My Aquarium (Pic Heavy)

[.dsaavedra.]

i've had an aquarium for about a month now, and i havent been on bass resource much...aquariums been keeping me busy!

anyway, here are some pics, last pics i posted were just of setting up the tank, i dont think it was populated when i posted last.

i have 4 golden shiners, 2 eastern mudminnows, 2 creek chubsuckers, 1 pumpkinseed, 1 bluegill, and 1 crawfish.

golden shiners (this was when i still had 9, i got rid of 5):

mudminnows:

creek chubsucker:

pumpkinseed:

bluegill:

crawfish:

[Micro]

DOOD, that's awesome!  Great post and good videos.  Native fishies are more interesting that exotics.

[bass or bass ?]

Very nice. I've been keeping aquariums for over 40 years. I'd suggest rubber banding the claws on your blue lobster or it will use them to catch and eat your fish :'(.     Happy fishing.

~B.A.S.S.~N.A.F.C.~BoatU.S.~

[Jimzee]

Very nice setup.

[.dsaavedra.]

Very nice. I've been keeping aquariums for over 40 years. I'd suggest rubber banding the claws on your blue lobster or it will use them to catch and eat your fish :'(. Happy fishing.

~B.A.S.S.~N.A.F.C.~BoatU.S.~

:-?

what the heck's a blue lobster? this isnt a lobster, its a crawfish.

and no way i would never band up his claws, he uses them to eat! and he couldn't eat my fish, they're too big and quick.

[Jimzee]

Sarcasm is a wonderful thing... :

I think he was pulling your chain Dave.

[bass or bass ?]

Blue lobster is just aquarium store jargon for a blue crayfish (Procambarus Alleni) from either Australia or South America. Crayfish are natural predators of fish. As long as it is small it will not be a problem, however they grow very quickly and become very aggresive at about 4 to 6 inches in length and have a very ravenous appetite. Also, many fish species rest on the bottom at night when crayfish, being nocternal, are on the hunt for a meal, making then an easy target for a hungry predator. Also, crayfish primarily ues their first set of legs just behind their claws to pickup and place food in their mouths, and use their claws for grabbing prey and tearing it apart. When they lose their claws in nature, often from a fight with another crayfish, they use their front set of feet exclusevily to feed themselves and will do so if their claws have been banded to protect fish. I'm certainly not trying to tell you what to do with your aquarium or it's inhabitants, just passing along friendly advise from someone who has been there. As I said before, you have done a very nice job . Happy fishing.

~B.A.S.S.~N.A.F.C.~BoatU.S.~

[Bassn Blvd]

Nice aquarium Dave. I never had more than a bowl and a goldfish from the fair. I thought golden shiners are the kind we use as live bait for bass and yours don't look like them. Educate me please.

Oh yea, put a bass in there and see if it can learn .

[SuskyDude]

he couldn't eat my fish, they're too big and quick.

Thats what you think.  

Personally I think they are nothing but a pain to keep. They will eat your fish, dig up your plants and then end up underneath your couch dead and stinking up the place a week later. They like to climb so make sure your tank is completely covered.

[.dsaavedra.]

ok, i thought blue lobster was some kind of exotic crawfish, but i wasn't sure. i'm not up to date on all the exotic fancy species of anything, because i personally catch everything that i keep in my tanks. i think it's kinda dumb to pay money for these fancy sissy fish when you can go outside and have fun catching some fish yourself and these fish are brutes!

i dont see much of my crawfish anymore because i set up a cave for him and then 2 weeks after i set up the cave he decided to seal it off on all sides with gravel. sneaky little bugger. oh well, he's still awesome.

bassn blvd, these are indeed golden shiners like you use for bait but they are not mature. when they're juveniles, they have a faded black stripe down the side.

go to this site and scroll down to golden shiner and click on it. it shows many good photos of them as adults and juveniles: http://www.wiscfish.org/fishid/wFrmFishList.aspx

[Mobydick]

Oh yea, put a bass in there and see if it can learn .

;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D...........

[Bassn Blvd]

Thanks Dave.  Now I know why you got rid of a few..Did you have any luck using them?

[.dsaavedra.]

Thanks Dave. Now I know why you got rid of a few..Did you have any luck using them?

LOL!

nope, i put two in the tank at school, and gave 3 to a friend, and they introduced a disease to his tank...sucks for him! ;D i'm just glad my tank is disease free  

[senko_77]

he couldn't eat my fish, they're too big and quick.

Thats what you think.

Personally I think they are nothing but a pain to keep. They will eat your fish, dig up your plants and then end up underneath your couch dead and stinking up the place a week later. They like to climb so make sure your tank is completely covered.

x2 on the climbing thing.  When I was 5, we had a giant craw in our tank and my sister woke up in the middle of the night to use the bathroom.  When she got to the toilet, guess who was there looking up at her?

[Dan:]

awesome, Dave! are you planning on introducing bass eventually?

Great pics, btw.

[FD.]

great pics, Dave.

[rondef]

Awesome aquarium, it looks like it is set up really nice.  Thanks for posting the pictures.

[Maxximus Redneckus]

Did ur crawdad just shed or is it that color all the time??? he looks soft BTW the bluegill may snack on the crawdad if he is soft

[fishinfiend]

Nice aquarium and camera, Dave!

chubsucker  ;D

[Low_Budget_Hooker]

Very nice. I've been keeping aquariums for over 40 years. I'd suggest rubber banding the claws on your blue lobster or it will use them to catch and eat your fish :'(. Happy fishing.

~B.A.S.S.~N.A.F.C.~BoatU.S.~

:-?

what the heck's a blue lobster? this isnt a lobster, its a crawfish.

and no way i would never band up his claws, he uses them to eat! and he couldn't eat my fish, they're too big and quick.

You're gonna learn the hard way  

My Oscar got sick and a cray I fed him over a yr ago (gave him about 6 or 7 awhile back) had survived and had been living under the driftwood.  I woke up one morning and he had already wiped out the back 2 fins, I was just in time.

Oscar healed.  He's 15 yrs old now, won't be keeping him much longer but that's a looooong time to own the same fish.

Tank looks really nice !  

[.dsaavedra.]

lol! thats funny about the crawfish getting out of the tank and in the toilet! the only place he could escape from my tank is where the filter is, and there is nothing for him to climb there, so i think i'm safe.

i keep the crawfish well fed with tuna, shrimp pellets, and algae wafers. if he decides to snack on my fish, i guess thats just the way nature goes.

he may have shed recently before i caught him, but he hasn't shed since he's been in my tank. hes always been that color. it is a devil crawfish (Cambarus diogenes) by the way.

at first my intentions were to cycle the tank with a bunch of shiners, then i kinda got attached to the shiners and wanted to keep them around, and then i decided to get a few more fish of different species from the creek, and i really like having a community tank with different native species. if i put a bass in there, he would eat everything. i don't see myself putting a bass in here any time soon.

heres another picture of the pumpkinseed, this was taken just after he stole and entire earthworm  from my mudminnow, and ate the entire thing, so he was nice and fat and his colors were good:

[Other.]

What camera are you using? I have such a hard time capturing pictures of my fish.

[.dsaavedra.]

Kodak EasyShare C433, using macro setting.

it takes plenty of crappy pics, but if the fish is still for long enough for the macro to focus on it, then the pictures turn out pretty good.

[Sam]

Nice setup.

You did good.

Watch that crawfish.  

[TexFishin]

What size tank is that?  Ive been wanting to do something similar for a long time.