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After reading some of the articles on the Native Fish Conservancy website, we collected a few small fish, plants, and other critters from Caddo Lake and set up a 20-gal. aquarium.  We've enjoyed it so much, and Caddo Lake has so many different kinds of fish, that we set up a second tank and a third and stocked them with more native Caddo Lake fish.

 

So far in our tanks, we've kept Bantam Sunfish, Dollar Sunfish, Warmouth (or Goggle-eye), Swamp Darter, Blackstripe Topminnow, Starhead Topminnow, Golden Topminnow and Ironcolor Shiner.  Other critters like the Crawfish and Freshwater Prawns are also quite interesting.

 

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Swamp Darter, left

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Blackstripe Topminnow, right

     

Links to favorite web pages about keeping native North American fish in aquariums and backyard ponds:

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Article: Wee Fishes for Tiny Places  -- about finding attractive, interesting little aquarium and pond fishes in our local lakes.

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Article: Hidden Jewels  -- another excellent article about collecting and keeping native fish in aquariums. 

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The North American Native Fishes Association -- information resources page.

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Iron-color Shiners

 

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