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I am new to fish and wont to take a wild flounder and make it live in a fresh water tank cuz they will go up river in to fresh water and i am starting with 1 from brackish water will i need a skimmer.And has any 1 ever had a ribbon fish from the wild.I wont to keep all these fish from the wild in a 100gal saltwater will it work they will be baby's
grouper
ribbon fish
flounder
pompano
jack
red drum
skate
nettle fish
cobia

i really just wont a
grouper
cobia
red drum
pompano
flounder
skate
jack

I recommend that you don't keep those fish in a tank. They can get very large. There are also way too many fish taken from the wild for the aquarium trade. I am writing an article right now about it for Aquarium Hobbyist.
I'm not trying to ruin your ideas, but I think you should just stick to the fish at the pet store.
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Phishie

"An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure."

Well i am a master fisherman i have bin doing it since i was 3 i know how do do it i am going to be a fishery's biolgest dam i spent
$150 a a dam arc dehoker i almost never keep my fish i think i make up for it i have a fresh water sucker tank and i am only taking 1 of each think of all the fish killed by people that just leave fish on the beach to die.

First, you said you were new to fish... now you are a master fisherman. If you are going to be a fisheries biologist, then you should be more concern about the reasons why I recommend you not keep wild fish. There are many conservation organizations working to keep the fish stocks healthy.

Second, according to the size and catch limits of NC, which are pretty much the same for any Atlantic state (proof lies in any Atlantic state's DMF website)... no juvenile fish are to be taken from the wild. NO DMF allows the capture of babies, that's why there are regulations. If you have had any classes to become a fisheries biologist you would have known that.

I can't tell the people that leave their fish on the beach about this because they didn't come on my forums. You asked on the forum, and so this is your answer. Don't take the babies from the wild.
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Phishie

"An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure."

I am buying the cobia and grouper from corps that sell the people i know people i never take under size fish i mean come on ribbon fish are king bait and all over the place jack also and pompano are all over the place what dose it madder if i eat it or place it is a tank.I love my chesapeake bay.