Sunfish Aquarium Setup Worth It?
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- čas přidán 11. 07. 2024
- Are Native Bluegill Sunfish Tanks Cool? People ask me if I think native bluegill sunfish aquarium setups are cool or worth the time? Sunfish are some of the hardiest fish on the planet and you don’t have to heat the aquarium setup. I give my personal opinion on sunfish aquarium setups.
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You can tell this dudes never went fishing before.. bluegill are awesome beautiful fish
yea and they eat anythingg
Native fish aren’t boring. They just don’t look colorful most of the time. Keeping a fish you caught gives you almost a euphoric feeling because of the fact that you yourself caught it. And yes if you keep them as cichlids and feed them pellets everyday they would be as boring as a dull cichlids. But you have to do stuff with the,, like feeding them worms, and insects. And starting feeding frenzies. That’s where they shine the most. Not being fed pellets. Shrimp can be used for feeding frenzies, they don’t have to eat live food. And get longear and red breast if you want something colorful
Look up a longear sunfish colorful as discus
Yeah I just caught a pink and silver hill the other day.
Agreed but keeping native fish in most places is illegal… besides that I’ve done it and it’s wonderful. Stupid laws that make no sense.. government for you
@@jackelinemeter8914 oh yeah I don’t care about laws
I find sunfish react spectacularly to cichlid color enhancer foods.
Bluegills are really cute and get a lot of personality. Also they stay lighter and have more iridescence when they are not picked on. I got an unknown fry from a pet store once that turned into a bluegill. He knew who was going to feed him and seemed smarter than my other fish. He grew pretty fast in just a couple years. He went from a 10 to a 30 to a 55. We eventually put a kiddie pool in a guest bedroom and he was very happy. He ate lots of guppies and pellets and cubes and anything you wanted to slip him that you were eating. He was a good little fish, maybe the best of em.
reading this was so wholesome. thank u for sharing.
Reading this was like watching an episode of Little House on the Prairie, only of the fish keeping world. Such amazing fish and their keepers. This young man in the video over crowds them in too small of a tank though, and doesn't provide them nearly enough plants to hide in 🙁
Bro that was AWESOME. How you spoke the truth to “power”..... you just helped many people with you opening up about your drinking and being honest about that,,, just as you’ve helped many in the industry better their aquariums !
Peace and great fortune to you!
I keep lots of native fish. My bluegill “buddy” is my friendliest fish of all. He is super beautiful and has great color!
Not boring...your blue gill isn't happy. It is dark and unhappy. When they are happy their colors come out. Just like any fish. I have two and omg awesome!! So much personality! Don't get me started on the tricks for food lol! Just the best! They are like two puppies! I will take yours lol!
So pleased you are back and feeling more your old self , loving your show , loving you from the uk
Respect for saying you hot rock bottom and had to start over man. I know this is two years old. We have all been there and I hope you are well.
Bluegill and sunfish are super cool! The patterning on the bluegill though is gorgeous! Thanks for sharing this amazing video, Palmer!!!😀👍
Lil Loachies is coolest
tasty aswell lol
That's what I thought this video was about
I keep one i love how interactive and crazy they are.
Hey Chris:
Life has it’s ebb and flow just like aquariums. Glad to hear you are doing better. Most don’t know it, but all of us could benefit from some head shrinking from time to time.
I have a 55 with three bluegill raised from fry. Its not my favorite tank, but I still really enjoy it. It’s decorated with an old rod and reel, beer bottle, coke can, and a boat propeller. These guys are super aggressive and have a lot of personality.
Robert in San Francisco
Pretty cool ideas for the decor! Kinda accurate for native lake fish unfortunately 😆.
Where do u get the fry
Your a classy guy.. I like how u keep your videos real.. You are you that's awesome and love ur content as well look forward to what u have in store..
Just found out about your channel today and because of you I'm wanting to get back into keeping fish again thank you for sharing your knowledge in your content on fish keeping😊
Great to see you back man!
