the last picture are the ones i have seen. and i want to get 4-5 of those then a bunch of mud minnows or fatheads not sure yet
35g tank native new jersey fish
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i dont now ill have to look into it more and figure out what the kind are that i have i believe they are the dollar sunfish but cant tell!!!
also if i catch them my self what do i have to do to get them used to tap water?? or can i just throw them in tap water right away with a really long accumalation or wat ever its called should i just take like 6 hours of that
also if i catch them my self what do i have to do to get them used to tap water?? or can i just throw them in tap water right away with a really long accumalation or wat ever its called should i just take like 6 hours of that
1. Cycle the tank first
2. Put it in a breather bag with the original water
3. Float the breather bag for about 15 minutes
Worked for me in the past.
2. Put it in a breather bag with the original water
3. Float the breather bag for about 15 minutes
Worked for me in the past.
If you are finding them in New Jersey, they are not Dollar sunfish.
BloodyIrish, Be careful floating breather bags, as it stops thier ability to breath. 15 minutes is probably fine, but too long and you can actually suffocate the fish inside. They are very different in that aspect than standard bags and oxygen.
BloodyIrish, Be careful floating breather bags, as it stops thier ability to breath. 15 minutes is probably fine, but too long and you can actually suffocate the fish inside. They are very different in that aspect than standard bags and oxygen.
DO NOT get 4 or 5 sunfish and a dozen mud minnows, you've maybe got room for 1 sunfish and a dozen minnows if you go with a longear. you really need to stop and do some research on how big the fish your talking about are going to get. also putting straight tap water into the tank will likely kill all the bacteria, causing an ammonia spike that will kill your fish. you need to A) age the tap water for a week before adding it B) get a good dechlorinator/tap water treatment chemical that will remove any chlorine/chlorime before you do water change or C) do both, this is the best option. the best water you can use is from the same body of water you got them from. if you start w/ a sterile tank(clean it out w/ bleach before adding water) and only use decorations from the river/lake/pond and never introduce a fish from another body of water or use tap water then you shouldn't have any risk of exposing the fish to any new deseases and introducing anything if you release them back where you got them. if your going to use the tank to growout the fish for a pond, make sure you make the pond BEFORE you get the fish. i made that mistake once.
This isn't true unless you keep the fish in hermetically sealed vacuum. It's also against the law to release fish in this manner (and for a good reason). If you keep any fish or even keep your windows open, you're exposing the fish to foreign pathogens. Even in the vacuum joke above, you run the risk of fostering an existing disease that nature might have dealt with in the wild.
It's NEVER safe to release any fish native or otherwise under ANY circumstances.
This release business comes up way to often. How many times do we have to say IT'S AGAINST THE LAW, IT'S UNETHICAL, IT'S BAD FOR THE HOBBY, IT'S BAD FOR NATIVE FISH POPULATIONS, IT'S JUST PLAIN WRONG.
