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posted 03-04-2004 04:07 PM         

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I caught a small bass today and dumped him in with my oscars and them. He was acting strange and all in the beginninig as he should, swimming all messed up. Now he is sitting at the bottom and it looks like the plecos are licking their chops. I want to know, if they can be trained to eat pellet food, from the wild. or If i should try to feed him a live diet. How do I get him settled in. one of my oscars doesn't like him alot either, basically, how do take care of him. he's about 10 inches now.

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posted 03-04-2004 04:12 PM         

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I would imagine it's the shock factor. Picture yourself swimming freely enjoying the day when you are hooked, yanked out of your home, driven to new place, and plopped in a tank full of different kinds of fish. Its gonna be kinda stressful! Give him a little while to adjust, but I don't know how well a wild fish will adjust to tank life.

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posted 03-04-2004 04:16 PM         

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i have had one before.. they should get used to it.. thwe only problem is that they get kinda messy..

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posted 03-04-2004 08:45 PM         

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If you plan on keeping the bass for its entire life, I hope you have a large tank. Bass get quite large as do oscars. Depending on how many oscars you have, I'd say you would need a bare minimum of 300 gallons.

Also, with him being wild caught, there's a good chance he could introduce all kinds of parasites into your tank so you should keep a very close eye on him & the other fish in the tank.

-Chelle

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posted 03-05-2004 08:20 AM         

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You might want to keep an eye out for your other fish or they might be fish food in the long run. The bass and the oscar might start having a dominance problem. Fish will eat what you feed them they just have to be hungry enough.

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posted 03-05-2004 04:34 PM         

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Hi jam500, If you went through the process of acclimating him he's just stressed out. Years ago I did the same thing with 2 Perch. After about a week he will come around. More than likely you will find, that like the 2 Perch, he is messier than Oscars amd will require more tank maintenance. Good luck.

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posted 03-05-2004 07:52 PM         

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everything i have in my tanks i catch i have 5 tanks ranging from 2 gal and up i agree that the bass will be very messy i have 2 now that i have to clean the water every week... usualy after a week mine get used to being in a tank and adjust... as far as feeding them i have neevr gave mine fish food but 1x and they refuse to eat it i catch mine the grass shrip dead or alive and they go crazy over them....

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posted 03-08-2004 12:39 PM         

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oh well, My tiger oscar tore him to shreds, I still see left over scales! oscars are some mean powerful fish at times, can I get a amen,

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posted 03-08-2004 03:50 PM         

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YOU DID WHAT! YOU NEVER CATCH A WILD FISH AND JUST THROW IT IN AN AQUARIUM! SHAME ON YOU! I WOULD PUT HIM WHERE HE BELONGS! HE HAS FEELINGS YOU KNOW!

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posted 03-09-2004 07:38 PM         

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Hi animalluvr211, I hate to burst your bubble, but all of the tropical fish in your tank were caught in the wild or raised in a hatchery from fish that were originally caught in the wild. The only difference being that they may be from a different part of the world than you're in. SORRY!

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