Keeping wild fish

[Johnsbra123]

How many gallons does a perch/cichlids needs ?

[supadave]

I don't know exactly what species you are talking about . Or are you talking about a wild perch that you caught in a lake or bayou ?

[armthehomeless]

You'll need to be more specific . . .

[myjohnson]

How many gallons does a perch/cichlids needs ?

1) look at your bank account

2) determine how much you can live without

3) hunt on the for sale forum

4) get the biggest tank that can fit through your door wall

[HERM]

1) look at your bank account

2) determine how much you can live without

3) hunt on the for sale forum

4) get the biggest tank that can fit through your door wall

+1
The bigger the better for most if not all fish .

[HERM]

That go's for filtration too

[Johnsbra123]

I will get the species this week because Im going to fish my creek sometime this week.

[BrAin]

They are right get the biggest tank you can. Im not certain what the minimum gallons per inch of fish would be. I kept one or two in a 30 for a little while but that was before I really knew much about keeping fish. I have a small one in a community 70 right now.

[Outofexile86]

1) look at your bank account

2) determine how much you can live without

3) hunt on the for sale forum

4) get the biggest tank that can fit through your door wall

Very well said

[troy tucker]

Originally Posted by myjohnson1) look at your bank account

2) determine how much you can live without

3) hunt on the for sale forum

4) get the biggest tank that can fit through your door wall
Very well said

I agree...

[mnemenoi]

I would recommend starting off with some of the smaller species and seeing what you think, the larger ones ger crazy huge and need a lot of space and water. Try a Banded Pygmy Perch, easy to catch and only get <2" or try out a Pirate Perch (not really a perch, but ehhh). They are real oddballs of the fish world and what they lack in looks they make up in attitude and bizarreness while staying relatively small (4-5")