Distribution of the blackstripe topminnow is noted as:
North America: Lake Erie, Lake Michigan, and Mississippi River basins from southern Ontario in Canada, Michigan, Wisconsin, and northern Iowa south to Gulf of Mexico( west to central Kansas and Oklahoma) in the USA". Those northern areas routinely get winter water temps of 39F. Blackstripe survive well in my NW OH pond with no bass and submerged and emergent rooted plants. IMO these fish would need a fair amount of vegetation and few to no surface feeding predators to thrive.
Last edited by Bill Cody; 01/04/12 07:41 PM.
