Coldwater schoolers and centerpiece fish?

reptileguy2727 said:
I wouldn't, they get too big to go with the gobies and are quite aggressive. I would look into some of the more rare danios, the kind you would have to order from a breeder online or something.
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The species that I posted are all smaller, 4" or less and no more aggressive than a Ram or Kribensis. Putting all Sunfish in one little box as far as captive care is nonsense. Fwiw the Bluespot would be the most peaceful, but they prefer calmer water so if you're adding the extra filter the others are better choices. As far as qt, it's always a good idea. All of those are available from time to time on AB, or from The Aquaculture Store, www.theaquaculturestore.com. Paul Sachs is a great guy to deal with.
 
I'm still trying to decide if I want the sunfish, I may just stick with my current filter so that the flow isn't too fast. I'm going to try and pick a bluespot up at the PVAS auction, what is their preferred temperature range?
 
reptileguy2727 said:
I still wouldn't do it. Even if you had one in its own tank long enough to see how aggressive it is and truly KNOW it is not too bad, native fish will definitely have pathogens, pathogens they can handle without any signs that can definitely wipe out a nonnative species.
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i assume you mean "wild" fish, for which this is generally quite true.

there are a lot of sources of native fish that have been pond / tank raised and do not have these problems

re: sunfish, research them to see what you like. there are many very different color variations of dollar sunfish for example. most sunfish would probably be perfectly happy with a water temp at whatever your indoor temp is -- you'll get too cold or too hot before they will
 
pbeemer said:
i assume you mean "wild" fish, for which this is generally quite true.

there are a lot of sources of native fish that have been pond / tank raised and do not have these problems

re: sunfish, research them to see what you like. there are many very different color variations of dollar sunfish for example. most sunfish would probably be perfectly happy with a water temp at whatever your indoor temp is -- you'll get too cold or too hot before they will
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Dead on about temps. As far as the disease thing I've never had any more problems with WC stuff than I do with storebought. Alot of what you see in the lfs is wc from somewhere else, and some farmed fish can be terrible disease-wise. Like I said, qt is always a good idea. I actually have a group of Bluespots waiting at a buddy's when I can get over and grab them. I'm not sure exactly how many or what the sex ratio is, but if I can spare one I'll let you know.
 
A QT tank would be a good idea, especially with all this pathogen things. I've seen a lot of pretty sunfishies when I go snorkeling at my lake house and they are awesome!
 
I can't really set-up a quarantine, but I might be able to set up a 5 gallon. Would that work for a week or two? (I would qt one at a time, and would get juvies (smaller than 2")
 
A 5 would make a suitable qt for a single Sunfish of one of the aforementioned species.
 
I'm talking about the one out in western mass in february. 5 gallon is set up and cycling right now...
 
When I saw the title, I immediately thought white clouds and a paradise fish. I'm kind of thinking a sunfish would kill somehting. They're the equivalent of a north american cichlid.
 
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