Love the vids bro keep it up 👍🏼💪🏽 life is always hard bro take some time get ur head right stay strong and carry on fish keeping 😅
I keep a large tank with a green sunfish, rock bass, and black crappie. If you don't care for bluegill, a green sunfish is surprisingly entertaining and tame up easily if wild caught. It's by far the most 'friendly' of the three. I kept a largemouth bass before that. It was the most engaging fish I've ever had. It remember things, recognized people, and tamed up well to the point that I could pet him in the tank. Downside was food demands and aggression. Could not keep anything else in the tank without it being eaten or bullied to death. But I think a green sunfish is a nice all-around 'starter' fish if you want to keep native. They're very colorful, tame easy, and easy to care for.
Keep up the good work! Stay positive, the rest is natural!
Love the tanks and fish ! I want plants! Thanks for video
Recovery comes first! Self care!! Also, I just caught a tiny bluegill and added it to my 40 gallon hex tank. I feel like some have very vibrant colors on them, at least the ones in Illinois/Wisconsin that I’ve seen.
Think they get great colors everywhere. I'm in Arizona and they get extremely vibrant iridescent teal streaks
Keep your head up!
I have kept all sorts of tropical fresh and saltwater fish in my day. I currently run a 125 planted native with a couple bluegill and 3 longear sunfish. Its my favorite tank Ive ever had. I tried to make it look like a natural lake bottom. I love it but it's all subjective.
that sounds awesome, are the longears male or female?
Just picked up a big jag cichlid male awesome colours been looking for one for ages now 💪🏽
keep ye head up remain positive we all need to recharge in these crazy times
Hey Palmer it's been a while. I moved a while back and have no tanks up at the moment. The pond behind my house is full of warmouth and was thinking of setting a tank up for one
My buddy had a pet bluegill. Super fun fish to play with and feed. I'm thinking about getting different hybrid sunfish so there's plenty of colors
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Personally, I love not only cichlids, but also sunfishes, gouramis, and catfishes. I think they’re all really cool, with fascinating colors, patterns, behaviors, and personalities. On the sunfish end, I’ve kept bluegill, spotted sunfish, and green sunfish. They were all so cool, especially the green sunfish! Greenies are aggressive, territorial, and predatory, and they make great aquarium fish. Behaviorally they are a lot like the cichlids of Central America and West Africa, eg - like Jack Dempsey and Salvini, or like jewel fish and five star generals, respectively. An interesting difference is that when it comes to spawning and digging, cichlids use their mouths to move gravel, while sunfishes use their tails to sweep it away. I’ve never kept long ear sunfish, but from what I’ve seen they’re some of the most beautiful aquarium fish in the world, and every bit as interesting in their behaviors as cichlids. That’s why I’m a fan of both families. Don’t knock ‘em till you really try ‘em!
I love them jags! Yur awesome bud
Love the honesty. Jags are cool.
no way i'm heating a tank to 78-80 degrees, my house isn't even that hot. bluegills for the win.
Nice video Chris. When are you going to have a shop update? Like to see the shop. Take care
Green sunfish has to be the most impressive sunfish I've kept. Longer by far the prettiest
longear are so pretty, but aggressive little bastards
@@taylorhickman84 no kidding ive had my 4 inch long ear bully a 13inch bullhead I was baffled lol
I wanna see more renovation honestly. I know you need a break bro but im in the middle of a remodel myself and i love watching your stuff come together.
Ok, I’ll do my best! I’m always working on stuff so... I’ll try to show more 😇
A few years back I was pretty much micro fishing in this little stream by my house lol and I caught some of the most beautiful sunfish I’ve ever seen imo they even blew that jaguar cichlid out the water they where so vibrant it was unreal the green was so bright and the orange was bright orange and the blue was really teal colored I wish I still had a picture cause no one believes me when I tell them these fish were just that pretty
Long ear sunfish possiby
Hello friend I so enjot your videos I have learned so much from you.I know what it's like to get down sometimes.I wish the best for you You are always non my mind and in my heart Take care I love you
From my experience fishing for these little guys, I know they can be voracious eaters. I never kept any in an aquarium, but when I've chummed the water while fishing they will swarm around and even break the surface of the water. I wanted to see how close they'd come to the shore, so I placed raw chicken in the water right next to the bank. The bluegills would swim up so close I could see their dorsal fins and eyes poking out of the water. They practically Beached themselves. They are definitely fun little creatures.
