my new texas 55

[sam_tuck]

2 red eared sliders
1 large mouth bass 12"
4 blue gill 1/3"
1 plecko 14"

* Any comments or suggestions! *

 

[cpr_mike]

Not too bad but one major thing that you could do is go with more natural rocks and plants. I think it would make a huge difference and look pretty good.

 

[henrysusername]

how does the bass not eat the bluegill?
and i hope you have some massive filtration

 

[sam_tuck]

bass died oh no but he didnt mess with the blue gills as much as they picked on him i think he got to stressed after catch and drive in livewell

 

[fisher12889]

bass died oh no but he didnt mess with the blue gills as much as they picked on him i think he got to stressed after catch and drive in livewell

I think he got stressed from being in an overstocked tank. Putting a 12" fish in a 12" wide tank is never a good thing.

 

[ryanj612]

i have a few questions. can you get a picture of your pleco up on here? id like to see it. how old is your pleco? how big of a tank is that?

 

[sam_tuck]

yeah ill post it in like ten min

 

[sam_tuck]

heres pleco 12" 55 gal

 

[sam_tuck]

thats the big boi

 

[MultispeciesTamer]

so many things wrong as pointed out before no 12 inch bass in a 55 gallon tank big no no. I see no red ear sunfish only a bluegill and a hybrid sunfish. Mixing tropicals and natives is almost always a bad idea.

Yea that turtle looks cute now till one morning you wake up and a chunk of your fish is in its mouth and you got bluegill swimming around in circles because the tail is gone.

Bluegill and that hybrid will get to big for that tank and the pleco is already to big.

so for advice i say GET A BIGGER TANK!