ID? Spotted? Large Mouth Bass?

Fishes33

Fishes33

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MN_Rebel said:
where did I say that its okay to put more fish with him? A fish with herpesvirus can expose it to other fish and can be fatal for them.

I've seen bass chasing and beating up other tank mates countless times. Think it like a cichlid. As a datnoid owner, you must know this that datnoids do not deal with an aggressive tankmate very well.
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oh... I see what you mean right there.

Also, I don't think it is herpes virus thou, they look more like fungus and fin rots.

A few years ago, I brought a Baramundi, and when it was introduced to warmer water, the fish filled with like cotton balls. After reverting it to cooler water, they disappeared, is that the symptom of herpes virus? This is the same thing happening in this bass at the moment (the white cotton part is peeling off from the fish).

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Yeah, datnoids will fight back, and often injure themselves in the process...
 
MN_Rebel

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Not really, datnoids are wussies and they won't win against LMB. As for the fungus and fin rots, they do not looks like it in the pictures. It looks like it has herpesvirus. From now do not buy any live fish from fish markets.

You are just being selfish, that thinks the datnoid can hold its stand against a LMB. LMB can murder that datnoid easily without any problems. Perhaps you should ask some people on here to see if they can house a bass with datnoids before you go out and buy a bass?
 
Lepisosteus

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Fishes33 said:
oh... I see what you mean right there.

Also, I don't think it is herpes virus thou, they look more like fungus and fin rots.

A few years ago, I brought a Baramundi, and when it was introduced to warmer water, the fish filled with like cotton balls. After reverting it to cooler water, they disappeared, is that the symptom of herpes virus? This is the same thing happening in this bass at the moment (the white cotton part is peeling off from the fish).

~~~~~

Yeah, datnoids will fight back, and often injure themselves in the process...
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I successfully kept lmb with peaceful fish with no problem peacock bass are far more aggressive then lmb and they are kept with dats. You shouldn't have a problem with this fish other then the obvious diseases, funguses its carrying
 
MN_Rebel

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Lepisosteus said:
I successfully kept lmb with peaceful fish with no problem peacock bass are far more aggressive then lmb and they are kept with dats. You shouldn't have a problem with this fish other then the obvious diseases, funguses its carrying
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And I've kept various LMB and they all murdered other tank mates. They even murdered koi carps after I donated them to someone's koi pond. Peacock bass on other hand, are less territorially and less aggressive to most tank mates.
 
Lepisosteus

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MN_Rebel said:
And I've kept various LMB and they all murdered other tank mates. They even murdered koi carps after I donated them to someone's koi pond. Peacock bass on other hand, are less territorially and less aggressive to most tank mates.
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Its a good thing this is a hobby of personal opinions and experience
 
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Lambrakopoulos

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Go for it!!!! People here will always tell you what you shouldn't do. I like to take it as a challenge to see what kind if diversity I can get away with in my tanks. As long as the Dat has somewhere to hide or isn't big enough to fit in LMB mouth you will be fine. Keep him well fed and I don't see a problem. Both are very predatory fish, with a lot of similarities. But I would quarantine him first before he goes into a real setup.


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predatorkeeper87

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QT the bass, add salt, paraguard, prazi pro and a cocktail of other meds to cover the inevitable problems that fish has, I'd say minimum 3 weeks to a month...and put him in there and see what happens. worse case scenario he comes right back out of the tank with the dat.
 
Lepisosteus

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Lambrakopoulos said:
Go for it!!!! People here will always tell you what you shouldn't do. I like to take it as a challenge to see what kind if diversity I can get away with in my tanks. As long as the Dat has somewhere to hide or isn't big enough to fit in LMB mouth you will be fine. Keep him well fed and I don't see a problem. Both are very predatory fish, with a lot of similarities. But I would quarantine him first before he goes into a real setup.


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+1 You pretty much summed it up
 
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predatorkeeper87

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bah, if you are set on a bass, wait til spring and catch your own at like 3-4 inches. much more rewarding.
 
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