why not turn it into a tropical aquarium since bluegills and goldfish are out the door for a 10g?
Bluegills as a pet
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bluegills are also territorial, especially when they go into their spawning mode. pehaps you might want to try a different type of sunfish, such as a pumpkinseed? they stay small.
or you could turn it into a tropical aquarium
or you could turn it into a tropical aquarium
Fliers would be a good choice for a fish tank, don't get too big, I reccomend a natural sandy bottom for spawning for all sunfish also, and for the record I believe that the largest bluegill ever caught was 5 pounds+(That would be so cool in a tank)
Record Bluegill- http://www.kens-fishfarm.com/world-records/Default.asp
Record Bluegill- http://www.kens-fishfarm.com/world-records/Default.asp
You could still get some sunfish,bream or brim (whichever they are called in your neck of the woods). I was looking at the site and decided I might try some blue spots, they only get 4 inches long or maybe some pumpkinseeds. You'll still need more than a 10 gallon tank though.
Please do not do this. captive species, native or not, releqased into the wild are a vector for disease. If anyone released an ich(or other captive disease) infected trout into my local waterways, castration would be like heaven compaired to what i would do to them.IceH2O said:
Another nice native species for a 10g are Darters, there are a bunch of differant types even here in Wisconsin, I picked up 4 Iowa Darters, they are very colorful and have funny personalitys, they stay small maybe 2 inches.
We have 4 bluegills in our small backyard pond which is 165 gallons I think.As large as they have grown I doubt they could do well in a 10 gallon aquarium.
I have kept bluegill and they are quite similar to cichlids infact some say that they are north american cichlids. Anyway with that said treat them as you would a Jack Dempsy or a Green terror. In other words they need at least a 75 gal for a pair and they can get aggressive also they eat ALOT which means they make a lot of waste, overfiltration is a must.
no, FW sunfish are Centrarchids (the ocean sunfish is a Mola mola, different family), bass are in a bunch of families (Moronidae, even Percidae, I believe).
maybe there's a few basses in Cichlidae, though. Cichlids are incredibly diverse, so I don't even pretend to know most of them.
maybe there's a few basses in Cichlidae, though.
Cichlids are incredibly diverse, so I don't even pretend to know most of them.
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