Caught my first one ever! kzread.info/dash/bejne/hWWs2peiiZDdcrQ.html

@DaLonelySheperd

Жыл бұрын

dude your enthusiasm is infectious, wish I was there

"are you trying to grab it?" omg lol he definitely had ahold of it!

@WildFishTanks

2 жыл бұрын

He’s a lot more bold than I am

As it stands now, we are not allowed to collect wild specimens for the aquarium trade in NH, and limited species for individual collection. It's important to know the laws in each state you want to collect in. Fun to watch you collecting in the wild, though Wish I was there. :) Especially since it's like 5f in New Hampshire right now!

@WildFishTanks

2 жыл бұрын

We are lucky down here. Definitely laws to abide by and licenses to attain etc. but we have plenty of species to find and are allowed to collect and keep many

@TheFishingNomad

Жыл бұрын

So much for "Live Free or Die".

Im here for the blue spotted sunfish. Im glad you caught one. I couldn't find it on google because i didn't know what they were called thanks

Your video inspired me to go collecting in the 6 acre spring fed pond in my backyard. It didn’t go so well. It’s really difficult to net the fish through 2 feet of ice. 🤪🤣

@WildFishTanks

2 жыл бұрын

Come on Tom don’t let 2 feet of ice stop you! 😂😂

About a year ago I found a breeding ground for evergladii. Soft water, Ph 5.0, spring fed stream, east of Arcadia.

@WildFishTanks

2 жыл бұрын

I need to try collecting further down south. I really only have done it in Orlando and then a little bit at the ALA in south Florida.

Who needs Peru!!!!! Oh man that looks like so much fun, nothing better than local fish collecting.

@WildFishTanks

2 жыл бұрын

I am one lucky SOB, that is for sure…I’d still love to go to Peru though! Haha

I'm in central Alabama and the only gambusia I have found have been plain one colored guppy looking. Those mottled ones you showed a picture of are pretty nice. Mosquito fish are the fish that got me in the hobby.

@WildFishTanks

2 жыл бұрын

There are certain populations where the melanistic ones are more prevalent. As far as I know it’s only in the males. Although I’ve heard that it can very rarely appear in females. There is also something called Black spot disease which can look similar to melanism

@nozr1383

2 жыл бұрын

@@WildFishTanks the ones here are just a grey maybe a hint of brown with a few very tiny dots down their dorsal fin. It took me forever to find out what they were. I just thought someone had released some guppies. I saved four of of a rapidly drying stream at work and within two months it had jumped to twenty-something. That's how I got my first"fix".

@TheReggaesunshine

2 жыл бұрын

I’m in SW Florida. Mosquito fish got me started with wild aquariums, too. Now I collect only melanistic mosquito fish. I have had a few females, but they don’t seem to be as viral. I’m wondering if they can change into males. I swear they are females, with the round abdomen and all when I first catch them & add them to the tank. But then I think they develop the gonopodium. Unless they are really young males without a developed gonopodium?? I’m confused. Any thoughts?

@TheReggaesunshine

2 жыл бұрын

@@WildFishTanks I’m in SW Florida. Mosquito fish got me started with wild aquariums, too. Now I collect only melanistic mosquito fish. I have had a few females, but they don’t seem to be as viral. I’m wondering if they can change into males. I swear they are females, with the round abdomen and all when I first catch them & add them to the tank. But then I think they develop the gonopodium. Unless they are really young males without a developed gonopodium?? I’m confused. Any thoughts?

@nozr1383

2 жыл бұрын

@@TheReggaesunshine the ones here that I've seen so far are easily differentiated. The females are shaped like female guppies. Just with plain clearish fins. The males more slender.

I live in SW florida. I know a place with tons of dalmation minnows, black and white mollies, golden tip minniws and i caught a few (must of been released) guppies. But you gotta be ok with getting in the water.

No way I'd grab any random snake like it was nothing. lol Another great video, Ryan.

@WildFishTanks

2 жыл бұрын

I’m with you but just wait for a future videos…Zain grab snakes pretty often 😂😂

This is such a great video. I hope more are on the way.

Awesome video, hope you get to breed those Okefenokee pygmy sunfish and sell them on your site!

