Set up 3 tubs this year. I just took them down today. This year I tried: Lucania goodei The Blue Fin Killie, Gambusia holbrooki and Fundulus chrysotus. I also started with 6 Water Hyacinth and ended up with about 30.
The Lucania goode a native killifish did the best. I started with a trio and pulled about 10 fry along with the adults. I still have the water hyacinth in a tub to see if there are any more eggs hatch.
The Gambusia holbrooki had the biggest surprise; I only pulled one baby ( the Gambusia are one of the worst fry eaters). The biggest surprise was I found a newt in the tub which probably came in on one of the plants!
The Fundulus chrysotus are another fry eater. No fry so I pulled the plants to see if any eggs hatch in the next few days.
Next year I am going with paradise fish in one of the tubs.
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