If anyone of you remember, I posted a topic asking about dipnetting and I said that I will inform you guys after my first dipnet trip. Well it has been months and I finally did it. The freshwater fish club was doing a scaveneger hunt instead of the usual dipnet. So I was paired with an expert and we went river to lake to river looking for the fish we need. It was pretty amazing. We started out in areas with some houses and eventually ended up in the Everglades Swamp. Unfortunately, since the competition took so long, the majority of the fish I caught died in the bucket before I can take them home. I would say 90%. Even more unfortunate is that all the cool, interesting, and colorful fish I got excited about are the ones that died. So, in the end I had a few to animals to add to my tank.
The animals that I can remember we caught were Gambusia (the average fish that no one wants), black and white spotted Gambusia (do not remember the name), Salvini Cichlids, Jaguar Cichlids, African Jewel Cichlids, Mollies, Blue Fin Killifish, Gold Spotted Killifish(Fundulus chrysotus), Everglades Pygmy Sunfish, American Flagfish, Sand Darters, Apple Snails, Ramshorn Snails, Grass Shrimp, and Crayfish. Out of all the fish (not including cichlids, as I gave them away) only 2 mollies, a pygmy sunfish, 2 sand darters, a bunch of flagfish, a female gold spot killifish (so no color...), and a female blue fin killifish (no color...) survived. Even so, some don't look to healthy after putting them in my tank. The club told me that not all the fish will survive once in the tank also. But the shrimp, being their tolerant invertebrate selves all survived except for one. I released some shrimp in my lake and ended up keeping 11 healthy ones. I got a giant apple snail (baseball sized) but I am giving that and a small apple snail to my marine science teacher. I did not want to deal with crayfish so I just released them.
Now, that is just me and my partner. Everyone had their own secret places to go to that they found from previous expeditions. I did not check everyone's fish, but when everyone met up I saw an Oscar (caught by rod), a bunch of large Hoplo catfish, Gobies, freshwater clams, Mayan Cichlids, and a little 2 inch Pleco my partner found. I'll keep this updated about the fish that are now in my tank.
The animals that I can remember we caught were Gambusia (the average fish that no one wants), black and white spotted Gambusia (do not remember the name), Salvini Cichlids, Jaguar Cichlids, African Jewel Cichlids, Mollies, Blue Fin Killifish, Gold Spotted Killifish(Fundulus chrysotus), Everglades Pygmy Sunfish, American Flagfish, Sand Darters, Apple Snails, Ramshorn Snails, Grass Shrimp, and Crayfish. Out of all the fish (not including cichlids, as I gave them away) only 2 mollies, a pygmy sunfish, 2 sand darters, a bunch of flagfish, a female gold spot killifish (so no color...), and a female blue fin killifish (no color...) survived. Even so, some don't look to healthy after putting them in my tank. The club told me that not all the fish will survive once in the tank also. But the shrimp, being their tolerant invertebrate selves all survived except for one. I released some shrimp in my lake and ended up keeping 11 healthy ones. I got a giant apple snail (baseball sized) but I am giving that and a small apple snail to my marine science teacher. I did not want to deal with crayfish so I just released them.
Now, that is just me and my partner. Everyone had their own secret places to go to that they found from previous expeditions. I did not check everyone's fish, but when everyone met up I saw an Oscar (caught by rod), a bunch of large Hoplo catfish, Gobies, freshwater clams, Mayan Cichlids, and a little 2 inch Pleco my partner found. I'll keep this updated about the fish that are now in my tank.
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