Introducing wild caught Pbass into my tank?

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Also make sure it's legal to catch and keep near you. I *think* this is kosher in FLA but I don't really know and I know it's not cool some places. So you might wanna check that out.
 
@MOUNT I'm pretty sure its legal to keep the butterfly pbass.

@chizzle thanks, I'll look into the prazipro.
 
Yeah I also live in Miami and the FWC (Florida Wildlife Conservation) and they want people to get rid of all the cichlids, I have Mayans Midas oscars, managuense, pacu, and we have even seen clown knifes a few times
 
@MichaelR Yea, there are Midus everywhere where I fish too. Did see a huge clown knife once but failed to land that sucker. LoL A couple years back we had a huge pleco problem but havent really seen much since then.
 
I live in the wrong state. We pay here for what you can catch for free! I could see raising a wild caught oscar or managuense. I think it would be kind of cool. Free scavengers don't hurt either.
 
If you would like to put them in your tank, You can't directly put them into your aquarium after bringing it home. You have put the fishes in a bag and let it float on the water surface to let it get used to your aquarim water temperature. While doing that, open your bag and scoup a little water into your bag of fishes to let it get used to your water,continue the process for at least about 45 - 1 hr...well at least for me. I've got 1 wild caught peacock bass 2 wild caught temensis and 1 wild caught geophagus altifrons in my aquarium now. View attachment 827647View attachment 827648

Everybody knows that.
 
Yeah, it's an ocell. Florida bag limits for them are 2 a day, only 1 of which can be over 17".

Also may want to keep the lights down for a while, if they spook, they are going to be expecting to swim as far and fast as they want -- which won't agree with the tank glass or lid!
 
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