native north american fish

[finfayce]

this is my 30 gallon tank. it contains
3 rainbow darters 3”
3 least darters 1 1/2”
1 blue spotted sunfish 2”
bladder snails
plastic plants
foam filter
2 “wave” devices that cause water movement.
incandescent lighting because i read they don’t like fluorescent light
these darters -about 1 1/2 years old- are river fish and like moving water-
the sunfish is about 3 years old and very shy.

i added frozen food for this picture to coax everyone out.
i also include a close up pic of one of the rainbow darters. a small pic of sunfish’s head and look carefully to see least darter on bridge below plant

 

[finfayce]

this is my 30 gallon tank. it contains
3 rainbow darters 3”
3 least darters 1 1/2”
1 blue spotted sunfish 2”
bladder snails
plastic plants
foam filter
2 “wave” devices that cause water movement.
incandescent lighting because i read they don’t like fluorescent light
these darters -about 1 1/2 years old- are river fish and like moving water-
the sunfish is about 3 years old and very shy.

i added frozen food for this picture to coax everyone out.
i also include a close up pic of one of the rainbow darters. a small pic of sunfish’s head and look carefully to see least darter on bridge below plantView attachment 157465

 

[finfayce]

this is my 30 gallon tank. it contains
3 rainbow darters 3”
3 least darters 1 1/2”
1 blue spotted sunfish 2”
bladder snails
plastic plants
foam filter
2 “wave” devices that cause water movement.
incandescent lighting because i read they don’t like fluorescent light
these darters -about 1 1/2 years old- are river fish and like moving water-
the sunfish is about 3 years old and very shy.

i added frozen food for this picture to coax everyone out.
i also include a close up pic of one of the rainbow darters. a small pic of sunfish’s head and look carefully to see least darter on bridge below plantView attachment 157465

ughh- so dumb
see below for pic of tank and identifying note.

 

[enricosonic]

Hey - I think you need to post this stuff in the current TOTM thread to be considered an entrant.

 

[finfayce]

Hey - I think you need to post this stuff in the current TOTM thread to be considered an entrant.

i thought i did- darn. enjoy my pics anyway

 

[Colin_T]

For those of us living on the other side of the planet and rarely get to see north American native fishes, can you post pictures of all the different native fish you have and label each one so we know what is what?
Don't label the tank, just put the name of the fish above the picture when you upload it.

Thanks in advance

 

[finfayce]

For those of us living on the other side of the planet and rarely get to see north American native fishes, can you post pictures of all the different native fish you have and label each one so we know what is what?
Don't label the tank, just put the name of the fish above the picture when you upload it.

Thanks in advance

hi -actually thought i had put my tank in the TOTM place with pictures. i was told they’re in wrong spot. here are some. these are shy fish. the first 2 -left to right are rainbow darters, the second one is my blue spotted sunfish and in the third one is a least darter hiding beneath a plant on the ceramic bridge. i’ll try better pics at night when they are more active.

 

[Essjay]

You could post the photo and the info on the tank in this thread to enter it in the contest

Vote Now! April 2022 Tank of the Month (17-30 US gallons)

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[finfayce]

You could post the photo and the info on the tank in this thread to enter it in the contest

Vote Now! April 2022 Tank of the Month (17-30 US gallons)

POLL IS NOW CLOSED :big_boss: PLEASE VOTE! We have 9 awesome tanks entered in Fishforums' April 2022 Tank of the Month contest featuring tanks sized at 17 to 30 US gallons. View all the tanks and descriptions below and then go to poll at the top of this thread, click on your choice for...

www.fishforums.net

thank you very much.it looks like they have 10 entries already.

 

[finfayce]

thank you very much.it looks like they have 10 entries already.

For those of us living on the other side of the planet and rarely get to see north American native fishes, can you post pictures of all the different native fish you have and label each one so we know what is what?
Don't label the tank, just put the name of the fish above the picture when you upload it.

Thanks in advance

Colin
here are web pics of my native north america fish.the fish are shy and hard for me to photograph. first- least darter, blue spotted sunfish, and my own rainbow darter. it’s a female. i think i have a more colorful male rainbow darter but so far notable to get a pic

 

[I Like Rare Fish]

Love North American natives! Darters and sculpin are my favorites!

 

[finfayce]

Love North American natives! Darters and sculpin are my favorites!

cool- good to know someone who loves these fish.

 

[ClownLurch]

Love it love it love it.
Ive a Heterandria Formosa (little mozzy fish from the Carolinas) species tank on the go 60L and may soon be downgrading to a single tank which means they’ll be moved to my 120L. Breeding a lot and the 60L will soon be a bit crowded.
Will need to start selling some soon.

 

[GaryE]

I just moved to Canada's east coast, into a region with a fairly narrow range of smaller freshwater fish. When the glaciers retreated, natural barriers kept the usual fish groups from repopulating this region, so I won't be catching any darters (now that I have a place to keep them that would be perfect...).
I used to keep Etheostoma olmstedi and nigrans from a local stream in Montreal, and they were great fish. They suffered from warmth though - I could not provide the winter conditions they needed for their full life cycle, so I couldn't breed them. The same was true of the 6 inch red bellied dace I caught behind beaver dams - stunning fish that needed cold acid water.

In a few weeks when it warms up, I'm going fishing. Fundulus diaphanous is a widely distributed killie, and I kept and bred some in the old city. I saw some here with radically different looking coloration a few years ago, and I'm heading for that river with the proper permits once it warms up. I've also found some spots to catch the brackish Fundulus heteroclitus, the mummichog. Being able to visit the habitat means I can design tanks for them based on nature.

In this place, I have a possible cold room that will let the water drop down to the temps like to overwinter in, although I will have to cheat and give them a shorter winter. I'm hoping six weeks and managed light periods will fool them.

 

[Back in the fold]

@finfayce you are going in the direction that is calling to me lately. Why would anyone in North America not want to try native fish just once ? I'm thinking of joining NANFA , the North American Native Fish Association. Go look at their website. I belong to the American Killifish Association and the last two issues of their quarterly journal feature the genus Fundulus. A third issue wraps that up soon. I bought a copy of the Peterson Field Guide to Freshwater Fishes of North America North of Mexico (2nd Edition) by Page and Burr. Amazing what we have in our own back yards ! The Peterson guide has a section on introduced cichlids and would you believe that there is a colony of white (pink) Convict Cichlids in Grand Teton National Park ? I would pass out if I saw them. They must be in a geothermal area. Anywho, I have a trip planned for pretty soon that will take me in pursuit of the elusive Plains Killifish (Fundulus zebrinus ) only 50 miles from where I live. If I find them I just might sell my heaters and go back to the wild.