Wild parrot fish.

[pinnatus]

You do realize that it is illegal in most if not all places to catch fish for your aquarium? Also note that the OP has not replied.

I wouldn't reply either after getting flamed.

If you have a fishing license you can generally catch a fish for your fish tank. Depends on the state.

 

[cakemanPA]

I wouldn't reply either after getting flamed.

If you have a fishing license you can generally catch a fish for your fish tank. Depends on the state.

That is not correct in most places. A regular fishing license is not enough

 

[Jasanden]

I had a small creek in my yard as a kid. I used to catch frogs,tadpoles and small fish all the time. I would put them in a tank or bucket to check them out for a while. Then my mom would yell at me an I would let them go. If my backyard was the gulf I could only imagine the things I would bring home.. People need to ease up a bit.

 

[Mike Ordner]

You can keep fish in Texas with only a salt water fishing license. Lot's of cool juvenile fish but most get big and all are mean as hell. Still tempting for the tank I am currently setting up. Wish OP would put up a picture so we can see what he was lucky enough to get for free.

 

[ingtar_shinowa]

I had a small creek in my yard as a kid. I used to catch frogs,tadpoles and small fish all the time. I would put them in a tank or bucket to check them out for a while. Then my mom would yell at me an I would let them go. If my backyard was the gulf I could only imagine the things I would bring home.. People need to ease up a bit.

Kinda of a stupid frame of mind, though I did the same as a kid. Google Florida Lionfish, Australian rabbit, Hawaiian Mongoose, heck even small pox was a catch and release pet. You never know what a Gulf fish can pick up and give to the Caribbean.

I think its cool if you have a local, legal caught fish, just make sure to eat it when you don't want it anymore. Heck turn it into frozen food for your other fish, just don't put it back with potential foreign contaminants.

 

[pinnatus]

That is not correct in most places. A regular fishing license is not enough

Well, we already heard from Texas, here is Florida (That covers most tropical fish states in the US):

Requirements for Recreational Marine Life Harvest
■Recreational saltwater fishing license
■Organisms must be landed and kept alive
■A continuously circulating live well, aeration or oxygenation system of adequate size to maintain these organisms in a healthy condition
■
State regulations for marine life apply in federal waters

■Allowable Gear" : ■Hand collection
■Hand held net: a landing or dip net. A portion of the bag may be constructed of clear plastic material rather than mesh.
■Drop net: a small, usually circular net with weights attached along the outer edge and a single float in the center, used by a diver to enclose and concentrate tropical fish.
■Barrier net (fence net): a seine used beneath the surface of the water by a diver to enclose and concentrate tropical fish. The net may be made of nylon or monofilament.
■Slurp gun: a self-contained, handheld device that captures tropical fish by rapidly drawing seawater containing such fish into a closed chamber.
■Use of quinaldine is prohibited.
■Use of power tools for harvest of octocorals is prohibited

■Bag Limit: 20 organisms per person per day; only 5 of any one species allowed within the 20-organism bag limit unless otherwise noted. See charts below for more details.
■Possession Limit: 2-day possession limit, 40 total organisms, no more than 10 of any one species allowed.
■Allowable substrate: see species specifications in tables.
■Various closed areas exist. See regulations for Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary, Everglades National Park, Biscayne National Park, national wildlife refuges and Florida's State Parks before collecting in these areas.
■Sale of recreationally caught marine life organisms is prohibited.

 

[evolved]

Do we even know if the OP lives in the states?

 

[Jasanden]

Kinda of a stupid frame of mind, though I did the same as a kid. Google Florida Lionfish, Australian rabbit, Hawaiian Mongoose, heck even small pox was a catch and release pet. You never know what a Gulf fish can pick up and give to the Caribbean.

I think its cool if you have a local, legal caught fish, just make sure to eat it when you don't want it anymore. Heck turn it into frozen food for your other fish, just don't put it back with potential foreign contaminants.

[chimp]

 

[LobsterOfJustice]

No. If you do this you could introduce pathogens that might not be found in that environment. Unless this was a brand new tank, with newly made water and no sand or rock, you should NOT release it. If you can't keep the fish, give it to a LFS.

This is not a realistic concern IMO. Marine pathogens are already worldwide. I dont know if you know this but every day hundreds of boats suck up hundreds and thousands of gallons of ballast water, sail across the planet, and release it in a different ocean. Also, panama canal.

 

[Monkeyfish]

This is not a realistic concern IMO. Marine pathogens are already worldwide. I dont know if you know this but every day hundreds of boats suck up hundreds and thousands of gallons of ballast water, sail across the planet, and release it in a different ocean. Also, panama canal.

Good point. But, just because the virus which causes the common cold is everywhere, doesn't mean I want to invite a bunch of sick people to eat off my plate.

 

[Anemone12]

Well it hasn't been eating but I know that they pick on crushed coral witch is the substrate in the tank. It's a 20 gallon tank with a piece of live rock. But it's always hiding and at night it sometimes comes out. And I was in Panama City Beach Florida.

 

[Monkeyfish]

Try algae sheets rubberbanded to the rock.

 

[SDguy]

are we ever going to get a picture?

 

[Beefy_Reefy]

Put it back in the ocean

 

[CedzAquAddictio]

This thread has been open for over 20 days with only two replies and zero pictures from the OP. I'm starting to woner if this fish even exists...

 

[Anemone12]

Well guys the fish is doing awesome. It's still in the 20 gallon and hasn't grown at all. I got it to eat mysis shrimp and blood worms. But it's doing really well.

 

[RayL]

Are you ever going to post a picture of it

 

[ingtar_shinowa]

its a phantom

 

[Goss]

 

[Goss]