What to stock next?

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Gearhead;4616439;4616439 said:
Really, my 10" brown bullhead has gotten less aggressive as hes gotten bigger. I used to be worried he would eat my 2" brichardi cichlid, but he seems to have lost interest in anything live. He wont even eat rosy reds if I hold them to his mouth. He eats shrimp, chicken and any other thawed meat that I offer. He has also become less active and less territorial. I do think that the stonecats would probably be the best option though.
Wow .....you must really be a good cook, how do you make your Shrimp and Chicken? Lol Jk .
 
You could do dome grass pickerels.
 
Pike/pikerels/muskies all get huge way faster than LMB do. They have a 55 gallon grow out tank, and it outgrew in 1.5 months. My tank is 4X2x2 Ft, no way will I be able to house anything that grows that rapidly that quickly.

I settled on some false gar (those silvergar/needlefish things) and some more LMB.
 
Gearhead;4613966;4613966 said:
The sunfish could live in the 120g permanently, but the bass will outgrow the tank in just a year or two. You could always make a DIY chiller for the perch. I have always wanted to keep perch but I have no clue where to get them from. I say keep the sunfish, add one brown bullhead, a couple bluegill or warmouth, maybe a couple pure pumpkinseeds or greens, and some big gold shiners.
If you are ever in CT and want perch the private lake I live on is stocked with perch, sunfish(7 kinds and hybrids) Bullheads, channel cats, blue cats, chain pickeral, largemouth bass......bring a net and some barbless hooks and catch whatever you like! In the early summer the new spawn is catchable in nets along the shore....Its how i stock my ponds......except for koi.
 
Grass pickerels only get to be about 10inches. 12 inches at most. So they could live in a 120 permanently
 
Chefken;4620577; said:
If you are ever in CT and want perch the private lake I live on is stocked with perch, sunfish(7 kinds and hybrids) Bullheads, channel cats, blue cats, chain pickeral, largemouth bass......bring a net and some barbless hooks and catch whatever you like! In the early summer the new spawn is catchable in nets along the shore....Its how i stock my ponds......except for koi.

If I'm ever in CT, I might take you up on that offer. :D
 
I'm going to be removing the two sunfish, that will free up some room for some additions.
 
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