Haven't kept orange spotteds, but currently have a few other species -- spotted, pumpkinseeds, and warmouths. Each species has a little different temperament, but I haven't found any to be a big problem. Mine eat cichlid pellets just fine -- they love the Hikari carnivore food sticks and the Tetra Jumbomins. Frozen treats like prawns, bloodworms, silversides, etc are taken with greed. Veggies also -- corn, broccoli, cauliflower, spinach -- come to think of it, I haven't found much they won't eat. Live mealworms are great and cheap. Each species has a slightly different preference. The warmouths for example are much more pisciverous than the p'seeds. I find them a lot of fun to keep, and gorgeous with the right deco and lighting. I have heard that the greens are very aggressive, but have no first-hand experience with them.
Native fish (particularly Orange Spotted Sunfish), need advice
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Thanks for the info, I am getting excited about this. Maybe I'll have to find a way to get the 55 set up, would be much "cooler" than the 20.
That is really great looking. Do you have any more pictures? would love to see. What size tank is that?
A 20 gallon tank would certainly be fine for a pair of orange spotted sunfish.
Also look for bluespotted sunfish and blackbanded sunfish.
Sunfish are neat. I have kept several :dance:
Also look for bluespotted sunfish and blackbanded sunfish.
Sunfish are neat. I have kept several :dance:
From the article I read it sounds like Blackbands may be a little to complicated for me just yet.
I'd agree that the 20-high should be OK for a couple of orange-spotteds. You can always go up later if you feel the need. You seem to have done some homework! Good luck! BTW, the pic above was in a 125. Have now moved them all to a 210. Yes, that is a yellow perch in the pic -- I have 3 of those, along with the 4 p'seeds, 2 warmouths, and a spotted. A gar rounds out the natives for the moment:
