Thread: Florida's exotic panfish

do you ever catch any albinos i had 3 of them in a 175 gallon tank for years and they finally developed a disease called head rot and died ...

head rot starts as a dimple looking place on their head and eats at them until finally they die its common when keeping them in a tank im wondering if they get that in the wild?????

WOW! They look like a Bluegill OCC custumized :D Neat looking fish!

Originally Posted by slab_slayin_fool

do you ever catch any albinos i had 3 of them in a 175 gallon tank for years and they finally developed a disease called head rot and died ...

head rot starts as a dimple looking place on their head and eats at them until finally they die its common when keeping them in a tank im wondering if they get that in the wild?????

No, I've never seen an albino in the wild.

ok just wondering seems pet stores have an abundant supply

How do those exotic fish taste?

I had an Oscar for over 10 years. He got to be about 1ft in lenght and porbably at least 2-2.5 lbs. Those jokers are thick old brutes.

If you think Oscar are mean, you ought to try snakeheads, Mayan's (Red Devils), or green terrors. Mayans and Green terrors, both cichlids, are the two nastiest fish I've ever kept. Mean little buggers that'll have an entire tank full of mean fish cowering in a corner of the tank. Never had a snakehead, though I saw many pass through the pet stores I worked at. The managuense is pretty brutal too. They've even got small canine teeth. I forget what they call them in Florida, but they've populated too. All are meaner than the meanest Oscar I ever had.
My Oscars weren't as much biters as they were smashers. They'd pound and beat any other fish against the side of the tank until their opponant was dead. They're pretty smart and easily trainable. I had my last one trained to jump half out of the water to snatch a goldfish from my hand. My redneck version of Sea World. He'd wag his tail like a dog when you walked by his tank, hoping you'd throw him a scrap. By far my favorite fish to keep.

I've caught Mayans and snakeheads in Florida. The Mayans are a little faster than the oscars, but not quite as strong. The snakeheads didn't compare to an oscar -- not the ones I caught anyway.

Originally Posted by SteveGibson

I've caught Mayans and snakeheads in Florida. The Mayans are a little faster than the oscars, but not quite a strong. The snakeheads didn't compare to an oscar -- not the ones I caught anyway.

Do you have to keep/kill the snakeheads you catch down there? Here, (Virginia), if you catch one you're supposed to kill it and report it.
Just curious.