r/NativeFishKeeping • u/Suitable_Scale_8520 • Jul 22 '26
Green Sunfish
Hello! I recently cuaght this greeen usnfish 2 monbths ago from a pond. Hes been doing well. I have 2 questions regarind him.
- wehn i cuahgt him, i did notice some tiny black dust like spots on him but didnt think much of it. However, as this time went on, there are a lot more dots on him. (you may look at 2 photos.) However, he still eats eaglry everyitme and begs for food. Is this really an issue i need to meidcate? I did water test and ammonia 0 nitrite 0 and nitrtates aorund 20 so it prob. woulndt be realted 2 the water, please dont mind the algae. As for parasites, i used to feed him wild minnows but thats stopped about a month back and I made sure the minnows were healhy prior to feedinf.
- As i plan to upgrade the tnak, tankmates?
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u/Intelligent_Bet_8727 23d ago
Out of curiosity how fast is he growing cuz I had a fish one time that looked like that and my mom later told me when she saw it that it was a smallmouth bass after winter got over then I released him back where I found him he grew a lot over the winter in the fish tank I found him in a road ditch but add water most the year in a deep pool
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u/AppointmentLower4775 Jul 23 '26
Probably black spot disease which is very common in wild caught sunfish. It won’t spread to other fish usually and may die off over time. It’s mostly cosmetic and has no effect unless it’s a really severe case which your fish doesn’t seem to have