I just caught a bluegill sunfish and want to keep it as a pet, does anyone have experience with this. Is it possible? If not does anyone have a good recipe?
2007-07-20 10:18:20 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Pets ➔ Fish
It's possible to keep them. I've kept bluegills, green sunfish, and pumpkinseeds, along with a variety of other native fish (with a permit).
I kept mine in a 55 gallon tank, and never more than three fish (all of the same type) at one same time, but I did keep a 300 gallon display tank with both bluegill and pumpkinseeds for a while.
You'll need a fairly large tank if you want to keep it any length of time, and they do need a filter, but no heater. I fed mine cichlid pellets, with some frozen bloodworms and earthworms once they got bigger. They like to have some driftwood they can hang around, or at least that's where mine spent most of their time.
2007-07-20 10:34:37 · answer #1 · answered by copperhead 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
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2016-09-30 09:36:25 · answer #2 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i have a 10 inch male sunfish in my 75 gallon.
He is by himself and the tnak is running with two canister filters.
They dont usually tolerate other fishes in the tank, i had to move him from my large mouth bass, as the sunfish was too aggressive.
They will get really big and need a big tank. like mines, with excellent filteration.
2007-07-20 10:37:52 · answer #3 · answered by Coral Reef Forum 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
You can keep them; they're very easy. No heater needed and they'll eat anything you offer. They are extremely agressive though, so you'll have a hard time keeping other fish with them. I have a couple living with a couple of largemouth bass. They seem to get along ok.
2007-07-20 11:30:30 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, they make pretty good pets. We have seven young ones in a 29 gallon, we caught ours all wild in a minnow trap. you have to treat it for parasites, because wild fish have them. It will take it a few days to get used to eating fish flakes, but it will begin to eat it. If you are really worried about it eating until it gets used to flakes, then give it tiny peices of bread.
2007-07-20 10:29:46 · answer #5 · answered by KristyW 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
go to www.nativefish.org lots of folks keep sunfish in aquariums they are cool.
2007-07-20 11:33:25 · answer #6 · answered by lepomis_2000 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
you can keep them but dont put them in with tropical fish they will tear the heck out of them feed them pieces of worm mealworm and crickets
2007-07-20 10:31:53 · answer #7 · answered by hill bill y 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yeah, you can eat them. Just batter and fry them. But if their small enough to keep as pets, the probably too small to eat. If you decide to keep them as pets, I'd just put them in a normal fish tank and feed them fish food.
2007-07-20 10:27:23 · answer #8 · answered by Sashy 2 · 0⤊ 3⤋
I found this:
www.aquariacentral.com/forums/archive/index.php/t-25391.html
Too much info to post here so have a look if you want.
2007-07-20 10:36:30 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