Re: NANFA-- Want to setup a small Sunfish Tank

Steven A. Ellis (sellis2000_at_mindspring.com)
Thu, 24 Aug 2000 07:10:28 -0400

I don't know, maybe the longears just really don't like redbreasts. The
O-spots seem indifferent to the others.

At 10:04 PM 8/23/00 -0400, you wrote:
>In a message dated 8/23/00 7:55:54 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
>sellis2000_at_mindspring.com writes:
>
><< I keep longear, redbreast, and O-spots all in the same tank. The
> longears and redbreast fight sporadically, but usually this occurs when the
> feeder minnows are running low. The O-spots I have are neither aggressive
> nor targets of aggression. >>
>
>That's weird; I was under the impression that orange-spotted sunfish were
>aggressive and that longears weren't except amongst themselves during the
>breeding season.
>
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