Id rather send the bass back to nature i know you all love fish as much as I do but it seems a little silly because the pond i have in mind isnt a reservoir and is only connected to a small stream thats maybe an inch or 2 deep its filled with little kids setting free there gold fish and koi ive seen alot of non native fish in it and i know for a fact some of the plants are not native. I got him from a crappy run off water pond near a residential area which they then proceeded to poison and re stock kinda like i unknowingly saved his life. i know in some areas these diseases and parsites can cause a real problem and even lead to the death of entire water bodies but i just feel like where i am in ny its already ****ed the waters gross run off from the street goes right in and people are releasing non natives there already it couldnt hurt to put a nice size native bass in a pond where there are plenty of bass among other species native and non native where he cant escape where his main diets gunna be sun fish and peoples unwanted gold fish
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yes on MFK we all love fish. But I dont understand the mentality that the ecosystem is already hurt and altered, so doing more damage is no big deal. Like "hey I see a floating plastic bag in the ocean, this must mean its our new landfill". Bioaccumulation, Eventually enough people making bad choices will mean the death of the ecosystem. Native or not, introducing an aquarium fish is harmful. If you have seen people releasing exotics, you shouldnt take it as it is ok to release a bass, you should call the local game warden. You see articles and cases all the time where people release fish(even natives) Eventually fish and game finds out and their solution is to poison the lake. I know of many cases where the new invasive is a native bass introduced to trout ponds and yes, they still poison the lake. Obviously this doesnt end well for the bass that was "liberated back into the wild" and it becomes very expensive for the taxpayer that paid thousands of dollars for the poison, and then tens of thousands for the re-stocking of the destroyed pond. The other problem is disease. While some species wont see a 1" tributary as an escape, a microscopic parasite will. Parasites and disease will not necessarily stay with the fish, it can also travel between bodies of water on waders, improperly cleaned boats, fishing equipment and "bucket fisherman".
There are so many people out there thinking about their "one fish" that its hard to assume that only one fish has been released. Yes the damage has already been done, YES your one fish will do further damage
There are so many people out there thinking about their "one fish" that its hard to assume that only one fish has been released. Yes the damage has already been done, YES your one fish will do further damage
Very irresponsible. Birds, other wildlife and even anglers can then transport the infections to other waterways.
It's all in the link Gill Blue posted.
You can only get the app for toaster if you pass a test about keeping native fish. There's also a question about releasing them back to the wild
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Okay I got ya now so say the fish has no other tank mates and its basicly a safe haven for that fish. When it goes back into the wild it will think its safe from everything. Also I have never released any fish into the wild.
A friend of mine who has an 85 gal native is most likely going to take the bass sometime in the spring. I hope to grow out my plants and get a redfin pickerel, black crappie, and a brown bullhead catfish, are there any issues keeping these 3 species together? From the research ive done it seems like the crappie and the pickerel will do great together as the redfin will be calm and ive heard crappie do better with calmer tank mates. That leaves the bullhead if i do get one i will get some sort of cave or rocks to build a place for him to hang out during the day but will he be an issue with either a redfin or a crappie?
