NEW FISH FOUND! Collecting Wild Killifish and Flagfish in Florida

[@WildFishTanks]

Catching INVASIVE FISH in Florida! kzbin.info/www/bejne/amTIY2N3pJunhrs

[@justingilbert6214]

Love living in Florida lol

[@Cgraseck]

The flag fish can be very aggressive they can take chunks out of your other fish’s fins. All Florida killies are easy spawners. You have both male and female flags. The female has the spot on the dorsal. Cheers, Chris

[@WildFishTanks]

Thanks, I put a spawning mop in as they’re pretty plump and have been munching on algae like crazy

[@wekivaaquatics5918]

Man, everytime I see a ditch like that I want to stop and see what I find. After watching this video, I really have to do that. Cool fishes man.

[@pnw_element9822]

Love the fact ya can just outside and get some wild fish for the tank

[@NYGOLD]

I love these wild collecting videos, keep'm coming. Good stuff!!!👍

[@WildFishTanks]

More coming for sure!

[@nachomacho3218]

Hey man, that topminnow with the black spots you said was crossed with a gambusia is called a “melanistic Golden topminnow” they are much more rare than the regular topminnows and look pretty cool, I wonder if you can selectively breed them to be all black...

[@WildFishTanks]

That would be cool. My friend took home that golden topminnow but my other friend has a handful of the melanistic gambusbia he’s going to try to line breed to try to do just that

[@joshblack4291]

You can definitely selectively breed them to get mostly melanistic patterning. Not sure if you would ever get them to be all black. AdrianHD on aquabid has selectively bred the melanistic gambusias to have white backgrounds, so they look like a dalmation molly. I've seen them offered on aquabid.

[@jkshearer13]

Two Thumbs Up! Keep em coming. Thanks for sharing!

[@WildFishTanks]

Glad you enjoyed, thanks for watching!

[@jeantesc812]

Those Flagfish are gorgeous!

[@WildFishTanks]

They’ve colored up really nicely!

[@fish7days]

Females have a dark spot on the dorsal (Flagfish).

[@ZanfishYT]

Melanistic topminnows are the best. I own a few myself. I own all of these fish species because I live in Florida and I go fishing often.

[@marc8973]

You are so lucky to live in a place where there are so many beautiful fish in the wild and to be able to put them in your aquariums. I wish I could do that, but I live in Canada and all the fish we can have in the wild are not as beautiful as the ones people can have in Florida. We must therefore absolutely buy them in a pet store. Florida flag fishes are great for eating algae that no other fish can eat.

[@FinsAndFauna]

Love these collecting videos!

[@WildFishTanks]

More to come very soon!

[@curtisdesign]

My flagfish from the LFS are very mellow and downright friendly. They eat algae including thread algae, plus regular fish food. They’re pretty easy to sex and I saw both a male and female in your tank. Just look them up online. “Adult males possess more-extended dorsal and anal fins and are significantly more colorful than females, more so when in spawning condition. Adult females have a more rounded belly than males, they also have a dark blotch in the posterior portion of the dorsal fin which is not present in males.” It’s the dark blotch in the posterior portion of the dorsal fin that I look for. I have a pair that I hope to breed, but first have been fighting some internal parasites. Maybe they were wild caught? Anyway I love them and will put a pair in every tank I set up.

[@frjvaneechoud7085]

The Flagfish is quite easy to breed. Dan's fishroom did a video on them. You might want to check that out. Beautiful fish btw

[@WildFishTanks]

Thanks for the heads up, I checked it out. Threw a spawning mop in there and have raised rainbow fry similarly to how he raised these guys so fingers crossed 🤞🤞🤞

[@msresearchspeaks]

Every time i see these videos i want to come to my home state. Lol. Looks like tons of fun. They are beautiful fish!

[@WildFishTanks]

At least come to visit!! We’ll go out and collect!!

[@msresearchspeaks]

Wild Fish Tanks Ha!!!. I just had a vision of me collecting and falling in the mud. Lol

[@WildFishTanks]

You wouldn’t be the first nor the last! Lol

[@josemontalvo4532]

I enjoyed watching! Thank you for sharing! Keep those videos coming!

[@WildFishTanks]

Glad you enjoyed, appreciate you watching! Definitely have more videos like this coming!

