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RE: Gambusia Holbrooki

austin123 — Mon, 22 Sep 2008 16:04:22 GMT

Thats some great fish

RE: Gambusia Holbrooki

PoBoy — Sun, 29 Jun 2008 12:57:18 GMT

Good luck with her. I have read that the Gambusias can prolong giving birth until water conditions are right. Also the female must be spereated, and water temp up around 80 F.

RE: Gambusia Holbrooki

MtnFishBoy — Sat, 28 Jun 2008 08:43:48 GMT

The lake that some of my relatives live on has a large shoal of these fish. I went out one day, and while everyone else was fishing with a pole, I used one of the little 2" fish nets to catch some. I only caught 2, and one got eaten by my goldfish. The other, a female, is about ready to give birth, and I can't wait! They are really underestimated. I am glad someone else thinks they are interesting.

RE: Gambusia Holbrooki

PoBoy — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 14:39:02 GMT

They are free. As long as you don't travel too far to collect them. I found this pond about 3 miles from my house. So these were free!

RE: Gambusia Holbrooki

filipem — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 12:34:38 GMT

Those are really nice fish and there free. Hard to beat that..

RE: Gambusia Holbrooki

Hailey — Mon, 23 Jun 2008 18:53:22 GMT

Cool. I am thinking of collecting some wild fish this summer myself...blue spotted sunfish probably. Looks like some of yours were already gravid too, which is typical with livebearers, but neat anyway.

Gambusia Holbrooki

PoBoy — Mon, 23 Jun 2008 16:43:50 GMT

Wild Mosquito Fish I collected myself. They live in my other 29 gallon.

Male

Females the day I got them from a pond