Pumpkinseed Sunfish and Bala Shark
PUMPKINSEED SUNFISH (Lepomis gibbosus) The pumpkinseed is the most widely distributed and abundant sunfish in New York, occurring throughout the state including Long Island. They seem to prefer weedy, warmwater lakes and ponds, using weed patches, docks, and logs for cover and usually staying close to shore. They are present in the calm pools of most rivers. The average pumpkinseed is about 5 to 6 inches in length, although some may approach 10 inches. Pumpkinseeds bite voraciously on nearly any type of natural bait, providing it is small, and on a variety of small artificial lures; flies are especially effective. Their wide distribution, abundance, unhesitating tendency to bite on worms, and close proximity to shore have made them a favorite among youngsters. They make fine eating, but their small size limits their potential as sport fish. BALA SHARK, SILVER SHARK Also known as the Silver Shark, the Bala Shark is a growing favorite among tropical fish hobbyists. This tropical fish isn’t a shark at all though. It belongs in the Cyprinidae family. They are named sharks because of their appearance and the shape of their dorsal fin. These “sharks” require large tanks because of their potential adult size of 13 inches. They are mostly peaceful but may eat smaller fish such as neon tetras when they reach a large enough size. Also, be warned that Balas (Silver Sharks) are excellent jumpers. Have a hood on your aquarium to prevent your Silver Shark from leaping to its death …
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Sucker fish? Where? What species?
i found them in a crab trab when they were just lil babies…
where do you buy those????
lol such an expert huh…
Are sunfish easy to take care of? What is the minimum aquarium size?
i caught about ten 1 inch red eared sunfish with a castnet put them in a 20 gallon they got about 10 inches they were to big so i put them in a pond hipoxia killed them all along with 80 dollars of koi
how do you feed them?
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I good quality pellet like Hikari cichlid pellets. The hikari cichlid pellets come in many different sizes, choose the small ones.
Also, occasional freeze-dried or frozen blood worms, tubifec worms, or brine shrimp are great.
so wat should i feed my bala i just got its like 3 inches
I say 20-30 gallon for a single sunfish, but more is always better.
And I had a bala shark go from 3″ to 9″ in 1 year, it all depends on what you feed them.
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no clue…just get a tank and throw some fish in there…see what they do…
I ment ONE sunfish, and no other fish
i had the bala shark and some other lil fishes but i wanted the sunfish to grow as big as possible so i went and got the big tank…the 55 gallon tank with the filter and the lights and all the crap it comes with was only like $130 from petco…thats not to bad…
really?, 4 just a sunfish?
i dont know-when i got my fish i had a little tank but they grow so fast i had to get a big tank…i got a 55 or 60 gallon tank now and after a yr the fish are still growing…im no expert but id say get a big tank for the sunfish…
If I were to get a sunfish, how many gallons should I have for it? PLEASE REPLY
i heard bala sharks and school fish and you should buy a few at a time. But those are huge.
fuck it..
sry for the number of comments
they grow very slow.. no more than 2 inches per year. Died has somewhat of a role as well
no thats not ok.
you could put 2 pumpkin seeds MAX in a 29 gallon, if you kept up with your water changes.
What kind of pleco are you talking about? There are thousands of kinds. Most plecos need at least a 150 gallon, and since most are tropical fish, you couldnt put any pleco in with sunfish. And not even 1 bluegill could fit in a 29 gallon, they get bigger than sunfish.
Very
whats a pleco???