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[boabmac63]

I am maybe going to setup a coldwater aquarium with i was homping small perch i would catch about 2 inch could i put them in it i n ow what to feed them and how to care for them

 

[Tizer]

red maggots and garden worms is what i used to catch em on when fishing

 

[Fishy friend2]

Aren't they schooling fish,

 

[boabmac63]

red maggots and garden worms is what i used to catch em on when fishing

Same but could i keep some

Aren't they schooling fish,

They can be and they cannot be

 

[Fishy friend2]

What kind of perch do you have near to you, the ones by me are easily 8 inches long

 

[boabmac63]

What kind of perch do you have near to you, the ones by me are easily 8 inches long

Here are about 1-2 inch mear the side of the ponds but further out about 8-10

 

[Fishy friend2]

Dang! A 10 inch perch? that's huge for a perch, the biggest I've seen are 8 inches

And are the ones by you schooling, of so then yo would have to have like five 8-10 inch fish in an aquarium

 

[boabmac63]

Dang! A 10 inch perch? that's huge for a perch, the biggest I've seen are 8 inches

Some are bigger here they take my big pike lures

Dang! A 10 inch perch? that's huge for a perch, the biggest I've seen are 8 inches

And are the ones by you schooling, of so then yo would have to have like five 8-10 inch fish in an aquarium

Also not sure if are schooling as ive seen some round the side as 1 the most ive seen together here is 3

 

[Fishy friend2]

Wow

 

[boabmac63]

So could i put like 2 in a 20g long tank ?

 

[Fishy friend2]

i wouldnt do it if i was you as most ive seen are schooling and should be in groups of 5 or more, and they can get to 10 inches so thats like having 6 active 10 inch fish. but if the ones by you arent schooling then i suppose you could fit 2 in a 4 ft. tank

 

[Tizer]

i wouldnt keep one, they are usually full of disease

 

[AmazonFTW]

I wouldn't keep them, especially indoors. It'll be a lot hotter in your house than they're used to living in. Get a heater and get some trops .

AmazonFTW

 

[boabmac63]

I wouldn't keep them, especially indoors. It'll be a lot hotter in your house than they're used to living in. Get a heater and get some trops .

AmazonFTW

I got an empty 20g cycling with a heater just not sure what to put in it

 

[Tizer]

fish!