Well hello all..
My name is Mike. When i was 13(24now) a freind and I were at a local creek. We were catching helgamites.. (SP??) We came a across a large flat rock that had these amazing red colored minnow like fish. They were all kinda stuck to the rock. They were probrally around 60 or more. This is the only creek i have ever saw these in. Until recently i set up another 20gallon in a natural stream theme. I started looking up the fish i had saw, and i guess the only thing that comes close is the yellow fin shiner. Do these fish stay like this all the time, or only in breeding season?? I would like several of these if i can catch some or buy some.. but if they are not that the redish orange with yellow tipped fins, i dont know that i can identify them in the streams.. its wierd that all my days in creeks and rivers in NC that i have only seen them once on that rock. What purpose did it serve on these rocks... breeding ?? Im new to this, so be kind!!! And whats the chances that there still around in the area?? And does anyone sell them??
Thanks
Mike
Yellowfin shiner help?
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, Mar 26 2009 02:38 PM
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Posted 26 March 2009 - 03:30 PM
Hi Mike. I just led a collecting trip of members of the Charlotte Area Aquarium Society just north of Shelby this past weekend. While we didn't get any yellowfins, we got their very close relative, the greenhead shiner, Notropis chlorocephalus. The fish you saw in color, if you saw them in NC, were most likely these fish or the as yet undescribed "Piedmont" shiner that is sort of an intergrade between the two found over in the Broad River drainage.
All three of these species color up with a lot of red when they are in breeding condition which should start fairly soon and follow through into June or so. The great thing about these fish is that they are very easy to keep in a fish tank and color up when they are happy(ie. after a water change or a particulaly satisfying meal).
All three of these species color up with a lot of red when they are in breeding condition which should start fairly soon and follow through into June or so. The great thing about these fish is that they are very easy to keep in a fish tank and color up when they are happy(ie. after a water change or a particulaly satisfying meal).
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Posted 28 March 2009 - 07:26 PM
I would like several of these if i can catch some or buy some.. but if they are not that the redish orange with yellow tipped fins, i dont know that i can identify them in the streams..
Truely one of the best shiners in the south... eats anything, gets along well with others, colors up very nicely on and off all year long, schools up in a very natural looking group, eats anything, lives for a fairly long time, strong swimmer, loves current, eats anything... If you are at all interested in getting into native fish, you should try to get out and collect a few. They make a great introdution to our natives.
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Posted 01 April 2009 - 04:26 PM
Well, in my head as i remember, they were hovering over a large flat rock. In Ankle deep water, i diddnt mean they were literally stuck, but if you got near them, they would dart off, then come back to the spot with all the others and not move from that spot.
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