The Meanest Native Fish?
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Posted 28 February 2015 - 05:03 PM
#2
Posted 28 February 2015 - 05:10 PM
"No thanks, a third of a gopher would merely arouse my appetite..."
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Posted 28 February 2015 - 07:03 PM
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#4
Posted 28 February 2015 - 07:25 PM
Mud sunfish are not "mean" per se, but are aggressive feeders akin to other sunfish, and become very personable and often stare at you from the front of the tank begging for food. Plus, unlike other sunfish, they have forward-facing eyes, so they are actually looking AT you while they do this. I've always found it strange how they are so shy/secretive/cover oriented in the wild, but you can put them in a fish tank and they act like Oscars.
Derek Wheaton
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#5
Posted 28 February 2015 - 10:26 PM
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Posted 28 February 2015 - 10:45 PM
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Posted 28 February 2015 - 11:54 PM
I will second that Gambusia and sticklebacks are terrors in a fish tank. They'll chew the fins off of anything they can, just for the hell of it it seems.
I've never seen the phenomenon personally, but I've heard plenty of stories of Exoglossum species eating the eyes of other fishes. If that isn't mean, I don't know what is...
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#8
Posted 01 March 2015 - 08:38 AM
Male 3-Spine Sticklebacks can be horrendous but, in my experience only during the breeding season. They go from placid to psychopathic. Unless in a large enough tank other fish have to be removed. I've always said that if they were sized-up they would beat up anything.
#9
Posted 01 March 2015 - 11:50 AM
SMB, Dollar sunfish, and SMB.
And in a close 4th place, Dollar sunfish.
#10
Posted 01 March 2015 - 01:41 PM
"No thanks, a third of a gopher would merely arouse my appetite..."
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Posted 01 March 2015 - 01:43 PM
#12
Posted 02 March 2015 - 07:31 PM
My Coosa Bass is extremely aggressive.
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Posted 02 March 2015 - 07:34 PM
My Coosa Bass is extremely aggressive.
Sorry, didn't see the original instructions, not over 30gal. I've had some very mean Studfish in the past. Once they get big, they'll fight Cyprinella.
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#14
Posted 03 March 2015 - 12:51 AM
No nevermind. Josh I assumed you read it wrong and I as well. But nothing over three feet. That is a big fish Sean!
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#15
Posted 03 March 2015 - 06:40 AM
Sorry, didn't see the original instructions, not over 30gal. I've had some very mean Studfish in the past. Once they get big, they'll fight Cyprinella.
No gallon limit, just not over 30-36".
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Posted 03 March 2015 - 11:33 AM
#17
Posted 03 March 2015 - 07:22 PM
My banded killifish were always nice to other fish, but I noticed that the biggest one did pick on the smaller ones of its own kind until he was the only banded killifish left. Maybe it's because I only had a small number -- three or four.
#18
Posted 04 March 2015 - 12:07 AM
Anyway, those fish are not what I would call mean. Grass pickerel for example are amazing predators and will cut your finger(also from experience), but they are not "mean". Now a Lepomis may not bite you and hurt you, but they might be "mean". Anyway, I think everyone who has mentioned sticklebacks have chosen the fish that would most closely fit the definition of mean. Sure is not a river monster, and not going to tear at your arm, but if you chucked one in a bowl with a betta, I might bet on the stickleback.
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Posted 14 March 2015 - 10:28 PM
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