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Scrat

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Sad news: Nunu died sometime during the night. He got stuck in a hole of my ornament shipwreck. I personally think he was chasing one of the smaller fish and tried to swim through the hole as they did! He probably died from stress,lack of O2 or internal injuries due to the struggle, as he could not get free. Stupid fish!!!

I had to do alot of damage control this morning before work as my tank was a mess. The other foosies are very stressed out, so I hope they make it.

Will try a bass in a tank again at a much later stage. This time I'll do it different.

RIP!!!!
 
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Monster

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Nunu

Was a proud bass, never letting any pray go and alway willing to clear a tank of any mis guided platties.  She/He will be missed by all on Sealine and will not be forgotton until a replacement has been found. My she swim in the big vaal  in the sky no longer pesterd by Senco, Narman,  Booya and Yum. He/She was taken to quickly by a model ship. Nunu leaves behind 2 Oscars, silverdolars, Pelacostamus and many uneaten guppies.   
 
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Monster

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Nunu

Was a proud bass, never letting any pray go and alway willing to clear a tank of any mis guided platties.  She/He will be missed by all on Sealine and will not be forgotton until a replacement has been found. My she swim in the big vaal  in the sky no longer pesterd by Senco, Narman,  Booya and Yum. He/She was taken to quickly by a model ship. Nunu leaves behind 2 Oscars, silverdolars, Pelacostamus and many uneaten guppies.   
 
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Monster

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Nunu

Was a proud bass, never letting any pray go and alway willing to clear a tank of any mis guided platties.  She/He will be missed by all on Sealine and will not be forgotton until a replacement has been found. My she swim in the big vaal  in the sky no longer pesterd by Senco, Norman,  Booya and Yum. He/She was taken to quickly by a model ship. Nunu leaves behind 2 Oscars, silverdolars, Pelacostamus and many uneaten guppies.   
 
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[color="#006600"]Monster[/color] wrote:
Nunu

Was a proud bass, never letting any pray go and alway willing to clear a tank of any mis guided platties.  She/He will be missed by all on Sealine and will not be forgotton until a replacement has been found. My she swim in the big vaal  in the sky no longer pesterd by Senco, Norman,  Booya and Yum. He/She was taken to quickly by a model ship. Nunu leaves behind 2 Oscars, silverdolars, Pelacostamus and many uneaten guppies.   
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Dude, now this is funny :lol:1
 
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basslover

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Monster.....i caught him/her on a culprit jerkshad...R.I.P. NUNU...But monster that was well funny, had a good laugh now...BWAHAHAHAA
 
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Generaal

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Wedding in ellisras that yes then came back to an office with no telkom lines was reposed by the needy then off to botswana for work for 2 months then had 3 site installations down in richardsbay Also had the local blitz project to finnish off :D but now evrything seems ok and i can get back to fishing Congrats on your teams victory in the artlure comp Ryan
 
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ziyaadb

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eish sorry to hear bout nunu man. May he be happy in the great river in the sky. At least now u can get the food stock going. Just my 2c the feeder tank is looking great love the fact that it has wheels only add more plants lots more if u can have i corner filled with the plants it will keep many more babies alive
 
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Scrat

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I caught a Tread Snake (Blind Snake) yesterday in the house. The wife was freaking out like crazy.... LOL! It was about 40cm long and 1cm in width.

I decided to feed it to my Oscars. What a amazing thing to watch. I must say the snake was a good swimmer, and it gave a good "fight". But the Oscars won this battle as usual.  They tore it appart like it was a piece of boere wors.... hahaha!!
 

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Scrat

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I would not recommend keeping a bass in a fish tank unless its about 1000L in size. They grow very fast and you will need to train it from when its tiny to rather eat fish food otherwise you are going to have to have a lot of money to spend to feed them live food. Feeding them fodder fish from diffrent suppliers can cause then to get sick and pick up pests. Plus a fish like a bass p00ps alot so you will have to clean the tank more than with other tropical fish!

Rather get yourself something like a male Giraffe Cichild. They are colourfull and very very agressave and will stuff up your tanks interrior and all the tank mates. Or get yourself a mean Oscar.

below is a giraffe cichild - dont have a photo of mine but it look the same

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Here is one of my Oscars...

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Revo

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Scrat wrote:
I am tempted to put in 2 baby tiger Oscars, with a few tank mates (maybe 2 baby silver dollars) until I can get a small enough baby bass. I've read of a few people that have succesfully had these preditors living together aslong as they are put in at a very young age, must be the same size, have enough space, have place to hide!!!!!

Just a thought!!!
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Woah Woah Woah!!!! Stop right there Scrat, take a deep breath and think bass again.... I have not read the rest of this thread yet, so hope you did what I have just suggested, but I will humour you nevertheless.

I went down this road. I wanted bass in a tank to study them. Wanted something from the LPS (Local Pet Store) to see if my Ph, temeperature etc was suitable after treating and cycling water for two weeks. Bought 6 Malawis. They thrived and then it was time for Tilapia from Albert Falls as I wanted some small baitfish in there before the bass arrived.

The Tilapia were caught, but failed on the artificial feeding thing, but the Ciclids were still good. I liked them, so bought 4 more. I then thought I'd get the bass first and stock Tilapia a day later.

Somehow things went very pear shaped!!! I now have 26 Ciclids in a 4ft tank. BUT.... when purchasing my 17th and 18th Ciclid, I saw a fish in the LPS that blew my mind. It is called a Mandarin and is a Marine Fish.... I now have a full Ciclid tank, and another 1500X600X600 tank with pumps, sump, skimmer, auxillary pump lights, bla bla bla, that adds up to a grand total of over R13K and does not have a drop of water in it yet, SOoooo, my advise is to get back to the bass idea. (Is it ok if I cry now?)
 
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