tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6484886415057433235.post1372214487167907522..comments2016-06-17T22:27:25.582-04:00Comments on Fish Girl Writes: Summer Tub Update: MayIzzy the Fish Girlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06222976615681064742noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6484886415057433235.post-70307178306450004372016-02-07T18:16:55.420-05:002016-02-07T18:16:55.420-05:00Hey Gregg! Glad you like it! I've actually gai...Hey Gregg! Glad you like it! I've actually gained an affinity for fatheads because my grad school raises them for toxicology studies. The males get really impressive when they are in full breeding colors! When I set up a little tub pond again, those guys will be at the top of my list! Izzy the Fish Girlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06222976615681064742noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6484886415057433235.post-27133426890366212302015-12-20T15:50:06.425-05:002015-12-20T15:50:06.425-05:00I just discovered your site by accident, and enjoy...I just discovered your site by accident, and enjoy what I have seen and read. I myself have 2 tanks of 20 and 15 gal. unheated, that have cooler minded tropical fish and one with native shiners as well. For you tub might I suggest fathead minnows, Pimephales promelas. I first became introduced to them as a mystery fish living in mine tailings where 2 sons of mine work, and where we fish for blue gills, (catch and release of course.) They found a place in a 10 gal. tank and in my heart as they lived and reproduced in that cichlid fashion of theirs. The problem is obtaining them, here wild is best as pet stores contain very sad feeder fish. As an aside, them and Gambusia as well as dojo loaches are everywhere here in SW. Idaho.<br /><br />GreggGregghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02623587945737239141noreply@blogger.com