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Blacknose Dace in tank...

Started by Guest_andyavram_* , Aug 28 2009 08:42 AM

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#1 Guest_andyavram_*

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Posted 28 August 2009 - 08:42 AM

Just a picture of one of my favorite fish in my tank.

In the evening especially this Blacknose Dace really turns on the looks. He also occasionally defends the high flow area for a few hours, but otherwise is pretty peaceful. The pictures aren’t great but I am not used to taking pictures of moving fish.

Head is blurry, but you can see his pattern.
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A nice overall view of him with some tankmates.
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From left to right – Northern Longear Sunfish, medium Variegate Darter (just tail end), Logperch, fast moving Sand Shiner, almost as fast moving Fathead Minnow, the Blacknose Dace and a Blackside Darter.

Andy

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#2 Guest_natureman187_*

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Posted 28 August 2009 - 10:05 AM

That's awesome Andy. Mine gets the orange stripe but never dark as yours. Beautiful fish my friend!

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#3 Guest_jblaylock_*

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Posted 28 August 2009 - 10:39 AM

WOW andy, that is an awesome looking Blacknose. Mine's never looked like that. Actually, it's never had the orangestripe either...maybe it's a female.

I have a question for you. Does the Blackside Darter spend more of it's time on the bottom like the others or does it swim like say the Frecklebelly? I've been wondering how many of the Percina species spend more time swimming like the Frecklebelly.

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#4 Guest_keepnatives_*

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Posted 28 August 2009 - 06:45 PM

Love the tank, looks great. Could we see a full tank shot?

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#5 Guest_andyavram_*

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Posted 29 August 2009 - 10:14 AM

Natureman - I have caught them with more a more vivid orange and red stripe, but I really like the amount of dark black speckling on this particular fish. My other one is more drab looking.

Jblaylock, I hav eno experience with Frecklbellys but my Blackside Darters hardly ever rest on the bottom. They will vertically cruise the background, or otherwise just hang with the minnows in the water column. During feeding time, even my Logperch will hang int he water column, but he rests on the bottom quite a bit too.

keepnatives, here is a link to the full tank shot

http://forum.nanfa.o...emed-75-gallon/

I have recently upgraded to a 180 gallon, where everything will be moved too so the 75 is holding alot of plants and not organized well right now.

Andy

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#6 Guest_blakemarkwell_*

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Posted 29 August 2009 - 01:53 PM

Awesome Rhinichthys! Keep the photos coming, the fish and tank are looking really good.

Blake

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#7 Guest_BTDarters_*

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Posted 30 August 2009 - 12:41 AM

Great fish and very cool tank! Thanks for posting!

Brian

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#8 Guest_dsaavedra_*

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Posted 05 September 2009 - 09:54 PM

nice fish.

when i used to have blacknose dace, and they got colored up like that (which was 90% of the time) they would kick all my other fish's ass!

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#9 Guest_mikez_*

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Posted 08 September 2009 - 04:40 PM

WOW! In over 3 decades of handling BND, I've never seen one look like that!
I wouldn't even recognize it if I spotted it in the water.

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#10 Guest_dsaavedra_*

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Posted 10 September 2009 - 07:57 PM

WOW! In over 3 decades of handling BND, I've never seen one look like that!
I wouldn't even recognize it if I spotted it in the water.

really???

i haven't caught one out of the stream that was colored up, but when they were in my tank, they were colored up like this more often than not.
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#11 Guest_andyavram_*

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Posted 18 September 2009 - 09:44 AM

Missed all these replies. Glad everyone enjoyed them.

Mikez, I have caught a few like him before but without the flecking so extensive on the sides and the stripe (which I think makes the look). In the morning and mid-dayhe is fairly normal looking, it is in the evening when he typically turns on the look.