You can get clear squirt bottles for condiments at the dollar store. They make it a lot easier for target feeding your bottom fish because you can get more current coming out of the squeeze bottle. Your tanks are cool. Just a suggestion…
That’s sounds awesome, what are you stocking? One of my favorite fish is the Sacramento perch but their endemic to California so I don’t have direct access to them. Thanks for the Sub!
I have several aquariums with natives as well. I have several sunfish types, such as longear, dollar, warmouth, red-spotted, black-banded, and blue-spoteed, along with blacktail shiners, redfin shiners, gambusia affinis, mollies (native herein texas, poecilia latinpinna), and a few tadpole madtoms.
All I do is not but a heater in the tank. They get pretty warm in the summer but drop down to the high sixties in the winter. Not really cold enough to get condensation.
Nice vid. Regarding the banded darters you may need to include insects and snails in their diets and some moss covered rocks to help them thrive. Same with greensides.
I caught majority of my fish from the wild but there are some online places that sell native fish. Jonah’s aquarium is the best place to get native fish but there’s also Zimmerman fish. I don’t breed and sell any of my fish online unfortunately.
Cool that you keep North American fish tanks. Especially US native fish. Everybody keeps fish from Asia and South America. But not many keep native fish to their own country. Especially in Europe and USA and Canada. Do you have a Florida native fish tank or keep fish from Southern USA or the tropical regions of US? I keep Heterandria Formosa or Least Killifish from Florida, South Carolina, Georgia , Louisiana and Texas I think. And I’m from Denmark.
@@Nebraska_Fish you ended up in my feed. So now I subscribe to your channel. It’s always interesting to see what fish that are in one’s own local area or region. I found out that there’s some pretty cool US native fish and that are quite colorful as well. So now I watch your videos and learn about US native fish. Although most US native fish are hard to find in Denmark. We as you probably keep the most “normal” and exotic tropical fish in our pet stores. The ones that sell the most. I got my Least Killifish from two local breeders and some I got from a pet store that can do a special order from a wholesaler in The Netherlands. And I find that single species or a tank that keeps no more than a single or two species max three species tank are more enjoying, relaxing and soothing to watch. Plus I enjoy watch native/ single species tanks more than community tanks where people put fish from from various regions and parts of the world in one tank, even though the various fish species can go together without being harassed or eaten
I really don’t do anything. If a tank feels a little warm then I’ll put in colder water during water changes. In the main room it’s usually heated most of the year besides winter because we have snakes and tortoises that hibernate. During those months the room will get really cold. I would like to have a chiller but they’re really big and expensive.
@@Nebraska_Fish For my tank I set up the chiller on the balkony along with the sump. I do water changes only every 3 month or so, so cooling this way is not an option for me. In summer it gets really hot and we do not have AC. In winter when it gets cold I can remove the chiller and the clod air outside cools the whole system down to 15°C which is perfect for winter.
I think the fish are fine how they are. I haven’t had any issues and all the fish are healthy with full fins. 625 gallons is a lot of water. Plus more fish would just spread the aggression.
Great video! New sub! I like how you are doing state-themed tanks. I’ll have to catch up on your pond build. If you have a waterproof camera, an underwater tour of the pond (with or without voiceover) would be really cool. The new darters may be slimming down due to food competition even though you are trying to make sure everyone eats. I noticed that the darters in the Missouri tank were fairly slow eaters. I wonder if there are any foods that you could introduce that the darters would love but the other fish ignore.
Thanks for the ideas. I am working on a underwater pond video probably going to be a feeding. The darters are a work in progress on feeding them. Hopefully everything goes well. Thanks for the sub!!
yo what xD I found this video in my recommended and I was like 'wait what' whenever you said youre nebraska_fish from iNat! Thats crazy, Im sure you recognize my name. Im actually getting some Red cap Medaka tomorrow, Im going to try breeding them :> and for the Orangespotted Sunfish part, I have yet to check your other videos but incase you havent gone with it yet, I wouldnt do it. I tried it once and it beat up my Red Shiners and Blacktail Shiners
What up muckle, thats crazy my video got recommended to you. I haven’t got any oss yet but I was planning on just giving them a species tank. Great seeing you in the comments and thanks for the sub!
When a fish shows new bands, bars, or stripes, those are their stress colors.
Never looked into native fish until now. You have such an amazing collection! You really have me thinking about swapping a tank or 2 to native fish!!!
Do it!!
Worth it. Free fish, cheaper to run tanks, possibility of pond outside, and of course unique fish.
@@absolutelyunepic3072 you’ve made some amazingly awesome points. Honestly you guys have me sold.
Love your native fish 👍👍👍
Cool video! Great to see all the natives!
Medicate them. Worm them. Great video by the way. I enjoyed it.
You can get clear squirt bottles for condiments at the dollar store. They make it a lot easier for target feeding your bottom fish because you can get more current coming out of the squeeze bottle. Your tanks are cool.
Just a suggestion…
That’s a great idea! I have my darters in a separate tank now but that is something that is definitely helpful information. Thank you!
Love the splitfins!!
Great video!
I’ve always wanted a native tank but also the ellodia is invasive and spreads very quick
Subscribed, love the collection. Im doing a 100 gal California one right now!
That’s sounds awesome, what are you stocking? One of my favorite fish is the Sacramento perch but their endemic to California so I don’t have direct access to them. Thanks for the Sub!
@@Nebraska_Fish I have spotted bass, blue gill, green gill, green sunfish and bullhead catfish. All juveniles/fry
That sounds like a cool tank, good luck!
