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36 gal bowfront!

Started by Guest_AnThOnY_* , Nov 18 2008 08:38 PM

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#1 Guest_AnThOnY_*

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Posted 18 November 2008 - 08:38 PM

heres my natives

enjoy! watcha think?

Pirate Perch
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Longear

Shadow Bass
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Sleeper Gobies

Bluegill LOVE that color

Madtom head
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Hogchoker staredown!
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Blackbanded Darter
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Gulf Darter (disregard dirty bottom)

Pygmy Sunfish
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#2 Guest_jimv8673_*

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Posted 18 November 2008 - 09:06 PM

All really cool lookin fish, had a sleeper goby once got about 8 inches long, was never aggressive, just perched around with those kewl eyes, all the fish look nice. Like your substrate, looks like it came straight from a stream with little twigs etc. That Hog choaker is sure a weird lookin unit, what does it do ??

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#3 Guest_UncleWillie_*

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Posted 18 November 2008 - 09:20 PM

Great photos. You have quite the mix of species in there. I think you tank looks good. Do you have a full tank shot?
I also think your lovely bluegill is a redspotted sunfish (Lepomis miniatus) or a spotted sunfish (Lepomis punctatus), but beautiful none-the-less!

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#4 Guest_AnThOnY_*

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Posted 18 November 2008 - 10:28 PM

hogchoker=flounder

pretty much just sucks to glass and moves its way around tank, used to stay burried all the time but now he doesnt even bury himself anymore

Great photos. You have quite the mix of species in there. I think you tank looks good. Do you have a full tank shot?
I also think your lovely bluegill is a redspotted sunfish (Lepomis miniatus) or a spotted sunfish (Lepomis punctatus), but beautiful none-the-less!

thanks, really? you think so, hmm never thought that but hey its a possibility

heres a bad tank shot lol im waiting for the light peice of wood in the middle to sink, tried to use dark peice to weigh down but didnt work hahaha

heres basic idea, ill have to get a better pick in a couple days
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#5 Guest_teleost_*

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Posted 18 November 2008 - 10:42 PM

Great looking tanks and fish. I'll second what Unclewillie says.....Redspotted sunfish.

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#6 Guest_AnThOnY_*

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Posted 18 November 2008 - 10:46 PM

Great looking tanks and fish. I'll second what Unclewillie says.....Redspotted sunfish.

thanks

really?, hmm, really doesnt look like it to me, but if he turns out like the ones on google i think hes a little slow lol hes about 5-6" long already i would think he would have those sunfish spots but he doesnt really have that

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#7 Guest_BTDarters_*

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Posted 19 November 2008 - 04:27 AM

AnThOnY,

Looks great! Awesome pics!

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#8 Guest_jblaylock_*

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Posted 19 November 2008 - 08:50 AM

Awesome tank, looks really good

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#9 Guest_smbass_*

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Posted 19 November 2008 - 09:23 AM

Definitely a redspotted sunfish (L. miniatus). They do not have the spots on the head and face like the blackspotted (L. punctatus), just the red spots on the side of the body that yours is clearly showing. The teal blue half moon under the eye is also a character of both these species.

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#10 Guest_AnThOnY_*

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Posted 19 November 2008 - 09:25 AM

thanks

will look alot better when i dont have a floating peice of wood

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#11 Guest_jimv8673_*

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Posted 19 November 2008 - 05:43 PM

thanks will look alot better when i dont have a floating peice of wood

Somewhere in the last few days on here, i got a lot of good suggestions on sinking that wood, I had a really BIG piece that was like a cork. I fianlly used stainless screws and screwed a half a patio block to it. Its down now, i just didnt want to wait months or years for it to sink.

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#12 Guest_AnThOnY_*

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Posted 19 November 2008 - 08:47 PM

i thought about just siliconing a peice of slate to it, but i really dont want to have to bury a peice of slate lol

im gonna try and be patient

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#13 Guest_jblaylock_*

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Posted 21 November 2008 - 02:07 PM

i thought about just siliconing a peice of slate to it, but i really dont want to have to bury a peice of slate lol im gonna try and be patient

We were just discussing sinking driftwood in another thread. Seems like a good idea is to buy a piece of plexi-glass and screw it to the wood (stainless steel screws) and bury the plexi-glass under the gravel.

Edit, Jim said the same thing

Edited by jblaylock, 21 November 2008 - 02:07 PM.