I keep all my tanks at room temp. (no heater) never falling below 70 F. averaging about 75 F.
78 F. will be fine.
78 F. will be fine.
florida Tank?
- Thread starter tricksterpup
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Vette,
Took a look at your album, I love your tank. Most of those fish are what I am planning on getting. The mosquito fish that you have is the black/white G.affinis holbrooki. A subspecies and a very pretty little fish. A little harder to find and pricer than the other.
jim
Took a look at your album, I love your tank. Most of those fish are what I am planning on getting. The mosquito fish that you have is the black/white G.affinis holbrooki. A subspecies and a very pretty little fish. A little harder to find and pricer than the other.
jim
Thanks Jim! The great thing about them is that you can spot them from above the water due to their coloration. I always scoop for these lil guys when I see them. I had 3 at one time (now I have one) but discovered where the other 2 went... They were very aggressive twards eachother (most likely because they were fighting over the females) but never did any damage, just chased eachother so I thought they may have died from stress. But now, I just saw my feeder goldfish EAT a mosquito fish
I love that Goldfish to death, but that was the last straw.. Im seeing if I cant find a neighborhood kid to 'donate' it to and if I cant get it out of here in a day or two.. its off to the LFS with it and they can HAVE it. :RAGE: 
Vette,
From all the articles I have read on G.affinis , they are an aggressive fish and should be kept in a tank separately from everyone else. I guess, ounce for ounce this are one of the toughest meanest fish our there. So if you did a smaller setup with a 10 gallon to 20 long setup heavily planted tank. Which would make a nice breeding tank for these guys.
From all the articles I have read on G.affinis , they are an aggressive fish and should be kept in a tank separately from everyone else. I guess, ounce for ounce this are one of the toughest meanest fish our there. So if you did a smaller setup with a 10 gallon to 20 long setup heavily planted tank. Which would make a nice breeding tank for these guys.
Well, I made a really long, seperate post earlier before the board went down (for me at least). Long story short.. I went to the springs and caught some new fish! To my surprise I caught a few I've never caught before.
First is a juvenile bass. I think its a black bass, but Im not certain. right now, he's just an inch in lenght so Im not concerned about him eating my other fish.. but I am concerened about getting him to eat non-live food. If he doesnt start feeding, its back to the springs with him.
The second fish (one I thought I'd NEVER catch) is a Tadpole Madtom! Im not sure if this is the proper name for it, but thats what a Florida Springs book I have calls it. This lil guy is only about a half inch long and really did look like a tadpole when I first caught him and he was out of the water. Im really glad I knew what it was because normally I'll use my hand to remove interesting things from my net! This time around I used a leaf and popped him in my bucket.
Now, I've not seen him since I put him in the tank. I know they're seclusive and noctournal, so I dont expect to see him much at all. BUT, I took pictures of him before I put him in the tank because of this, so what you see is a drinking glass that he's in prior to being released in the community tank.
First is a juvenile bass. I think its a black bass, but Im not certain. right now, he's just an inch in lenght so Im not concerned about him eating my other fish.. but I am concerened about getting him to eat non-live food. If he doesnt start feeding, its back to the springs with him.
The second fish (one I thought I'd NEVER catch) is a Tadpole Madtom! Im not sure if this is the proper name for it, but thats what a Florida Springs book I have calls it. This lil guy is only about a half inch long and really did look like a tadpole when I first caught him and he was out of the water. Im really glad I knew what it was because normally I'll use my hand to remove interesting things from my net! This time around I used a leaf and popped him in my bucket.
Now, I've not seen him since I put him in the tank. I know they're seclusive and noctournal, so I dont expect to see him much at all. BUT, I took pictures of him before I put him in the tank because of this, so what you see is a drinking glass that he's in prior to being released in the community tank.
Hey Vette,
Those are nice additions to your tank. I am just courious when you are gonna add some Heterandria Formosa to that tank.
or maybe start up another small one.
jim
Those are nice additions to your tank. I am just courious when you are gonna add some Heterandria Formosa to that tank.
or maybe start up another small one.
jim
Sorry, wrong place for that post...back to our regularly scheduled Q & A.
Which fish, that could be found in an LFS, would go well with Het. formosa in a FL tank?
Which fish, that could be found in an LFS, would go well with Het. formosa in a FL tank?
Originally posted by tricksterpup
I am just courious when you are gonna add some Heterandria Formosa to that tank.
jim
Jim, its already been done
I've got about 7 of these little guys in there now, and from the looks of it... I probably have a few more. While I had my hand in the tank doing a water change.. a small-fry 
about a mm in length decided to use my hand as a cave Cute little buggers... I hope theres enough plants for them to hide in untill they can fend for themselves or else that Bass may have some tasty treats in storeedit: you guys sure are giving me a crash course in scientific names ... if I didnt have google, I'd be in trouble!
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