Our green sunfish are freaking immortal! We had a huge freeze about a week ago and we have an outdoor trough pond with sunfish in it,it froze almost completely,but after it thawed out,the fish were still in there as if nothing happened,all these fancy chiclids and Oscar’s would’ve been frozen over,not the sunfish.
you know you are right bluegill do get dominated a lot but the only bluegill that I know that is aggressive is the green sunfish
My favourite fish in my over 100+ fish collection of tropical fish and rare plecos; My single sunfish that I caught in a pond and raised is my FAVOURITE! He’s the puppy I never had 🤣 if he’s hungry in the middle of the night he’ll lift his lid until I feed him. If I forget to close the lid he’ll spit at the top and won’t dare jump out all though he very well could. He even flashes sand at me when I feed him too much spirulina and not enough protein like a child afraid of medicine. 13 tanks and I honestly think about one of them more than the rest! 🐠
Nice video :D. Any stocking options for a 38 gallon. I thinked of three options, betta with other fish or 1 bloodparrot. The tank is 90 cm long, 32 cm wide and 52 cm tall.
I'm just like you w fish ideas but you've done well played
Have you ever bread pike cichlids ive been hunting for good information on it but was unable to find any and just got 5 crenicichla .sp ventuari from my lfs and wanted to see if you had any experience keeping them as i found some info conflicting and your Chanel is a good place to find solid info on most south and central American cichlids
Ahh all those tanks are super nice I wish I had a fish room bug like that one but yeah fish keeping isn't easy when tank leaks.
7:53 u ran off with that money 😂
How do you keep those red bellies in there? I put a RBP with a cichlid of the same size once and the RBP ripped a huge chunk off its back. It was crazy.
Longear sunfish very colorful as are pumpkin seed sunfish.
Damn keep ur head up palmer!! Don't get over whelmed... Its easy when u have tankitis or MTS!
I’ve got a 2000 gallon backyard pond with a half dozen bluegill. If you’re around the pnw I’ll take the lil bastard! They’re pretty interactive. Mine have let me touch them and will take worms from my hands.
I had them with Oscar's and they would constantly pick on the Oscar's and male bluegill get awesome color
Green sunfish are my favorite. Very aggressive and will eat almost anything. They look like a bluegill and largemouth hybrid. They can also live in the worst aquatic conditions so they won’t die if you neglect your tank.
I love sunfish and pumpkinseeds had both color is dope
Honestly the blue gill is buetiful and a awesome predator
I didn't realize bluegills were cichlids. That's neat.
Do people keep northern North American fish in other parts of the world like we keep their fish
I don’t know but I would guess not because they are not as colorful
@@michaeldougherty6532 You've never seen Nebraska blue gills and sun fish. Irridescent blue line all over with greens and oranges and blues. This guys blue gill is ugly as sin.
@@The_Conqueeftador yeah i have a really cool red breasted sunfish. hes probably the most colorful sunfish i've ever seen
Actually yes, mainly longnose gars and certain sunfish species, many countries have outlawed them because they have the potential for being very invasive since they can thrive in many different temperatures and water qualities and actually have become a problem in some European countries because of people letting them go when tired of them or can just no longer keep them for some reason.
Stay strong and positive ..
So if they start laying would you sell and ship or are you just going to sell them to fish stores
Keep your chin up Chris 💯 Life is more important I pay for the Subscription because I love the channel dude and you don't make people pay it lol
I’ll take your plants if you don’t want them lol 😁... sorry to hear about your grandmas I hope everything gets better keep your head up man
When will you give shop updates Criss.? Waiting for them 😁
Yes. Definitely with longears.
If you want a cool sunfish the bluegill is one of the lowest on the list try some pumpkins, long ears, or war mouth. I love orange spots and greens
I had a longear (pumpkinseed) sunfish for a few months but it died since it was a very big and old fish. Was very aggressive and fun to feed!
I believe those are two different species, but don't take my word for it.
@@taylorhickman84 you are correct. I learned that recently.
If you have ever seen longear sunfish, they can be awesome looking... not sure how many could go in a 75 gallon, maybe 3, but they are a beautiful sunfish species. 🤙🦀🌴
Where do you get your 125 g tanks?
If you want sunfish to be more colorful, you must get them as they're young and load up on the beta carotene.
To trigger those awesome colors you see everywhere, you'll need to trigger breeding condition in the male.
Keep doing what your doing. Your life is on your time not ours.
The ones we have around here I'm in Arizona they are greenish with stripes. The ones I have caught were bigger about one pound they grow fast probably get eaten by largemouth bass or catfish.
