Wild fish in a tank???

I always wanted to start a native marine tank, very few SW tanks that aren't tropical out there... but have no clue where to look for info on that
 
Check Reefcentral. Many of the principles are the same for a cool water marine tank--and the fish are often briliantly colored. Many corals do better in cooler water, as well. The tanks aren't that common because the demand is pretty low, but many people keep them. One RC member has a tank of animals collected from around the NYC area--pretty, healthy, easy to feed.
 
natives

sunfish are pretty tuff little buggers - bluegill are considered a game fish in most states sometimes they hold pan fishing tournaments where you fish for bluegill, crappie and perch -
as for keeping bass in an aquarium i woulnnt even consider it - unless you have like a 300g aquarium they get very big and will swallow anything it can get in its mouth - that includes oscars - there have been recorded incidents where fisherman have found adult bass trying to swallow each other over territory dipsutes - one bass had another's tail hanging out of it's mouth while the enitre body was inside of him - their mouth's are incredibly large - full grown they can get up to 20 lbs or better and are a great predator - all in all they are my favorite fish - that and the smallmouth bass
don't keep them in an aquarium - it's not right for them
 
if I were to get some, I wouldn't keep them over about 3/4 lb in a 150-200 gallon tank. Realisticly, it's just a dream and will probably never come true. I would love a Bass Pro shops style aquarium in my home. Like 3000 gallon tank with bass, catfish, crappie, etc. I just love seeing those tanks at aquariums or fishing shops. I have caught small bass in seins before, would be interesting to raise them for a while before turning them back loose. Kyle
 
keeping natives woul be the sh*t - wish i had one of those humungous tanks for that type of thing too
someday:rolleyes:
 
great news. I emailed the Oklahoma Wildlife and Fish Department and he said I could put any native fish I want in a fish tank as long as I have a license and as long as I caught it legally according to the rules. I just have to go check out the limits because I think most gamefish have to be a minimum size which would be too big. He also said I could turn loose any fish as long as it was not exotic. Cool, here fishy fishy............Kyle
 
I was wrong, the only fish that have minimum sizes are flathead catfish or walleye/sauger which I wouldn't want to keep anyway being as predatory as they are. Forget Cichlids, I want Crappie, bass and sunfish!!! KYle
 
well, it could be a while before I could get the opportunity for such a project but when I do, I will definitely post some photos and such. I am tempted to try and sein some 2-3" sunfish to put in my "semi agressive" tank and see what happens. Worse case scenario is I pull them back out and put them back in the pond where I caught them. May have to do some thinking on this, Kyle
 
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