Average sunfish growth rate?

[YOOPER]

Bluegill. I like the africans in with him. Every tank should get at least one native. BH preferred...

 

[ewurm]

I say 4" the first year is about right.

 

[fishyz]

thanks. heres some pictures of the sunny i have rather than starting a new thread. theyre kinda blurry. ill get some better pics but he is so curious and always looks strait at me like in the last pic so its hard to get a side shot

Nice sunny Demon_fish.

 

[hmt321]

here are some picts of a red spot sunfish that i caught in a trap in march they were 1/2" long

there were or 5 of them at first, i gave a few away and a few were victoms of disease, agression ect. anyway here is a pict of the red spot a few min ago

he (or she) is prob 3.5" long and is fairly agressive. when ever i put my hand in the tank it comes right up to it, it has not bitten me yet, but it certianly is not scared of my hand or of my python tube, the net is a different story it runs from the net (i have replanted the tank recently and i had to temp relocate him to a rubbermade for a day or so.

I started them out on frozen blood worms, then moved them off to flake, it eats hikari pellets now, (not the smallest ones, the 2nd smallest) I give him blood worms and crikets i have cut in half and red worms. about once a week.

it drove my sailfin shiners to jump out of the tank, (much to the cats delight) I will be up grading him to a 75 gal tank in about 6 months, he is currently in a 40 gal breeder, (wide) with a madtom.

 

[Horiyoshi III]

Hey hmt,i'm jealous,i cant trap 'em(dont have a trap!) I do however,have 2,2 inch bluegill and a 4 inch,i love em.Would rather get like 10 fry,like you got,and raise 'em from there,but 2 inches isnt bad!!!!!

 

[Demon_fish]

i dont use a trap i caught him while fly fishing. just use a realy small fly for the little ones close to shore

 

[Bizzaro]

Cool man, i have Pumkenseeds bluegill they are alot more color full. An this one Hybrid i have has Blue dots all over him. Both Captive from my local park. When they are bigger they are sure mesy fish. so whach out.