Who can ID this fish?

[-Lp]

I searched in vein to come up with something on this 1 1/2" long beauty. A minnow maybe?

http://img.geocaching.com/cache/016fa914-de3e-4fb9-b8ef-bdbdcd263638.jpg

[Oscar_freak12321]

Looks like a minnow...I can't really tell for sure...

[Jacko]

Did you find it in a local water system? If so, do you know what watershed you're in?

If not, it sure looks native lol.

[HorrorShowRot]

It looks alot like a minnow that I see around here No idea what it is but it looks alot similar

[DrNic]

Is there any chance it's a darkly colored siamese algae eater?

[wolf_eyes]

almost looks like a creek chub to me... is this a native fish? If so I have a big old book on native fish and will gladly hunt it down for you in there and give you some info on it!

[Amazon]

your fish is a blacknose dace (Rhinichthys atratulus). Its a native that inhabits springs and cool clear creeks. They mainly eat aquatic insect larvae. They are distributed in most of thenortheast region of the US, andmost of the northern midwest and a little up into Canada. Very cool fish!

[-Lp]

Thanks so much for the responses. Does appear to be a black nosed dace indeed. After a little research, I learned these fish adapt well to an aqaurium environment, are very hearty, and like to school. They grow approximatly 7cm or 2 3/4". I have an extra 29 gallon tank and was thinking of collecting a few more from my local stream, planting the tank and see what happens. Anyone with suggestions on keeping BND, acclimating them to the home aquarium environment, ect. feel free to chime in. BTW-the stream is heavily stocked with this fish, any ethical guidelines I should follow?

[Lady Hobbs]

Great job Amazon with that ID. Rep coming your way!

That danc is lovely but he sure looks larger than 1 1/2".

[-Lp]

Thanks! You know what they say about the camera, it adds ten pounds to your figure. :hmm3grin2orange:

[Amazon]

Thanks lady hobbs! Im much better with my natives than tropicals. Lp, if i were you I would make a native stream tank. A maxijet to make flow and rocks gravel and some stream plants would look great. tell me where you are located and I can tell you some cool fish that can go with the dace. darters are my favorites. You can only really have them if the tank has some flow. if you dont want to buy a maxijet, Aqua clear HOB filters put out some good flow. I personally have a maxijet made for a 60g on my 30g stream tank, along with a AC HOB filter. Good luck

[wolf_eyes]

you could also do a manifold design for you tank that people use often with hilstream loaches. This is what i was planning to do for darters when I get a 40g. Here's a how to link

http://www.loaches.com/articles/river-tank-manifold-design

[-Lp]

I'm in Baltimore, MD (Charm City), close to the Chesapeake Bay, looking forward to the suggestions!

A native stream tank sounds interesting, but I'd like something larger than a 29g. to do it in. I am actively searching for a 75g. to house a big black belt cichlid that is currently in my 55g. I'll convert the 55 into the stream tank using the method described in the link wolf_eyes posted, seems easy enough. Thanks alot, both of you!

[Amazon]

Here is a link to some pictures of my native fish and tank.
http://forum.nanfa.org/index.php/topic/8266-few-native-pics/page__p__63268&#entry63268

You should have tesselated, johnny, and greenside darters in your area. If you would like,NANFA is a great place for finding collecting buddies and learning more about the fishes in your area. Its extremely fun to learn about your native fishes and catching a species youve never caught before is very exciting. I remember catching my first darter, I was extremely excited it was a speckled darter in full colors. to catch darters just scoop along the bottom in shallow flowing riffles around rocks. Vegitation in riffles sometimes yeilds darters. If you ever get into native brackish or marine fish Chessapeake bay is a great place for striped blennies (chasmodes bosquianus), andfeather blenny (hypsoblennius hentz). There are also lots of gobys and skillefish as well. Wolf eyes even though your to west for darters you might have freshwater sculpins over there. They need really cold water though imo.
Also thx everyone for the rep!:22:

[Amazon]

Oh yeah if you ever catch a fish you want to keep make sure you can take care of it all of its life because releasing fish back into the wild can bring aquarium diseases and wipe out all the wild unimmuned fish. the chances of this happening is pretty slim but if it does happen it will not be good.

[wolf_eyes]

Wolf eyes even though your to west for darters you might have freshwater sculpins over there. They need really cold water though imo.
Also thx everyone for the rep!:22:

There's a few people who sell Darters online, some on NANFA and others on Aquabid. I'll probably go that route, because, well I live in a desert and the closest boy of water to me only has game fish : /

[wolf_eyes]

Wolf eyes even though your to west for darters you might have freshwater sculpins over there. They need really cold water though imo.
Also thx everyone for the rep!:22:

There's a few people who sell Darters online, some on NANFA and others on Aquabid. I'll probably go that route, because, well I live in a desert and the closest body of water to me only has game fish : /

[Amazon]

Try aquaculturestore.com. they have a great selection.