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hotsauce

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i have a 50 gal. with a 9in largemouth bass. ive tried adding a 6in blue channel cat, then a 9in albino channel cat. the bass attacked both till i had to remove them. what can i do to add a catfish or what can i add? please help my 2y.o. daughter wants more fish. thanks
 
they call em large mouth for a reason lol! maybe if you can find some panfish that are big enuf not to be considered food?
 
also your probably wanna go shopping for a bigger tank if you plan on keeping it as 14 inch is very easy for LMB and a standard 55 is 12" wide. just a thought.
 
im getting a 100gal in the next month or so after i move. the albino cat is bigger than the bass though. ive put a bluegill in there at the beginning and it was beat to death. i started with two other bass along with this one about 8 mnth ago. its a maniac! its beat any and everything ive put in with it.
 
hotsauce;1690677; said:
thanks for the suggestions.

just curious, are there LFSs that sell Bass, Bluegill, and other common native US species, or do collectors just catch them?

are there any native/local species that are illegal to catch and keep in an aquarium?

Wondering, because when I go fishing, I never catch anything big enough to take a picture of, but they would look good in an aquarium. small LMB, Bluegill, Shiners, small gar...

even caught a alligator snapping turtle once, that thing was huge, though... I thought he was going to bite my damn finger off. I was able to cut the eyelet off the hook before the thing fell off the dock. sure it worked its way out.
 
actually for the bass I have was taken from a privately owned and stocked lake here locally. the catfish were purchased at my LFS. does know of a good deal on 125+gal tank?
 
My army recruiter once also had a bass, and that sucker i heard also beat up on all the other fish he kept. he fished the bass out from a lake too. later got rid of it because just too aggressive.
 
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