I caught two large mouth bass, a white crappie, and a russian carp a while back in a local pay lake all were fingerling size. the White crappie died (would not eat believe he lost his lip when caught, carp ate by LMB) and now all I have are the bass well I took a leave of absence for two months and figured to come back and they were still alive.... What the hell!!!! they are in a ten gallon cuz I have hesitated to replace my 110. they have not grown either and am Hoping to open the 110 back up soon... My local petstore still owns the lima shovelnose I donated 4 months back due to seam leaking on old 110 he is now about 13 inches long and want him back... So here goes my questions are how did the bass survive? could I keep 2 LMB, 1 shovelnose, 1 florida gar??? (that is what it is stated as at local petstore, looks more like a spotted though) and a yellow bullhead in the tank happily I know that you guys will say that these fish will get too large but I have not had that problem ever keeping large fish usually they just grow to their surroundings... My one exception was a albino channel cat that ran the 110 when it was open it was 24 inches long in a 18 inch wide tank.... with 3 5in convicts the shovelnose 1 8inch senegalus bichir, and a 5 inch pike cichlid. So do you think that the above posted fish will do well together?
What is up with my bass?
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No, you cannot do it. Not only will the fish outgrow the tank but you would also have problems keeping the water clean, aggresion with the fish and temp problems as some of the fish you have are tropical and some are not.
Why people think they can stuff large predatory fish in a small tank together is beyond me.
Why people think they can stuff large predatory fish in a small tank together is beyond me.
2 months without food...... 
I tend to get worry after not feeding my LMB for 3 days. I know they can survive a long time without food but dam I would think 3-4 weeks is max before they die.
I tend to get worry after not feeding my LMB for 3 days. I know they can survive a long time without food but dam I would think 3-4 weeks is max before they die.Ya so would I they were really scrawny when I arrived home today and now they are nice and plump and also sandtiger I would like to know how these fish are not "outgrowing" a ten gallon or fighting with eachother or living for that matter. The only problem I have had with a fish outgrowing is the Channel cat..... ever and I had 2 redtails that reached 14 and 15 inches and stopped growing a Tiger shovelnose supspecies Tigrinus that stopped at 15 and the Lima stopped at 12 and grew two more for the petstore its at now only cause its in a tank alone with a plec
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That means those fish were stunted from stress and an unhalthy environment. The size of a tank does not stunt fish, the conditions that a small tank create however do stunt fish. How long did you have all these fish anyway?
I gave the 2 RTCs to a friend with a pond and they are still alive, the TSN was killed during transportation of unknown causes (most likely stress), the Lima shovelnose is still in the LFS two inches larger and the albino channel cat is now 3 1/2 feet long in a friends pond...