Fish to put in my new tank
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Warmiuth get larger then green sunfish. Most lepomis species sadly won't work for a 40g as most will reach upwards of 8-14in fully grown. There is only one true lepomis (that ik of) that would stay small enough and that is the orange spotted sunfish. The female generally stay around 3.5-4in while males will cap out around 5in. Just like all the other species of lepomis, they are highly aggressive/territorial and don't make for good community fish. Honestly if your looking for a native community tank I would suggest a combination of some different Dace and Shinner species as they tend to be very slow growing, small, and like schooling together. These here are a couple examples of how gorgeous these native fish can be. The first pic is a mountain red belly dace while the second is a rainbow shinner.
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Go catch them there's a bunch in the Tampa bypass canal
The record is like 10" but they usually stop growing at around 5"
Or if you want just get a single warmouth with some gambusia
If you don't care about being able to feed it bugs or whatever you can go with enneacanthus
How about some pygmy sunfish. I catch them here in SW FL. We also have some nice Lucanea goodei & Golden Top minnows.
Mud sunfish are pretty cool as well. They have a similar look to a Warmouth and stay small. I know I mentioned it earlier but I would really look into the legality. Mud sunnies are a threatened species up by me. Not sure of their status down south. I couldn’t find anything saying it’s illegal or legal to keep them. Maybe some other members might know.
