Another creek day=]

[jetajockey]

Took another trip to the creek/swamp today in freeport. Ran into a rather large (and sickly?) spotted gar. He was sitting in a few feet of water not moving at all, so I snagged him by the mouth and brought him in. He didn't fight at all, so I don't know what was wrong. I looked for any visible signs of issues so I could go all dr quinn on him, but after a few pictures I sent him back on his way.

Say hello to the smallest crawfish ever

Caught several of the nano species I was after, including pygmy killies, least killies, and pygmy sunfish, also a few small grass pickerel. Will update with pics once I get some clear ones.

 

[alLexX]

that cray is so tiny.there was definitely something wrong with that pike if it didnt fight you whwn you were bringing it in.

 

[Dylan5359]

awesome. How big do those pygmy sunfish get?

 

[jetajockey]

this is a gulf coast pygmy sunfish. They top out around 1 1/4"

 

[Dylan5359]

Beautiful fish. You don't know how much I want to go native fish collecting because of you... Lol.

 

[Cobaltskyy]

Beautiful fish! I want one!!

 

[WendiDell]

that is a beautiful fish. I think it must be a Florida thing, we don't have anything as colorful as that little guy here in Oregon. We are far from tropical.

 

[Cichlidsheaven]

this is a gulf coast pygmy sunfish. They top out around 1 1/4"

Wish that was in my tank. Love these colourful little buddies.

 

[jasonjs]

Wow! Beautiful!

 

[jetajockey]

Set up a 29g planted tank yesterday and I'll put all of the nanos in it that we've gotten this weekend. Will update with pics.

 

[Homedog98]

this is a gulf coast pygmy sunfish. They top out around 1 1/4"

Lauren waaaaant!!! Lol. Beautiful fish!

 

[Jason7894561230]

So you realise the fish or do you keep them?
Awesome fish BTW

 

[jetajockey]

Some I keep, some I return. If they are a species I happen to be after then I will keep them. I am starting colonies of some of them.

I went out this morning and got some leptolucania ommata (pygmy killifish). No pics, the camera is out of town at the moment. Could google them though, they are teeny tiny things, a true nano fish, and beautiful.

 

[ocean]

No great colored native fish here or great LFS's......geez!!! Bummer.

 

[Esoteric Backbone]

I'm jealous

 

[jetajockey]

there's some sweet natives out that way also. I know somewhere in the SW there are gila topminnows, and there are several colorful darter species in the northern states. They just aren't popularized.

 

[Esoteric Backbone]

I live in Arizona, there isn't much of anything (atleast to my knowledge)

 

[Homedog98]

I live in GA... I wonder if there's anything colorful down in savannah...?

 

[jetajockey]

there's plenty of stuff in GA. do a google search for native freshwater fish of georgia.


I'm pretty sure AZ has gila topminnows among a few other species that are interesting, but it does seem like the biggest variety of colorful species seem to be focused on the southeast.

 

[mfdrookie516]

do they eat NLS?