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    Forum Moderator infernalis's Avatar
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    Blacknose Dace - Rhinichthys atratulus

    Are these safe to feed??

    I could not find a yay or nay either way....

    I have tons of them available.

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    Re: Blacknose Dace - Rhinichthys atratulus

    I'd think so... How'd you come across this fishy fortune per say?
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    Re: Blacknose Dace - Rhinichthys atratulus

    Quote Originally Posted by Zephyr View Post
    I'd think so... How'd you come across this fishy fortune per say?

    The creek out back is abundant with them

    One thing I have noticed already, I have a bunch and they do not die like the feeders were.

    The fish from Petco would drop so fast I had to skim dead ones daily, these Dace minnows are hardy fish! very robust, and they flop around a lot, so they get the attention of the snakes quickly.

    The local wild Garters and Nerodia eat this species of minnow frequently......I'd wager to say they are the primary diet of the wild nerodia.

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    Re: Blacknose Dace - Rhinichthys atratulus

    I look out my backyard... creek.. NOPE no creek. No worms, no slugs, no nothing.


    Quote Originally Posted by dekaybrown View Post
    The creek out back is abundant with them

    One thing I have noticed already, I have a bunch and they do not die like the feeders were.

    The fish from Petco would drop so fast I had to skim dead ones daily, these Dace minnows are hardy fish! very robust, and they flop around a lot, so they get the attention of the snakes quickly.

    The local wild Garters and Nerodia eat this species of minnow frequently......I'd wager to say they are the primary diet of the wild nerodia.
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    Re: Blacknose Dace - Rhinichthys atratulus

    wyne can you post a pic so i can see if they are the same as the tiny fish i have seen in this area and are o so easy to scoop about a hundred of them with a net
    ~~~Kevin~~~
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    Re: Blacknose Dace - Rhinichthys atratulus

    I'd love to see a pic too-- I've been trying to identify the bait store minnows I've been feeding. They are so hardy, they fatten up beautifully, and they are very active too...
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    Re: Blacknose Dace - Rhinichthys atratulus

    Here are some in the aquarium.




    Make sure those bait store fish are not fathead minnows.

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    Re: Blacknose Dace - Rhinichthys atratulus

    That's them!!! Well, at least, that looks like them-- silvery, with a black stripe, and a very faint goldish tone on top. My bait store calls them silverbacks but I could never find that term. I'm going to go try to get pics. :-)
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    Re: Blacknose Dace - Rhinichthys atratulus

    Here are mine-- the gold really comes out with the flash! They look mostly silver in natural light.



    They are always doing the Feed-Me dance when I walk by!

    Now that I look back at yours, they don't look the same... mine don't have the stripe follow thru to in front of their eyes. Hmmm, still wondering what they are...
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    Re: Blacknose Dace - Rhinichthys atratulus

    wayne, those are the same fish that I catch out in my creek... and they are SO abundant!!!
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