Champs Summer Tank

[HannahBear77]

winter is over early that means i got to work on champs (my sunfish) summer tank today
i just found stuff around the yard to put in it, its going to be another 3 or 4 weeks before i put him in so every thing has time to settle and just incase its start snowing again which is very possible

the things i used
the barrel im using to keeping him it looks small but the depth is deep enough for him

Rocks i got from my garden beds

me walking around with the bucket of rocks on my head lol

my drift wood i got for christmas that i put in

and pieces of wood i soaked for a little bit

i had fun arrange the barrel which i might have to take out when he gets bigger but for right now its good enough,

and after its filled up

 

[lloyd]

Hi wat kind of sunfish is he. I love sunfish but in england there very hard to get hold of

 

[HannahBear77]

He is a green sunfish I acquired him by getting feeder fish for my turtle awhile ago

 

[lloyd]

oh right. how big is he? do you have a picture? am i right in thinking green sunfish can have quite a temper

 

[HannahBear77]

right now he's not that big he's still a juvenile, yes they do have a temper so their going to be aggressive fish their also carnivores so keeping them with other smaller fish is obviously a big No cus you'll wake up in the morning with no fish..i read on a north american native fish forum im on that people keep like red spotted sunfis..I noticed mine will sit and pick at the smaller fish in the tank
heres a picture

 

[HannahBear77]

Scratch the pond set up he just jumped out of my 5g today so i found him dead

 

[bae1994]

That sucks

Probably would of jumped out the pond too then

 

[HannahBear77]

idk captive ones arent known for jumping out of their tanks unless some thing is wrong with the water

 

[Biulu]

I don't how it is where you are, but in Mexico feederfish are wild caught fish in streams, ponds and lakes. So if they are known to jump, they would...

Sorry to hear though; it was a lovely fish!

 

[HannahBear77]

green sunfish are always getting mixed in with goldfish at the fisheries here