Anybody want any sticklebacks?

[Stickleback]

Originally Posted by dicdic

Yes please how do get in touch with you. So I can come to catch some at the weekend.

Have sent you a PM....

[Dan Salter]

Only just found this thread...i too have been longing to set up or create a native fish type aquarium but im not too sure of the legalities?...can someone fill me in? ....is it kosha if your not taking stuff from the true wild?...

[Wetnwild]

Don't know if you're still reading this, Dan, but it's fine legally to move fish from one garden pond to another. It's usually illegal to collect pond fish from the wild, and is certainly illegal to release them from your pond into the wild, whether they are native species or not. Sticklebacks are occasionally available from aquatic shops these days, anyway.

[Dan Salter]

Thanks wet thats kinda how i thought it might be...

so tell me? can you keep sticklebacks in a tank all year round with a male or pair....or do you have to house the male separate?

Dan

[Wetnwild]

I don't know personally, Dan - I've only kept them in a pond, in a mixed sex group.

I think it's only male-on-male aggression that's a problem though, not male-to-female, and even then only if the males don't have enough space for a territory each. Hopefully someone here will have more info.

[Sad1966]

Can anyone help me with some sticklebacks to stock my pond. I live in North West but don't mind travelling a little further to collect them.