largemouth bass and tilapia ?

[xdragonxb0i]

i would eat one every once in a while, to control population
i head they taste like catfish

 

[MN_Rebel]

I have kept several varieties of LMB, and as long as they re the same size, they get along great.

FAIL!!!

Actually there are only two subspecies of LMB and an intergrade. Most LMB do not get along with other LMB if they are kept in aquarium.

 

[Fishman1318]

Again like I said before...unless you have a massive tank.

 

[nite]

sry for the pic quality.

the reason why do i want a LMB? it's because i want one, i have never seen one in person only in pics and video games. we don't have any ponds or rivers here so we don't have any freshwater fish. if i had the money i would build a fishing lake here and make some real money.

 

[likestofish]

LMB and tilapia are have two different water requirments, im not so sure the lmb will fair in constant hot temp, they might grow extremly fast, or on the other and the tilapia wont do so well in the lmb's range either. Maybe you should go for some pbass instead? Theyre prettier too.

Bass and tilapia live in mexico and down in florida they live with tropicals i think they will be okay.

 

[likestofish]

I have kept several varieties of LMB, and as long as they re the same size, they get along great.

Wow There are 2 species the northern and floridian there ae other black bass species like smallmouth spoted suwanee gaudalupe redeye and probably a few more i cant remember.

 

[MN_Rebel]

Bass and tilapia do share the same waters. Florida, California, few ponds in Southern U.S and in Africa (yes there are LMB and bluegills roaming in Africa). Some pond tilapia make up majority of LMB's diet so thats why some pond owners stocking tilapia in the same pond with LMB. However I think you should try other fish such as Peacock bass instead of LMB because some states do not let us import the gamefish as theres some issues with VHS and Bass herpes and dont forget the fishing regulations that you can take bass depends on the size for us take them (mostly likely 12 to 23 inch long).

 

[EllieGreene]

Hi.

It's a common practice in pond aquaculture to stock carnivore(s) in tilapia ponds to keep the population down. If I remeber right, the carnivores are carp usually, but a LMB should work if it is small enough not to eat the big fish.

Tilapia breed mindbogglingly fast in warm water and mixed sex conditions. I have a female and male pair building a nest now and she had 200+ fry less than a month ago. Without predation in mixed sex ponds, the fish would overpopulate and die off because of food /O2 shortages.

-ellie