Sooooo coool! I've collected a couple of times up here in NY, but the winters really cut back on the species we have available.

@WildFishTanks

2 жыл бұрын

It would be cool to see what upstate New York has to offer in the way of native fish!

That was really awesome.

Awesome!! I love these live catching videos!!

Ooooo let's go collecting!! It is always so exciting to watch you go collecting and see all the species you catch!! Another great video Ryan!! Thanks for sharing my friend and look forward to seeing more!!🙏🌿🐟🌿♥️

Great video can't wait to go collecting with you one day. I can walk now with no crutches so hopefully when it warms up we will have some free time

@WildFishTanks

2 жыл бұрын

Once it starts staying light out longer and longer we can maybe plan a trip after one of the Pasco or Tampa meetings

@thegardenofeder

2 жыл бұрын

@@WildFishTanks that would be great I need to hit the trails again and figure my way around so we don't have to hunt for the spots

Collecting colorful fish in a roadside ditch! - kzread.info/dash/bejne/p6KV1bdpdZedqLA.html

Just subscribed buddy

Very cool

Very nice haul in that collection!

Thank you for sharing.

@WildFishTanks

2 жыл бұрын

Appreciate you watching!

Love your videos! They remind me of being a kid in Florida. There was a very brackish little pond near the gulf (I’m sure it got full salt water during hurricanes flooding) we’d go to that was full of what I think were melanistic gambusia and some kind of beautiful almost black pygmy sunfish with a neon blue gill area. I never could catch any because the shallow area was only a couple feet before it dropped off suddenly to the deep section, you know, where the creature from the black lagoon resided. Fun times!!

Excited to seeing your breeding of the Pygmy Sunfish. How many did you get of each species?

@WildFishTanks

2 жыл бұрын

We collected a few pairs of each species

@TheAquariumLibrary

2 жыл бұрын

@@WildFishTanks Hopefully you don't have any males go on a killing spree in your colony. I've lost two so far in my colony tank.

@marypaigeflynn4512

2 жыл бұрын

@@WildFishTanks awesome ♥️💯

Wow! Some of those fish were stunners!! Snakes, fire ants, other unseen murderous Floridian fauna - fun to watch!

@WildFishTanks

2 жыл бұрын

Always something to keep you on your toes! …or bite them

Aww big ole watersnake eatting good in there :)

@WildFishTanks

2 жыл бұрын

I’ll take your word for it 😉😂

@FioreCiliegia

6 ай бұрын

@@WildFishTanksif they have a derpy face and round eyes (vs cotton mouths which are nocturnal so have slit eyes) it’s probably a watersnake.

What fun! I’d love to have a place with so many cool natives in it close to me. I do live right by the California delta with tons of waterways. But there’s just not the variety of small fish like there. Love these collecting videos.

@WildFishTanks

2 жыл бұрын

I think Cali has some cool nano natives like gambushia and maybe even sailfin mollies and top minnows but nowhere near the diversity we have here. Were lucky for sure, have plenty more collecting videos in the pipeline

Very cool video, thanks for sharing!

@WildFishTanks

2 жыл бұрын

Appreciate you watching!

I have 3 golden top minnows maybe 4 one has black spots and is more slender

Fun video! Looks like a great time

@WildFishTanks

2 жыл бұрын

I always enjoy getting out, catching the fish is the cherry on the top!

THE BLUE SPOTS ARE FIRE IV ALWAYS HOPE TO RUN ACROSS THEM SINCE I GOT TO FLORIDA. I NEVER KNEW ABOUT THOSE BUTTY MOUTH FISH THOUGH

@WildFishTanks

2 жыл бұрын

I got a spot we can hit up that should have some blue spots if you want some. And there’s no butt mouth fish around to worry about either

Awesome!! I’ve been trying to find some okefenokee or gilberti for sale, but no such luck. Hopefully you’re able to spawn them!

@WildFishTanks

2 жыл бұрын

I have yet to collect any gilberti but 🤞 with the okefenokee

I wonder if you might post a link of where I can get one of the collecting nets that you use ? I've looked online but can't find anything that has the protective plastic edge cover on it . Thanks

@WildFishTanks

2 жыл бұрын

They are called “the perfect dipnet” by Jonah’s aquarium

Fun day! One of these days I have to start a pygmy sunfish tank. Cheers, Chris

@WildFishTanks

2 жыл бұрын

They can be shy but are stunning!

