would like a positive ID
#1 Guest_hmt321_*
Posted 08 September 2008 - 08:47 PM
I was under the assumption it was a spotted bullhead (it was an extra in a ghost shrimp shipment to a LFS in Pensacola FL)
I never saw it eat until Feb 08, and it has started growing fast.
I think it may be a flat bullhead, but i am unsure
check out these 2 picts
and here
It is currently in a 75 gal with a warmouth and 2 fat sleepers
I have a RUGF running and a drip system that changes out 12 gal of water per day
nitrates stay low, just a slight bit of color, possibly 10 ppm
anyway what do i have here? Flat or spotted
#2 Guest_blakemarkwell_*
Posted 08 September 2008 - 09:49 PM
Blake
Edited by blakemarkwell, 08 September 2008 - 09:50 PM.
#6
Posted 09 September 2008 - 08:09 PM
#8 Guest_mzokan_*
Posted 09 September 2008 - 09:27 PM
Marcus
#11 Guest_butch_*
Posted 10 September 2008 - 06:01 PM
I'm sure others are right... but just for discussion and devils advocate type stufff... it looks just like the brown bullhead that was in the disply tank in the Mingo Swamp nature center (or whatever it was called) in Missouri at the convention. Apparently, brown bullheads from the area have this sort of pattern... I'm no expert, but I do remember the fish... so I am going to say it is a brown bullhead.
No its not brown bullhead, isn't that they supposed to have MOTTLED patterns instead of spotted patterns?
I would say its 100% Spotted bullhead.
#13 Guest_BullHeadsrdfish_*
Posted 10 September 2008 - 08:56 PM
I am almost certain it is not a Black Bullhead; Coloration, and general shape are against that ID.
#14 Guest_butch_*
Posted 10 September 2008 - 09:29 PM
Shape of the mouth and head are terrible to ID'ed bullhead.
#15 Guest_hmt321_*
Posted 10 September 2008 - 10:09 PM
the saw like teeth would be an indication of a brown
but
I am not sure if they would even be on a fish of this size (approximately 3.5" - 4" long, obviously a juvenile) would have these.
The base of the dorsal does appear to have a darker area (but the fish is small enough that the fins are mostly translucent, and the fin is at its thickest there)
also, the fish is defiantly in a growth spurt since I moved in the new house. (drip system and RUGF equal improved water quality and appetite)
the fish will grow and time will tell
I hope it turns out to be a spotted or flat, but if it is a brown or black it can become the Leviathan in my parents kio pond.
Edited by hmt321, 10 September 2008 - 10:11 PM.
#18 Guest_BullHeadsrdfish_*
Posted 14 September 2008 - 08:40 PM
hmt321 I can say with 80% Certainty that you have a Brown Bullhead.
#19 Guest_Irate Mormon_*
Posted 14 September 2008 - 11:20 PM
#20 Guest_fishlvr_*
Posted 28 September 2008 - 12:46 AM
Here's a spotted. The spots are more white than silvery on spotteds, on brown bullheads they are almost silver like the one posted.
http://gwsphotos.com/images/908.JPG
Edit: the spotting on a spotted bullhead has more pattern than the randomness of the spots on a brown bullhead.
Edited by fishlvr, 28 September 2008 - 12:46 AM.
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