I have several aquariums with natives as well. I have several sunfish types, such as longear, dollar, warmouth, red-spotted, black-banded, and blue-spoteed, along with blacktail shiners, redfin shiners, gambusia affinis, mollies (native herein texas, poecilia latinpinna), and a few tadpole madtoms.
Wow, every single fish you just listed is one I really want. Sounds like an awesome collection!
I subbed to your channel , make another video , I'm in Texas too , near Nacogdoches in East Texas.
It’s pretty cool that you managed to come across and keep an endangered species in your house.
I love Green Sunfish, but they can be really damn mean
Do you keep the tank at a cold temp? If so how do you avoid condensation?
All I do is not but a heater in the tank. They get pretty warm in the summer but drop down to the high sixties in the winter. Not really cold enough to get condensation.
For the banded darters bellies try feeding them blood worms. Thanks for identifying on inaturalist.
Yeah that’s what I always feed them, there in a different tank now. Glad to see some iNat users in the comments!
Nice vid. Regarding the banded darters you may need to include insects and snails in their diets and some moss covered rocks to help them thrive. Same with greensides.
COOL FISH! WHERE CAN I GET THEM? ARE THEY SOLD ON LINE? THANKS!
I caught majority of my fish from the wild but there are some online places that sell native fish. Jonah’s aquarium is the best place to get native fish but there’s also Zimmerman fish. I don’t breed and sell any of my fish online unfortunately.
Best to catch them
Cool that you keep North American fish tanks. Especially US native fish. Everybody keeps fish from Asia and South America. But not many keep native fish to their own country. Especially in Europe and USA and Canada. Do you have a Florida native fish tank or keep fish from Southern USA or the tropical regions of US? I keep Heterandria Formosa or Least Killifish from Florida, South Carolina, Georgia , Louisiana and Texas I think. And I’m from Denmark.
I do not have any tropical natives although I used to own a few Florida flag fish. Glad to see subscribers from different countries!
@@Nebraska_Fish you ended up in my feed. So now I subscribe to your channel. It’s always interesting to see what fish that are in one’s own local area or region. I found out that there’s some pretty cool US native fish and that are quite colorful as well. So now I watch your videos and learn about US native fish. Although most US native fish are hard to find in Denmark. We as you probably keep the most “normal” and exotic tropical fish in our pet stores. The ones that sell the most. I got my Least Killifish from two local breeders and some I got from a pet store that can do a special order from a wholesaler in The Netherlands. And I find that single species or a tank that keeps no more than a single or two species max three species tank are more enjoying, relaxing and soothing to watch. Plus I enjoy watch native/ single species tanks more than community tanks where people put fish from from various regions and parts of the world in one tank, even though the various fish species can go together without being harassed or eaten
There tend to be really heavy regulations that make open commerce of native fish difficult in western countries
Do you put any soil under the sand?
Nope, all of my native tank substrates are either just sand or sand mixed with gravel.
How do you deal with cooling?
I really don’t do anything. If a tank feels a little warm then I’ll put in colder water during water changes. In the main room it’s usually heated most of the year besides winter because we have snakes and tortoises that hibernate. During those months the room will get really cold. I would like to have a chiller but they’re really big and expensive.
@@Nebraska_Fish For my tank I set up the chiller on the balkony along with the sump. I do water changes only every 3 month or so, so cooling this way is not an option for me. In summer it gets really hot and we do not have AC. In winter when it gets cold I can remove the chiller and the clod air outside cools the whole system down to 15°C which is perfect for winter.
No need. They are temperate fish.
Mexico is North America bud😂 don’t feel bad for showing the red tail split fin
Get rid of green sunfish. You are over crowding causing unnecessary aggresion
I think the fish are fine how they are. I haven’t had any issues and all the fish are healthy with full fins. 625 gallons is a lot of water. Plus more fish would just spread the aggression.
shake that camera one more time...
Great video 😊 I have a few native fish tanks on my channel
Great video! New sub! I like how you are doing state-themed tanks. I’ll have to catch up on your pond build. If you have a waterproof camera, an underwater tour of the pond (with or without voiceover) would be really cool.
The new darters may be slimming down due to food competition even though you are trying to make sure everyone eats. I noticed that the darters in the Missouri tank were fairly slow eaters. I wonder if there are any foods that you could introduce that the darters would love but the other fish ignore.
Thanks for the ideas. I am working on a underwater pond video probably going to be a feeding. The darters are a work in progress on feeding them. Hopefully everything goes well. Thanks for the sub!!
Awesome video! I’ve got tons of native fish too! I’ve also got a UA-cam channel that I make videos on native fish regularly
yo what xD I found this video in my recommended and I was like 'wait what' whenever you said youre nebraska_fish from iNat! Thats crazy, Im sure you recognize my name. Im actually getting some Red cap Medaka tomorrow, Im going to try breeding them :> and for the Orangespotted Sunfish part, I have yet to check your other videos but incase you havent gone with it yet, I wouldnt do it. I tried it once and it beat up my Red Shiners and Blacktail Shiners
What up muckle, thats crazy my video got recommended to you. I haven’t got any oss yet but I was planning on just giving them a species tank. Great seeing you in the comments and thanks for the sub!
Very nice 👍 , just found your channel
Really nice
Do they need heaters?
None of my native fish need heaters except the split fins
In my experience most natives can't handle heaters
You make amazing content.
is that the one from my pond?
The green sunfish is yes