minnow breeding

[henrysusername]

i have good access to minnows in a small pond and ive been feeding them to my sunfish i was wondering if i could just breed minnows so i dont have to catch them

[d1anonly22]

yeah you can. i catch minows around my place to. i dont know what kind they are but there live breeders and i was breeding them for a while but ended up needing the tank for another fish. but yes you can do it and its easier on you. depending on your situation you can just put a big airstone(bubble maker) in a small kiddie pull and raise them in their.

[krap101]

I don't have any experience with minnows, but I'd imagine that mosquitofish would be pretty easy to breed. They're livebearers.

[henrysusername]

i set up a 10 gallon tonight and i am gonna put some minnows i caught in it tomorrow some are already pregant and i got some tiny ones to put in it what should i feed them

[DragonFish71]

I'm thinking that the minnows henry is talking about is the mosquitofish. Coming from Florida myself, I remember them being in every fresh and brackish body of water. They breed just like guppies. Throw them in a kiddie pool, give them a few floating plants to hide in and you'll have feeders.

[krap101]

ic... here in illinois, don't have much in our rivers and lakes ><... anything tropicalish anyways...

[divedeep1689]

I bought some minnows at a gas station for fishing did not use them all put them in a old bathtub full of leaves mud and water here at the house filthy water really filthy my brother tunred the tub over about a year later to clean that area of the property and i saw tons of minnows that i figured were long gone but there was tons more.

[henrysusername]

how do i post a picture

[mfdrookie516]

all you gotta do is when hit "go advanced" and there is a button that looks like a paper clip... hit it, a window will pop up, hit browse, find the pic wherever it is on your computer, hit upload, once it uploads, close the window, and either preview or post

[henrysusername]

heres a picture of the fish

[DragonFish71]

Yep, that's looks like the mosquitofish. Easy as guppies to breed.

[Etunes]

Honestly, i live in florida and they are just as easy to breed as guppies. Just like everyone else said, just through them in a pool of water (kitty pool, aquarium, etc.) and they will breed like wildfire. The picture you posted is kinda blurry and for some weird reason it looks like a tadpole but it is a mosquitofish.

[henrysusername]

thanks

[henrysusername]

also what kind of fish is this i caught it from the same pond

[mfdrookie516]

Originally Posted by henrysusername

also what kind of fish is this i caught it from the same pond

looks to me like a bluegill, hard to tell with the lighting though, but im pretty sure

[henrysusername]

its not a bluegill its alot greener i will try to get a better pic

[henrysusername]

heres a bigger one under a magnifying glass

[mfdrookie516]

definately looks like a bluegill to me, unless its a hybrid, they look alot like them, but get alot bigger. Im almost 100% sure its a bluegill though, i used to catch them like crazy in my pond when i was little

[henrysusername]

ive seen quite a few bluegill to it just seems alot greener and gets bigger ive caught them in that close to 2 lbs i think its some kind of sunfish heres a bluegill

[mfdrookie516]

i wish somebody else would chime in and put their opinion in, cause now i just wanna know what it is... i still think it looks an aweful lot like a bluegill, but i agree, it doesnt look quite like the ones google images brings up... hmmm...