Orange-throat Darters

[limnologist]

Ive picked up a few orange-throat darters at the same place I found the creek chubs, so far they are eating frozen bloodworm, I distributed them among my smaller tanks (2 in the 10 gallon axie tank, 6 in the 20 gallon native tank, 2 in the 5 gallon breeder and 2 in the 5 gallon betta tank) I keep the temps on all tanks pretty low and each tank has pretty good water flow. So far they seem like pretty straight-forward, easy-to-keep fish buuut...... anybody have any tips?

 

[Brookster123]

You caught those? They're very cool looking specimens

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[limnologist]

yea, I thought it would be fun to run through a creek with a net chasing the little fish, but they just sat under rocks and in sand and didnt try to swim away....there wasnt much sport to it.....so I got about 15 much easier than I should have.
Theyre already starting to show all their colors, I love their dorsal fins.

 

[Brookster123]

Pics?

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[limnologist]

eventually....Im still trying to be not lazy enough to upload some pics of my creek chubs that people wanna see lol

 

[jetajockey]

Darters are really cool. We have a few here but all the really cool ones are up north. My only suggestion is to qt wild caught fish and pretreatment with antibiotics and parasite meds.

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[limnologist]

Darters are really cool. We have a few here but all the really cool ones are up north. My only suggestion is to qt wild caught fish and pretreatment with antibiotics and parasite meds.

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That's a good suggestion.

 

[NatureFish]

I wanted to get darters too but are they hardy? I just don't want to buy a heater lol!


NatureFish
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[Fresh2o]

Nice find. When I was a kid I would collect Johnny Darters. As far as darters go, they were rather plain colored.
As for care, I would imagine cool temps, high oxygen, adequate water flow and decent water conditions. Rocks to hide under (I suppose similar to the place where you obtained them).


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[Sunfish716]

They live fast current and meaty foods


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[jetajockey]

Depends on the species, but most are subtropical. Some of the more northern ones prefer even colder water.