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Re: Starhead Topminnows
On Sat, 15 Nov 1997 09:51:09 -0500 "Jeff Fullerton" <tcmajorr at westol_com>
writes:
>Dear Robert Rice
>I have been a long time native fish enthusiast. I keep a variety of
>small
>sunfishes and minnows in an outdoor pond. Recently I have begun
>experimenting with the Eastern Starhead Topminnow - Fundulus escambiae
>which I discovered while searching for a certain type of water plant
>in the
>Florida Panhandle in the fall of 1996. The habitat was a lily covered
>streach of water bisected by a road somewhere in Bay or Washington
>County.
Ilive in Santa Rosa County in the same neck of the woods..............
>The water was very tannic and acidic , so I had at long last found a
>nice
>species of Killyfish that would thrive in my pond - fed predominantly
>by
>rain water and on the acid side.Blackbanded Sunfish thrive in it !
Other species that would do well would be Lucania goodiei , F. Chrsotus,
. Cingulatus, Heterandria formosa, and all the pygmy sunfish
species.........
>I would be interested in hearing from you in regard to the
>husbandry of
>Fundulus escambiae or similar species you might be breeding.
F. escambia is the classic vegetaion spawner, keys to induce spawning are
temp , 78 or so seems to work, a mixed diet of algae and live foods,a
spawning mop and a quick eye. they are bit predacios on their young.
Escambia is the county right next to mine where these beast got their
name,,,,,,,,,
Also I'm
>looking for Taillight Shiners - we looked all over Florida for them
>over
>the past two trips and so far come up empty. Have you ever had any
>experience with them or know someone else who has ? Is there anywhere
>this
>fish might be caught and if so , is it even worth the effort to keep
>them ?
Never found or kept Taillight shiner in this neck of the woods the
Flagfin shiner rules closely followed by the sailfin and broadstripe
shiner.
>Sincerely Jeff Fullerton
>tcmajorr at westol_com
TTYL
Robert Rice