Why the concerns with raising bluntnose minnows in a Great Lakes state?
All four species are native to much of the eastern and upper Midwestern states. So they would winter over fine all the way into southern Canada.
Yes, I have raised, as in spawned all four species in aquaria. All 4 are fairly easy to spawn in aquaria in comparison to some species. The hardest is probably the banded killie but even it is not that hard. Bluntnose minnows are probably the easiest.
