seems to rest on the bottom a lot and just doesn't have the vitality of the others. Should I keep him around and watch him closely? or is it time to take humane action? Ill be sure not to be so carless in the future.

I'm not an expert, but I would give him a day or two before I took any drastic action... I had a dace that went through the sme thing... the kids even referred to him as the "lint fish" from his time on the carpet... and he pulled through nicely and had a long (for a dace) life... little sunfish are pretty tough... make sure he gets food and he might rebound for you.

And don't beat yourself up too bad about the lid... fish can jump out of the smallest places... sometimes there is nothing you can do.

MW

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#4 Guest_Zephead4747_*

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Posted 15 August 2008 - 07:39 PM

I didn't know they made that shape of tank that large!

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#5 Guest_Bwood_*

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Posted 16 August 2008 - 08:39 AM

I didn't know they made that shape of tank that large!

I got the tank for free from a couple down the street moving. The shape of the tank makes it difficult to locate all 4 fish because of the angles it tricks your eyes into seeing double of the same fish. I ended building a cover out of wood and ducttape its temporary but it keeps the fish from escaping