Hey guys,
Instead of spam the other thread, I thought I'd start my own to keep track of my new natives. Hope to keep them from babies all the way to senior citizens, but you never know what life will throw at you next.
10/17/2013 - 3 Ameiurus nebulosus and 2 Erimyzon sucetta arrive from Zimmerman's Fish and enter quarantine in a 10g barebottom tank with an Aquaclear 20 on it. The tank will only be up for two weeks so the filter is only running mechanical, carbon and ammonia remover since there's no intention of cycling it. They're destined for a new 75g which will be planted with native plant species.
The bullheads (which I got 3 of despite ordering 2
) are between .75" and 1". The chubsuckers are 1 to 1.5". The fish seem interested in NLS Thera +A on day one, but quickly shun it. They will pick it up and immediately spit it out. Bullheads are constantly in a frenzy and the chubsuckers hide a lot.
The bullheads don't stay together but if they happen to run into each other they form a small group for a short period of time and follow each other around until they get separated again.
Day 1 photos:
10/19/2013 - Now that the fish have settled in the bullheads are a bit less frantic. The chubsuckers are active now and have a familiar way of swimming that I can't quite place. I'm totally in love with them for some reason.
I picked up some live black worms today and tried it - it caused a feeding frenzy lol. Everyone was interested and the bullheads ate as much as they could and then went into a food coma under the driftwood. Even the chubsuckers grabbed a few. I may have to start raising my own live food if it's what these guys are really interested in. Was a pretty amusing sight seeing the tiny bullheads chase down the worms.
Day 3 video ('cause its better than my blurry pics, but its still a phone video);
Instead of spam the other thread, I thought I'd start my own to keep track of my new natives. Hope to keep them from babies all the way to senior citizens, but you never know what life will throw at you next.
10/17/2013 - 3 Ameiurus nebulosus and 2 Erimyzon sucetta arrive from Zimmerman's Fish and enter quarantine in a 10g barebottom tank with an Aquaclear 20 on it. The tank will only be up for two weeks so the filter is only running mechanical, carbon and ammonia remover since there's no intention of cycling it. They're destined for a new 75g which will be planted with native plant species.
The bullheads (which I got 3 of despite ordering 2
) are between .75" and 1". The chubsuckers are 1 to 1.5". The fish seem interested in NLS Thera +A on day one, but quickly shun it. They will pick it up and immediately spit it out. Bullheads are constantly in a frenzy and the chubsuckers hide a lot.The bullheads don't stay together but if they happen to run into each other they form a small group for a short period of time and follow each other around until they get separated again.
Day 1 photos:
10/19/2013 - Now that the fish have settled in the bullheads are a bit less frantic. The chubsuckers are active now and have a familiar way of swimming that I can't quite place. I'm totally in love with them for some reason.
I picked up some live black worms today and tried it - it caused a feeding frenzy lol. Everyone was interested and the bullheads ate as much as they could and then went into a food coma under the driftwood. Even the chubsuckers grabbed a few. I may have to start raising my own live food if it's what these guys are really interested in. Was a pretty amusing sight seeing the tiny bullheads chase down the worms.
Day 3 video ('cause its better than my blurry pics, but its still a phone video);
