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Dragonet_Dude  Small Fry Posts: 12 Kudos: 14 Votes: 0 Registered: 25-Nov-2004   | Ok, so I aquired a Sunfish a while ago and I have no Idea on what species it is. Any fishing people here, can you help? It has 3 Anal spines, but looks different that a Warmouth. I am feeding it Cichlid Bio-Gold, Considering that it is closely related to cichlids. I've got some pics on here: http://ca.pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/dragonet_dude/album?.dir=f3ac&.src=ph&store=&prodid=&.done=http%3a//ca.photos.yahoo.com/ph//my_photos Thank you.  |
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bettachris    Ultimate Fish Guru Posts: 3875 Kudos: 4173 Votes: 452 Registered: 13-Jun-2004  | can't be 100% sure, i looked for a pic in Dr.Axelrod's atlas of freshwater aquarium fish and after looking through 52/1300 pages found lepomis punctatus again not sure but this would be my guess. will keep looking. update: i went a few more pages, and it could be a young lepomis gibbosus Last edited by bettachris at 15-Jul-2005 18:49 |
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| Dragonet_Dude Small Fry Posts: 12 Kudos: 14 Votes: 0 Registered: 25-Nov-2004 | So, what size of tank will this fish need? |
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| bettachris Ultimate Fish Guru Posts: 3875 Kudos: 4173 Votes: 452 Registered: 13-Jun-2004 | these fishes aren't for house hold aquariums. but the book say:200liters. best if left in the wild. |
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| Dragonet_Dude Small Fry Posts: 12 Kudos: 14 Votes: 0 Registered: 25-Nov-2004 | I've treated him with MelaFix, so i can't release him  my neighbors gave it to me after a fishing trip because their kids were tired of it being in a bowl ] he was badly scarred. He is doing well, feeding on crickets and Cichlid Bio-Gold Plus |
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| stripedcichlid Fingerling Posts: 41 Kudos: 46 Votes: 127 Registered: 07-Mar-2005 | its common to see sun fish hybridize in the wild so it might be a hybrid. i emailed a fishing guy and he said it looks like a Lepomis microlophus though its a few hundred miles North of where its normal range is Last edited by stripedcichlid at 16-Jul-2005 15:17 |
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| bettachris Ultimate Fish Guru Posts: 3875 Kudos: 4173 Votes: 452 Registered: 13-Jun-2004 | i don't mean releaseing him, b/c he has probably been humanized. make sure to tell them it is a  to take them out of the wild. go look in raiseing him. |
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