NANFA-- The longear sunfish

Providentaustin_at_aol.com
Mon, 20 Jan 2003 07:39:07 EST

This should be my last question about stocking my 40 gallon with natives. I
am trying to decide between the redside/darter set up or, I keep going back
to the sunfishes, particularly the longear.

Based on the articles I have read I can't get an answer. Is it possible to
keep three or four longear in a 40 gallon indefinetly (if I start with 2 or 3
inchers) or... once one male decides to breed all other fish get hammered and
thats the end....

Mark indicated that madtoms (brindled) might be OK with longears...is there
other species to keep with them (longears) indefinetly?

Or is it safer to go with orange spotted sunfish although I am limited to
where I can find this species without traveling great distances....
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