I want to stick one or a few in a Maine native planted fish tank. I have plants but don't know which minnows would be smallest - my tank isn't big enough for a big fish.

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robbins290 t1_izjjyit wrote on December 9, 2022 at 4:05 PM

Get some bait fish from a bait store. Some of them have pretty good colors. Thats legally only native fish us peasants can keep.

PlentyCommission166 OP t1_izjshoq wrote on December 9, 2022 at 5:01 PM

Yeah I checked in that but some bait fish get big so I'm looking for the smallest kind - ones that don't get big.

robbins290 t1_izju15m wrote on December 9, 2022 at 5:11 PM

Fathead minnows only get 3”

robbins290 t1_izjtt2y wrote on December 9, 2022 at 5:09 PM

Oh. Gotcha. Ya. They can get big. They have info on the maine website abiut fishing. Had specs and id on the common bait fish. Could compare the sizes there

BurglarBaggins t1_izju0re wrote on December 9, 2022 at 5:11 PM

Mummichugs and sticklebacks are both less than 3 inches at adulthood - easy to catch with a minnow trap in a salt marsh and pretty tolerant/hardy but prefer brackish water

PlentyCommission166 OP t1_izjui50 wrote on December 9, 2022 at 5:14 PM

I can do brackish water. Thank you!

BurglarBaggins t1_izjv6uw wrote on December 9, 2022 at 5:18 PM

Have fun! They are both quite charismatic in my opinion :) the mummichogs would be happiest in a small school. During the breeding season, stickleback males build nests and can be quite territorial - I haven’t kept them longer than a few days for class presentations so I’m not sure of their general needs. They do show up in Aquariums though so can be kept in tanks!

LaChanz t1_izjrczb wrote on December 9, 2022 at 4:54 PM

I've kept shiners for a couple years.

RancidHorseJizz t1_izl883v wrote on December 9, 2022 at 10:36 PM

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PlentyCommission166 OP t1_izlbve4 wrote on December 9, 2022 at 11:02 PM

Evil. Like the devil.