Okay, I totally withdraw my, now silly, longear suggestion and jump solidly onto the green sunfish bandwagon. I should never have questioned you in the first place Uland....
Fish ID?
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, Jul 23 2009 04:51 PM
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Posted 24 July 2009 - 06:57 PM
Okay, I totally withdraw my, now silly, longear suggestion and jump solidly onto the green sunfish bandwagon. I should never have questioned you in the first place Uland....
Ha! I was about to say I might have lost 2$ on that bet. I'm not sure how I would guess on that fish with the shot in focus. The mouth looks a bit small for a green but the body looks a little elongate for longear. It's easy to guess at blurry fish
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Posted 24 July 2009 - 07:05 PM
Yes, green sunfish. Animal not yet to size where mouth gets large and body elongates, but has delicate mouthparts relative to longear and redbreast.
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Posted 24 July 2009 - 09:31 PM
They reach maximum size at about 11 inches, but that will take a few years. I'd say right now that you could keep 1 of these juveniles per 10 gallons of tank. So you could keep 2 in a 20 gallon tank, 5 in a 50 gallon tank etc. Once they get bigger I would say they each would need about 25 gallons of tank. If you can get these fish to breed they are amazing! The males turn brilliant orange and green and make a nest in the sand and gravel and will defend the young until they hatch. Good luck, hoped this helped a little. 
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Posted 24 July 2009 - 10:22 PM
It heled alot. My son wanted them for his 20gal but if they get that big and as I won't let him have more than the 20 gal in his upstairs room, he will have to be happy watching them swim in the creek . Thank you all for the assistance.
. Thank you all for the assistance.
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Posted 24 July 2009 - 11:32 PM
I'm 100% sure that is a young green sunfish. They do have redish fins when young and seem to completely loose that as they grow. Definitely not a redbreast or longear sunfish.
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