Re: NANFA-- baby dollars
R.W.Wolff (choupiqu_at_wctc.net)
Sat, 22 Jan 2000 10:37:26 -0600
Green sunfish you can't go wrong with. they are easy to feed , they eat
anything, and spawn at a small size. I have never spawned pumpkinseed in
an aquarium , they are so common here that they just didnt seem worth the
effort. My green sunfish spawning was accidental. I had a melanistic male
( his fins and flanks were black specked so much he was solid black in the
middle area of his sides) and a female I caught later on that I seen to be
gravid. Greens are sometimes hard to sex. Pumpkinseeds are easy to sex in
the spring. the males oranges and blues get real intense, but females stay
a pale color. the males ear will be larger for that sized fish, and the
red tip on the ear seems alot more prominent. It is just a matter with
these two species to a catch alot of them at pre spawn, and compare them to
one another. Orange spots and Northern Longears are easy to sex when full
grown, which luckily isnt very big.
Ray
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