I have kept them communally with other local estuarine species such as
Sheepheads (Cyprinodon variegatus), Rainwater Killies (Lucania parva),
Sticklebacks (various sp.), small American Eels (Anguilla rostrata),
etc... As long as you don't have monster size ones, they can be kept
easily with like-sized fishes.
Rick Rego.
On Thu, 25 May 2000 22:28:28 -0400 "Steven A. Ellis"
<sellis2000_at_mindspring.com> writes:
> Rick
>
> I saw my first mummichogs last week when I visited the Baltimore
> aquarium. Cool fish, but are they suitable for community tanks, or
> do you
> have to keep them by themselves?
>
> Steven A. Ellis
> Kennesaw, GA
>
> At 09:21 PM 5/25/00 -0500, you wrote:
> >Re: Mummichogs,
> >
> > As Bruce said, these are some determined fishes. It is
> common for
> >people to use them as live fish bait. Instead of keeping them in
> live
> >wells or tanks, they simply put them on wet seaweed and put them in
> the
> >fridge! They live for days...OUT OF THE WATER...on the wet
> seaweed. I
> >have personally took them from full strength seawater and put them
> into
> >"full strength" freshwater, with no ill effects. Did I mention
> living in
> >putrefied water, sewage, overheated high marsh ditches, etc...
> > Like Patrick said (they filled his traps), we seine quite a
> bit, and at
> >times we have caught so many that we could no longer pull the
> seine, or
> >land it on the beach. We would have to let half the load out! We
> have
> >several species of Fundulus in the New England region, The Striped
> >Killifish (F. majalis), the Banded Killifish (F. diaphanus), the
> Spot-Fin
> >Killifish (F. luciae [at the extreme end of it's range]), and of
> course
> >the Mummichog (F. heteroclitus). All are very pretty fish,
> especially
> >male mummichogs in breeding colors. They are tank hardy, eat
> anything,
> >and are not at all demanding. The Spot-fin's I have noticed can be
> a
> >little sensitive (and Bruce would know this better) probably due to
> their
> >natural history of living high on the marsh, in crazy
> water/temp/salinity
> >variations.
> >
> > "Catcher of the
> Mummies"
> > Rick Rego.
> >
>
>
>
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