Sufficient tank size?

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ShadowBass

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I am about to move my native fish from a 90 gallon tank to a 125 gallon tank and im wanting to make sure im correct in thinking that it's going to be big enough for them to live in forever or if I will need a larger tank at some point.

My fish consist of:

5 Shadow bass
1 Dollar sunfish
1 Black bullhead

Filtration consists of:
2 emperor 400's
2 penguin 350b's
1 magnum 250 Hob cannister
1 Rena Xp3 cannister

There are some other fish also that will be moved since im guessing the bullhead will eat them. Any suggestions would be appreciated. Thanks in advance.
 
Thats probably about good but the bullhead is going to eat the other two.

Chad
 
The shadow bass are about 2.5 inches and the bullhead is at 4-5 inches. Adult size for a shadow bass is 7-9 inches though. Would a well fed bullhead still attempt to choke down a fish that size?
 
Most likely...Bullheads get to about 13". I wouldn't put it past them. Mine eat a ton so I wouldn't be surprised to see a 12" eat a 7" fish.

Chad
 
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