@Cgraseck

2 жыл бұрын

@@WildFishTanks What do they eat?

Man you racked up this trip! Cool video. What part of FL is this? It almost looks like the southern part of the Econ

@WildFishTanks

2 жыл бұрын

Yea central Florida

so can you give some locations for collecting gilberti??

How can I get some spotted Gambusia? All I see in my area are the ones that look like guppies. Those spotted are neat-looking.

Fun video! I can’t wait to do some collecting. What licenses and such do we need here in Florida?

@WildFishTanks

2 жыл бұрын

A standard fishing license should cover you to collect them for your own personal aquarium. You just need to make sure you know the exact species you are collecting though. Stick to non-game/bait fish and nothing that is endangered or needs a specific size limit.

Lucky wished we had colorful fishes like that here

@WildFishTanks

2 жыл бұрын

We are lucky for sure!

Nice video

@WildFishTanks

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for checking it out!

Definitely need to go collect with you one day 💪💪

@WildFishTanks

2 жыл бұрын

I need to get down to South Florida and check out the crazy stuff you guys have down there!

@pbaquatics94

2 жыл бұрын

@@WildFishTanks when ever you want i have good spots 💪💪

Hey checkout this aquarium setup in my video and let me know what do you think about it. Training your fish videos upcoming next . Thank you all :)

What kind of net is that ? I would like to buy one .

Where is this I would love to do this

How’s the fish at 3:12 called? Didn’t get it

Where in Florida were you dipnetting?

If you have babys let me know Im looking for couple of small fishes

Did y'all find the log canoe?

@WildFishTanks

2 жыл бұрын

What?!? There’s a log canoe?

Are there any sunfish in Central Florida

@WildFishTanks

2 жыл бұрын

Yes. We collected two species of pygmy sunfish as well as blue spotted sunfish in this video. They are also spotted Sunfish, red breasted sunfish, many more species I’m probably not aware of.

Ever breed/sell the melanistic gambusia?

@WildFishTanks

2 жыл бұрын

No I have not but there is some demand for them so it’s a possibility. They’re a cool look to an otherwise pretty common fish

@BallPythons9

2 жыл бұрын

@@WildFishTanks I might be interested haha Have plenty of G. affinis here and in my stock tank pond outside, these are the G. holbrooki right? I hear they arent as aggressive? Impossible to keep fry alive with affinis without tons of cover.

@BallPythons9

2 жыл бұрын

@@WildFishTanks My dream is to find a g. affinis mutation in the wild hahah

What kinds of fish are you allowed to keep/collect and what licenses do you need to take them home? I’d imagine that anything invasive should not be put back… might go collecting in Florida someday for invasives

@WildFishTanks

2 жыл бұрын

Yes typically invasive you’re not supposed to put back. A normal fishing license will cover you in florida for the most part if you just want to collect for your own aquarium. The biggest thing is being able to identify the species. If you take some thing you have to know what it is for sure. That way you don’t end up with some thing endangered or a baby game fish that has size restrictions. I stick to non-game/bait fish.

@FioreCiliegia

6 ай бұрын

I wish there weren’t so many invasive fish but at least its an entertaining way to help the environment and get some pretty pets

I'm trying to catch some pygmys! where was this?

Off topic but here goes. A young lady got in touch with me and asked a question she has a long fin albino bristle nose that after mating kills the female,done it twice but raises fry. I tweaked her feeding and she has extra caves,driftwood and plants so females should be out of sight.any thoughts?

@WildFishTanks

2 жыл бұрын

whoa, thats crazy! I thought you gave good advice about extra plants/driftwoods/hides for more space. I've heard of two large males going at it but her male might be part black widow spider haha

@johnwood738

2 жыл бұрын

@@WildFishTanks I don’t know never had it happened here,don’t know if she will take my final piece of advice three strikes and your out. She wants to try it with him again.

@VinylUnboxings

2 жыл бұрын

Sounds like the Bristlenose might have OJ Simpson Syndrome. I don't think there's a cure, unfortunately.