New Smallmouth Bass!

[fisher12889]

I just got a smallmouth bass, its about 4-5", but i cant get it to eat! I caught 2 and gave 1 to a friend and his is already eating like crazy. Mine gets spooked whenever I go by the aquarium also. Any ideas on wat i can try? I put in a few small minnows but it ignores them completely. It is in a 20 gallon w/ a largemouth about the same size, soon they will be moved to a 125 gallon.

 

[guppy]

Give it plenty of plants to hide in and try crickets.

 

[ewurm]

Give it some time. Fish will eat when they get hungry...trust me.

 

[cichlid savage]

Survival will set in long before starvation in a healthy fish. Give him time he'll get hungry enough to eat.

 

[fisher12889]

theres a rock ledge, and several large artificial plants, and a piece of driftwood on the bottom

 

[fisher12889]

Ill try and post pics soon too. I was thinking of trying small earthworms or crawdads, but i gotta find some first

 

[lil_blue]

craws, if you can find em

ive never met a bass of any sort that wont eat a crayfish

 

[Bassman89]

just wait...ittl eat throw anythin you find in the tank...(moths, spiders. grasshoppers etc.)

 

[fishyz]

Try some live and floating plant in the tank. May be even try to keep the fish by itself for a bit. Just make sure you keep plenty of minnows in the tank.

 

[fisher12889]

I finally got it to eat! I threw in a few more minnows and it smashed them! Im still gonna try and get some crawdads for variety