What are these fish?

[Kittykat364]

We found them in a local stream along with




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[icydeath]

I believe the second picture (the clawed one XD) is a crawdad. Probably a female juvie as the claws are rather small. Could be wrong but I've done my share of stream catching so I am pretty sure it is a crawdad. They like catching and eating small fish. lol

The first picture... seems to be fathead minnows. Used to catch them and feed them to my RCC. I kept a few and they were fun.

Probably fathead minnows and a small female crawdad.

 

[icydeath]

Cant really tell though because of the angle. You should check them out and compare them to these fat head minnows

 

[Kittykat364]

Thank you!

The second picture I knew was a crawfish, I didn't know what kind. It also looks like it lost it's other claw in battle or something, does that mean anything?


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[Kittykat364]

Also, here is another picture of the minnows. They are all striped.



The pictures of the fatheads I've been seeing have all-black ones, but we didn't see any black ones when we collected them. There were some bigger ones, too, probably about 2-3 inches long. We think these might be juveniles.


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[icydeath]

OH! I saw them in the new picture and chuckle at me foolishness. Assuming you live in NA they are probably Blacknose Dace!

 

[Kittykat364]

I'll look that up, thanks.


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[Kittykat364]

It does look like a blacknose dace. Could I keep some in a 3-gal tank until they outgrow it? I might put duckweed in, too, to help with the bioload.


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[icydeath]

Hmm... Yeah but do water changes frequently and remember to acclimate them. Also, they are coldwater so just dont use a heater. I would upgrade them to a 10 or 20 long later on as you have quite a few.

 

[Kittykat364]

Ok, I'll probably just keep one or two. I was reading and their cousins, long nose dace, don't school so I think it should be okay keeping one by itself.


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[icydeath]

Hmm.. I always like trios for some reason XD

Good job on doing your own research!!

Best of luck on your Dace tank, - Raymond

 

[Kittykat364]

Thanks! And yeah I would keep a trio but since it's a small tank, 3 gallons, and the fish can get bigger, around 3 inches, I don't want to overstock the tank.


And thank you very much for all your help!! I really appreciate it.

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[icydeath]

True. 1 or two is best for that tank. You should get some ghost shrimp for that tank. They do well in lower temperatures. And no problem! Aquarists gotta help other aquarists.

 

[Kittykat364]

Thanks, that's a good idea. I think I'm actually going to skip it because it have to take it back home, I'm at my Grandmother's house right now, it's an 8 hour drive.


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[icydeath]

Haha next time you go bring an ice box and get some nice cold water up in that for the 8 hour drive! Get yourself some nice natives.

 

[Gillie]

It will be pretty tough to id the minnows, but if I had to guess I would say they are juvie creek chubs.

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[Gillie]

It will be pretty tough to id the minnows, but if I had to guess I would say they are juvie creek chubs.

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Blacknose and long nose dace are both sucker like

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[Ulrichsd]

Crawdad/crayfish will regenerate missing limbs over time

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[Kittykat364]

The story continues: we caught another different type of fish



Is it a baby? Is it a sucker fish? I don't know.


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[Gillie]

The story continues: we caught another different type of fish

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Is it a baby? Is it a sucker fish? I don't know.


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It's a young mottled sculpin

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