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Posted 11 September 2009 - 05:24 AM

last week we found some.i added them to my stream tank all 3 hide in the caves and seldom come out is this normal for mottled sculpins from the Little Miami River in ohio.
they are from a spring feed trib off off of the main river.on a side note, i am surprised
how all three are mottled yet totally different,brown and tan bars with shades of orange on tip of the fins from the same pool of water.

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Posted 11 September 2009 - 01:27 PM

Sculpin are definitely hiders. What else do you have in the tank? Sculpin are dedicated darter-gobblers, so if you have any darters that are even a little smaller than the sculpin, watch out. Also don't be surprised if the sculpin kick the bucket soon. They seem to be more sensitive to temp and DO than most stream fishes.

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Posted 11 September 2009 - 03:38 PM

The Mottled sculpin in the Potomac drainage really won't survive at much over 75 degrees. And even small darters aren't in jeopardy. I had one choke to death on a large fantail darter. They stalk crayfish, too. Even the large ones. (Don't know what they'd do if they caught one--the crayfish hid whenever they approached.)

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Posted 11 September 2009 - 04:48 PM

last week we found some.i added them to my stream tank all 3 hide in the caves and seldom come out is this normal for mottled sculpins from the Little Miami River in ohio.
they are from a spring feed trib off off of the main river.on a side note, i am surprised
how all three are mottled yet totally different,brown and tan bars with shades of orange on tip of the fins from the same pool of water.

I got home today and one is dead. Cottus bairdi that is.
I have these species,gender male in my stream tank with the sculpins.
listed smallest to largest.
Etheostoma blenniodes-greenside darter
steel shiner or maybe a spotted shiner ?
Fundulus catenatus-northern studfish may be a pair too young for me to tell
Pimephales promelas-fathead minnow
Notemigonus crysoleucas-golden shiner
Cottus bairdi-mottled sculpin may be a pair too new for me to tell
Lepomis humilis-orangespotted sunfish trio
Noturus flavus-stonecat madtom
Ambloplites rupestris-rock bass
Semotilus atromaculatus-creek chub
Lepomis macrochirus-bluegill sunfish
Lepomis megalotis-longear sunfish
Catostomus commersonii-White Sucker
Lepomis cyanellus-green sunfish
Orconectes rusticus-rusty crayfish no gender id as of yet.

Edited by CATfishTONY, 11 September 2009 - 04:52 PM.


#5 Michael Wolfe

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Posted 11 September 2009 - 06:10 PM

I have these species,gender male in my stream tank.
Noturus flavus-stonecat madtom
Semotilus atromaculatus-creek chub
Lepomis cyanellus-green sunfish
Orconectes rusticus-rusty crayfish no gender id as of yet.


Editied your post above to indicate the eventual state of this combination...
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Posted 11 September 2009 - 09:02 PM

Editied your post above to indicate the eventual state of this combination...

Time will tell, but as for now all is well.
chub and green sunfish,rusty all males are mean.i took the female rusty craw fish out. good food but it was tasking for her in the small tank with the males. she had little if any time alone.
NFS madtom hides for the most part.I plan to open this tank up this spring to a larger area.
if i can get the states red tape in order with our time.

Edited by CATfishTONY, 11 September 2009 - 09:07 PM.





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