Don’t know where you live but I have a blue Gill in my gar tank and he’s caught from a stream near me in the northeast absolutely beautiful colors not bland at all
The bluegill would be extremely vibrant and colorful if he wasnt bullied. I have a bluegill, green sunfish, and a rock bass. They all have insane colors. All about having the right tank mates. They really shine when you feed them
I want this so bad now!
I was told it’s impossible for a gold fish and an Oscar together but I’ve got the 2 of them together in my current set up
It's because the goldfish was too big to actually swallow, as in make it to the pharynx. It likely tried it a few times when you werent looking, then gave up and just tolerates the goldfish now.
Caught a sunny and watched my red belly go into a feeding frenzy
Dude!!! How do u reduce aggression in your tanks I have a red jewel and red Oscar that I just purchased both juveniles I previously purchased a jd and my jd has been whooping the crap out of them what should I do it wasn’t as aggressive with my altifrons at all
The jd is also a juvenile I have a red eared slider that doesn’t bother them and a couple gold fish as well everything but the turtle are juveniles
What would be the reasoning for a tank not sealing. Heard it happen to other, luckily not me yet. Sorry for your loss
Dark sunfish? So cool
Yeah they are pretty cool
What went wrong with the floor dry as a substrate?
i like them a lot they are an amazing predator... hit prey off top water hard just like bass and other fish do... thats why i like them. They eat other fish just not as often. So if u like to see a fish showing its wild side...i think they are great and very similar to bass which im obsessed with.
Hi man.Can you please do an episode of monster fish fight series incl. Aba knife fish which is ferocious monster and somehow remained not mentioned?Regards.
I kept African Cichlids & Blue Gill in my 120 gallon tank as a kid .
... how long did you keep them and how big did they get?
15 years Bluegill can get up to 4.5 pounds about 16 inches in length with a 120 Gallon Tank i kept 3 of them.
If you still have this blue gill, I’d love to get him from you! I have one in a 55 gallon and would love to add another.
That's not even big enough for one bluegill unless it's a stunted adult that maxed out below 10" and even that is pushing it TBH.
You should make Cichlid tier list, like tier zoo :D
Do you have any videos on green terrors I just got three and two of them paired off and I woke up to 200+ frys Help !! I am a super fan I need plants :)
To get rid of ick raise the temp of the tank to 86 degrees. Go up to 87 incase your thermometer is off. That will kill the ick
I too keep central american cichlids, like for 8-9 years but sunfishes (notably the longears, pumpkinseeds, redbreasts) are a lot more beautiful and feasable to keep in a standard home aquaria where an average fishkeeper would be having not more than a 75G, than the species from the parachromis genus (mainly the dovii and the managuensis) that needs a 125G+ at the very least.
Try Tea Tree oil for the ick tank. Should do the trick and won't harm the fish.
Chris can you please do a video on keeping Central and South Americans together? There are barely any videos out there on this topic. You would know better than anyone else.
Hi I have two jaguar cichlids and they are less then 3 inches long but they have laid eggs and had fry is this normal? I’ve been following you for awhile so I know that you love jags
Sounds like they were caught from stunted population, OR your water parameters are incorrect.
You'll want it to be at LEAST 6 in PH, these guys want it super soft. Blackwater tank is best for guapote and oscars
Are sponge filters good
I would love to one day have a largemouth bass one day in like a 300 or 400 gallon
I’m thinking about starting a big cichlid tank
I’m interested in keeping bluegill for fishing that way I have bait all the time
Idk why but Oscar is very aggressive only at night time to my green terror. It’s strange but only at night if I turn on the lamp. If it’s dark and I turn on the living room lamp he will start to attack him. But during the day they ignore each other. So I just throw towels over the tank so no light gets in and they just sleep.
Is a 10 gallon tank big enough for a blue Gill or sunfish ? Like just one
absolutely not
I love my bluegills
Get a war mount it’ll keep those Jack Dempsey / wolf cichlids in check lol
What happened to your Jack Dempsey’s?
"This fish is just so much cooler!" Bro... I'm offended on the behalf of all Lepomis.... Like have you SEEN Lepomis megalotis????
My blu Gill is one of my more agressive eaters in my pond lol
I wish you'd give me that leaky tank! :)