Re: NANFA-- Blacktail shiners

Rick Phillips (philipsr_at_chartertn.net)
Thu, 31 Jul 2003 11:06:17 -0400

Bruce,

I have one blacktail shiner I also brought back from the Sipsey Fork during
the convention. This was a very small fish. He lost most of his tail from
trauma during the initial capture I suppose, but recovered quickly with no
medication. He has grown quite rapidly and is about two inches long now.
He is very active, swimming with his flock of alabama shiners (also from
the Sipsey Fork) and eating anything that he can get his mouth around.
Since we don't have these fish in this area, I'm not familiar with "normal
behavior", but I know sometimes whitetail shiners (cyprinella galactura) and
especially large males, will stake out a spot on the bottom near a rock and
only dart out to chase other males or to grab food.

Rick Phillips
Kingsport, Tennessee

----- Original Message -----
From: "Bruce Stallsmith" <fundulus_at_hotmail.com>
To: <nanfa_at_aquaria.net>
Sent: Thursday, July 31, 2003 10:48 AM
Subject: NANFA-- Blacktail shiners

> I have a tank going with fish collected in the Sipsey Fork, AL, during the
> convention. In an unusual shaped, shallow 15 gal. tank there are 2
blacktail
> shiners (Cyprinella venusta), 2 blackspotted topminnows (Fundulus
olivaceus;
> not notatus!!) and 1 silverstripe shiner, Notropis stilbius. Only the
> silverstripe seems to be comfortable in this tank so far, and the two
> blacktails are very cagey hiding in the ample rocks on the bottom. They
will
> come out and eat, darting up and back to grab whatever food I put in;
> they're not picky eaters! I've never kept blacktails before, so I was
> curious if anyone has any experience with their aquarium behavior. They're
> handsome, moving fish so I hope they'll relax and be more visible in the
> near future.
>
> As always, thanks!
>
> --Bruce Stallsmith
> Huntsville, AL, US of A

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