[@mesweden2934]

Wow, Love that Fundulus chrysotus ❤️

[@joshblack4291]

Spotted golden ear killifish are amazing! Please breed them and make them available to others if you can!

[@salvalenti5870]

Awesome video

[@WildFishTanks]

Thanks Sal, glad you enjoyed!

[@DavidRodriguez-jt1ns]

The female Flagfish has the eye spot on the back of the dorsal fin, amazing catch!

[@WildFishTanks]

Awesome, thank you!

[@joshblack4291]

The female flagfish also doesn't have the American flag patterning. The female is more dull and olive colored. Males have the red striling on their sides, hence their name. Spawning mops should work for all of these fish.

[@DanielGonzalez-gd3dx]

That’s so awesome love videos like this

[@WildFishTanks]

Glad you enjoyed, plenty more to come!

[@shawnbrown3124]

@wildfidhtanks will you all do some catching this year? I wouldn't mind joining.

[@jaythefishman41]

It is simply a melanistic strain of golden topminnow. Not a hybrid of Gambusia. There are quite a few of them around our area in South Florida.

[@comrade_elmo_9867]

Nice

[@WildFishTanks]

It was sweet!

[@lisamitchell5831]

Awesome! Jealous you can go out in your "backyard" collecting like this! Love experiencing it along with you.

[@WildFishTanks]

Glad you’re enjoying it, have more collecting videos coming!

[@jimmyhfishes]

Great times...👍

[@WildFishTanks]

Yea it was a blast!

[@Cgraseck]

Great vid! The melanistic topminnows are normal. Cheers, Chris

[@WildFishTanks]

Thanks for the heads up Chris! I just recently learned a little more about melanistic fish and how different species can have melanistic specimens. Love learning about this stuff!

[@Bachdude1750]

Man do I love both the blue fins and flag fish. Awesome personalities. My flag fish spawned a few times when there was bad hair algae but once it cleared they stopped. Dont know if there's a correlation. Awesome upload brotha.

[@WildFishTanks]

Nice! I just threw a spawning mop in there since they’ve been munching on the algae and will work through it all eventually

[@EricMBoyd]

Nice to know.

[@LevLibidinous]

Where did you guys get those nets?

[@EricMBoyd]

Great video. Glad to see you put the Flag Fish in their own tank. I need to do this. Everything I see says Flag Fish get to be 2 inches MAX and I can tell you my Flag Fish are 3 inches easy. They can be bullies too, but I think they may have laid eggs and are chasing away all my other fish. My Large Mollies are being chased away. That's how big these Flag Fish got on me. I am jealous as I really have been looking for some Golden Top Minows. I did some more collecting over the weekend and found some Bluefin and Finally got one Least Killi and a mess of shrimp and some crawfish. Still trying to find the Nets you and Corey were using.

[@WildFishTanks]

Yea some of the males I have are beefy and definitely show some aggression. I put some spawning mops in that tank yesterday and collected about eight eggs this morning, not sure if they are flag fish or panda Cory but we will soon see hopefully.

[@rob93aquatics]

Yo them are some nice looking fish. 💪💪 Man Florida has it all 👍👍

[@WildFishTanks]

When you coming to visit?

[@CichlidCity]

Nice video! I subscribed.

[@WildFishTanks]

Welcome!

[@Idontusethis3]

I live in central Florida and have no idea where to go collecting for these cool fish..... and the best way to find all these cool fish

[@WildFishTanks]

Check even drainage ditches and look for vegetation/floating plants. Dip nets made for collecting work best but you can use a net from dollar store or even a pool net

[@WildFishAquarium]

Hi! Where is this place ?

[@joerollo4792]

Lots of people mistake sheepshead minnows for flagfish when collecting... check them out

[@WaterWizard1]

That is cool Ryan! Wish we had nice colored native fish here.. Love the Florida flagfish.. The ones with the black spots on the dorsal fin are the females. Hope they do well for you.. 🌱🐠✌🏼️

[@WildFishTanks]

Thank you for the identification help! I literally just went to their tank and confirmed atleast 2 male and 2 female. Very distinct and easy to tell. I think they are really loving this filamentous algae

[@WaterWizard1]

Nice that you have two pairs. Yes they do like the filamentous algae or hair algae. That is why I bought a few pair. They also love the spirulina flakes...

