What do YOU think would happen....

[Koyukon]

If i went a caught a Brim from my local pond and put him in with my other fish.

other fish....

one GT about 4in.

one Green Severum about 4 1\2 in.

one Gold Severum about 3in.

three Silver Dollars around 2in.

one Red hook S. Dollar about 4in.

i used "about" because you can't really tell without taking them out and measuring them. that would be cruel.

i was thinking that the brim would have to be about the same size or smaller..

give me your ideas..

and no water chemistry opinons... i know about that just curious about what other people would think would happen.

thanks,

Daniel

oh yeah the tank is a 120

[morleyz]

There's a good chance you'll infect your tank with parasites that are common in wild fish. Your brim would probably be a bit unhappy with the constant elevated temperatures your other fish would prefer.

[valerie]

whats a brim?

[125gJoe]

Originally posted by valerie
whats a brim?

A 'Bream'.....:)


Look here:

Bream Fishing (http://www.angelfire.com/va3/panfishing/bream.html)

AND! Can you believe? - Bream Master Forums (http://www.breammaster.com/)

:)

[Rare Cichlids]

80gJoe's first link is about the fish in question. The North American sunfish are often called bream. His second link is about the european bream.

[125gJoe]

Some down here get Bream, Bluegill and Warmouth mixed up when they catch or talk about them. No big deal. Now, when some confuse a Rainbow Trout with a Speckled Trout, that's a problem... LOL

[Tyler718]

80gJoe I knew what you where talking about.:) As long as you don't start confusing your Discus as Bream :D

Actually, morleyz is right. You have to worry about parasites. Also, it's not like going to the lfs and seeing the temperment of the fish before buying it.

IMHO. If you decide on doing this. What I would do is put the fish in the a quaritine tank and watch it for at least a month and treat it with an anti-parasitic med to be on the safe side.

[Tightdog1]

io would do wqhat TYLER718 said to quarrantine the fish and make sure you quarrantine him wqith water that is the same or cklose to the water in the 120, maybe take some of thw 120 water out and put in in a 10g or maybe a 20g or whatever extra tank you have, treat it with the anti-parasite stuff tyler said.

[Koyukon]

thanks for the replys. of course I wouldn't actually be doing this, but i thought it would be nice to get your thoughts on it. my lfs guy said that the "brim" would tear apart my fish. i was seeing what some other people thought.

thanks again.


Daniel

[Rare Cichlids]

Yes, wild fish have parasites, but its not big deal. They an easily be taken care of. I have around 14 wild fish in my tanks. And brim is not a common name for any particular Sunfish. Many people use the term bream for all of the small sunfish. nIf your talking about something like a Green sunfish, a Long Ear, or a Pumkinseed, these should do reasonably well with your other fish. There is a small pond near my house that supports 150-200 Green Sunfish. This pond is very shallow and reaches temps of 80-90 degrees in the summer. They are aggressive however, but most cichlids can put up with this and dish it out too.

I'm not suggesting you do this, just saying that its certainly possible.

[125gJoe]

Originally posted by Tyler718
80gJoe I knew what you where talking about.:) As long as you don't start confusing your Discus as Bream :D
........ Not a chance....:)

[duck]

I've got a couple of "bream" in my tank... actually one is a small sunfish (it is redish and gold on the body with bright turqouse blue marking over his face and red sploched eyes) and a common blue gill in my 30 gallon.. They are very fun fish... I also have one small catfish and three cherry barbs with them. The Bream don't even pay any attention to the other fish... I got them when they where reallys mall in a minnow trap out of a lake we have a house on... They spend alot of there time ducking under the lava rock in my tank and swimming wide open through the plants... I've had them a good wihle now (7-8) months...
When they get bigger I plan to add them back where I got them from and collect a couple more small ones...
They seem to have stopped getting big so fast and holding out around 4 inches long. I don't run a heater in the tank...
I use mostly light from the two windows located near the tank...
sometimes I do use the plant light.. half of it is blue (I put a transparent blue plstic peice on half of the lamp..) the Fish generally hang out on the blue side ......

I feed them normal fish food with sometimes treats of crickets
and redwiggler worms...

[kevinfishboy]

I have two crappie in my 55g with a convict,4-lined cat three spot groumie and a pleco

[duck]

I didn't know that I am not supposed to keep native fish ....
I will be returning my Brim sooner than I had planned (probly tommorrow) They are great fish.. I really love mine I can't belive it is prohibited to keep them in an aquarium.. especialy since you can buy them from fish stock sotres and also buy fish like tehse to be used as bait fish... wierd..

[PumaWard]

Also, check your local laws...

I know here in VT, taken a native fish and putting it in an aqurium without a permit is a $500 fine per fish, of course, it's only IF you get caught.