[@joshblack4291]

Wish I could collect like this in CA. Laws here restrict wild collecting for any fish without a special permit.

[@robertmulrenan8140]

Catching any platies?

[@johnnycruz7794]

Nice man

[@WildFishTanks]

Yea man it was a great time!

[@saltyryan8280]

If u dont mind me asking in what part of florida do u live ?

[@wesliwehmeier5234]

Hello! I visited Orlando Deals today and I mentioned I was from Ocoee and the guy told me about your channel. You videos are great and I was wondering where exactly this little pond is? Looks like a great place to find some cool fish on a boring day.

[@WildFishTanks]

Hey, Kevin and Rick are good people. It’s just a drainage ditch over by the airport

[@jackenglish9826]

DO you have stuff like black skirt tetras in Florida? They are crazy hardy! If they get out into the wild there's no stopping them!!!

[@WildFishTanks]

That’s a good question, I’m not sure. I haven’t seen them myself or heard of anyone else catching them but that doesn’t mean they aren’t out there

[@citizentrucker]

Anyone know of any spots for formosas in miami? Been hunting for those. Plenty of gambusia and bluefin killis here though lol

[@craigsfreshwaterfishplants9426]

You in S. Fla. or Central Fla.?

[@WildFishTanks]

Central Florida right outside Orlando

[@WildFishTanks]

You ever get out collecting by you?

[@craigsfreshwaterfishplants9426]

@@WildFishTanks Yes we go collecting all the time. Mostly Broward county. Besides the many things you pulled up, I usually met, apple snails, swap daters, some of the plants can be harvested as well. Lidguia, rotella and others are around. Not to mention all the evasive stuff

[@stevenhall1385]

What you call flag fish I know as Pupfish.

[@EricMBoyd]

Here is a list of more Florida fish to catch: Banded Pygmy Sunfish Banded Top Minow Black Banded Darter Black Banded Sunfish Brook Silverside Brown Darter Everglade Pygmy Sunfish Ironcolor Shiner (Looks like female Bluefin) Lined Top Minow Okefenokee Pygmy Sunfish Pygmy Killifish Swamp Darter Seminole Killifish

[@jaythefishman41]

You are correct. The female flagfish has the black & white spot on the back end of the dorsal fin. The male does not have the spot and exhibits more color. The males can become very aggressive, even towards other species, so be careful. I've had to remove them in the past. Lately, I've only been keeping females. Even then, the biggest female may become aggressive towards other female flagfish. They will eat hair algae. In my experience, however, they will not eat very much algae if they are getting sufficient food from your feedings. You can give blanched cucumbers of there is not enough algae.

[@shilohskye2056]

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[@WildFishTanks]

Never know what you might pull up!

[@blueringoctopuss]

I miss home. I’ve got to move back. You’re guessing about the sex of the fish was correct.

[@WildFishTanks]

Come on back! And thank you!

[@lesliesockwell8385]

You definitely have a male and female pair, males get the red fins & females have the dot on the dorsal fin. Try and keep just a pair or male with couple of females because the males are super grumpy! I have too many emails in my 55 they're always picking at each other. I don't know if mine were wild-caught or tank raised I had to buy them but they're super friendly.

[@WildFishTanks]

I’ve got 2 male and 3 females in a 20L I’m monitoring closely but they seem to be doing well for past few weeks now. I moved them to that tank with tons of algae

[@EricMBoyd]

Anyone interested I found the NET they are using. Jonah's Aquarium The Perfect Dipnet.

[@WildFishTanks]

Yea that’s it, sorry should have mentioned it in video

[@citizentrucker]

Those spotted minnows are pygmy sunfish

[@WildFishTanks]

I wish they were Pygmy sunfish

[@joshblack4291]

They are melanistic golden ear killifish. Beautiful fish.

[@AQUAFUNK]

The flag are she at first but will show off later

[@WildFishTanks]

I’m slowly noticing it

[@fishiontanktics9356]

Alright

[@WildFishTanks]

Alright alright alright!

[@danielnickel9196]

The female flagfish have a dot on the backfin so yes you have male and female

[@WildFishTanks]

Awesome, thanks

[@spidaman0112]

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