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basslover

Senior Member
I would like to get a fish tank with one or more bass....can anyone give me tips on how to get this running....i hate keeping animals in capptivity but i think its saver for 1 or 3 bass to be in fish tank than somebody catching them and eating them.

Dont stress i wont go and put a 2kg bass in a fish bowl...hehehehe.

Thanks
 
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mag-man

Senior Member
Howzit Brew,

When I was a lightie I had one, it was lakka man. When you walk past the tank it used to follow you aggresive style, when you put your finger tip in it take a shot at it.

Make sure it has lots of room to swim in, you don't want the tank full of kuk to make it look pretty. I used to net mine baby Tilipia as live bait, that was fun, or feed it fresh frozen Kapenta from Kariba. Make sure it has a lid though, cause mine ended up jumping out, RIP the little bugger.

Also lots of oxygen.
 
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Gapie

New member
I was in a fishing shop the other day in Knysna. they had a bass in a fish tank. I had a chat to the guy that works there, as far as i remember he caught it and put in the tank. It does follow you when you walk past the tank, witch is pretty cool. He also fed him while I was there and it is cool to see how the fish follows the prey and eat chomp it. Here is a link with some tips on keeping Bass in a aquarium..... http://brushyland.com/tank.htm

Hope it helps!
 
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basslover

Senior Member
You guys made me lus to take the day off and go and buy a fish tenk...yeah im looking at about a 1.5 m tank or bigger with correct filter system etc.
Damn i cant wait now...thanks guys!!
 
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basslover

Senior Member
Quite weird that he said that his fish turned yellow...wonder if it could be of the captivity?or the diet of Goldfish...that gave them that colour...hahahahaha....defo wont go for bigger than 5oogm fish.
 
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fisheezy

New member
Hey guys, I was just reading this thread about bass in a tank and thought of two things.

If you search on YouTube.com you will come up with a couple of vids of Bass being fed in tanks over in the States at the Pro Shops. They have a couple of massive tanks and divers actually go into the tanks and feed them live fish, pretty amazing!

On the yellowness of the fish, a couple of times we've caught fish in certain dams that are almost yellow/gold in colour. Sometimes you strain to even see the typical bass spots and lines along the side. We've spoken about it quiet a bit and can only think that certain water stains might atcually affect the fish coloration in the long run. The other interesting fact is that these "Yellow" bass were caught in pretty small dams, perhaps small water means funny colour bass?

In some cases the bass might have crossed with another sub-species, although this is only reported to have happened in hatcheries. That in itself is a pretty intersting topic, apparently in some States in the US they have spotted and large mouth bass crosses resulting in what they call "Mean Mouth" bass.

http://www.fishin.com/articles/meanmouth.htm

I'll try and post a few pics of some "Yellow Bass" next time we catch a couple!
 
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Gapie

New member
i read some where that bass also change according to their surroundings, for instance bass that live in reed beds go a more green color than bass that live in rock piles. not sure if it could be some thing to do with this guy and his fish going yellow???? this is actually a interesting topic. if you guys find any more info please post a link or what ever.
here is a pic of a mean mouth. looks the same to me....
http://media.canada.com/553f4206-4dd2-4460-b754-377bcd92779f/fish.jpg
 
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fisheezy

New member
Well guys the plot thickens, I thought perhaps there might be a difference in colour variation due to the sex of the fish (Male or Female, not frequency ;)) - turns out there practically isnt, apart from the obvious bulge of eggs during Post Spawn or Spawn that is.


I have answered this question before and can tell you that the only non fatal way of checking is to insert a small coffee straw into the anal opening. If the straw moves in an upward direct, the fish is male. If the straw moves in a forward direction it is female. Size of the fish is probably the key factor as previously discussed. Females are the larger of the species. Males over 4lb are rare. I have to ask this question because I am often asked how to determine the sex of a bass... Why do you need to know? As long as you are catching bass and returning them alive to fight another day, I could personally care less! FYI I am not the inventor of this "sex check" method. It was given to me by a leading fisheries expert here in the Northeast during a seminar many years ago. Oh and Curt, after checking I suggest you get a fresh straw for your coffee!!!! Tight Lines! Charles "The Bass Doctor" Stuart. Inside Line Staff Writer.
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Interesting info, biology like stuffs :
http://www.flmnh.ufl.edu/fish/Gallery/Descript/LargemouthBass/LargemouthBass.html

http://fishresource.com/fish/fish001.asp

Hows this for an intersting fact:
For practical purposes, expect bass to swim at speeds up to 2.5 times their body length per second. This means that small fish swim about 2 miles per hour, while a 20-inch fish may swim in spurts of up to 12 miles pre hour.
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Found at: http://pods.dasnr.okstate.edu/docushare/dsweb/Get/Document-1833/SRAC-200.pdf

 
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basslover

Senior Member
Wow didnt think my aquarium is going to bring out so many interesting stories...i checked out the website that one of you gave florida museum...damn thats really interesting!!
 
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basslover

Senior Member
Ouch...i went to a fish shop today....and a tenk that will be big enough for bass is going to cost me about R4600 and then i still need to go and buy a filter thats R850 and thats without the gravel etc.

Anyone knows a cheaper way or shop in the vaal?
 
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robfisher

Senior Member

I thought this web site was predominantly for salties and then I spotted the bass section… and this thread was a gem… I was considering an aquarium for a bass or two to study!

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fisheezy

New member
Hey Rob, seeing as youre in Durbs, heres a date to diarise:
http://www.sealine.co.za/view_topic.php?id=5325&forum_id=32
 
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Johanvc

Sealiner
[color=#006600]robfisher[/color] wrote:
[color=#006600]Johanvc[/color] wrote:
Hallo Mr Fisher
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Well hello Johan… you missed an awesome BFSA Tour… have you watched it on ESA Bass yet?
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I know I did. But my daughter was born on the 22de of feb so my attention was home with the wife and the baby. I will make a plan to make it to the winter tour. Just send me the details. I got your mail and autotuned my DSTV to the show. I like the dance LMAO. But I will see you at the inanda classic this year
 
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Ryan

Sealiner
Basslover suggest that you search the Junk mail from time to time there are some excellent deals.

ZiyaadB ( a sealiner) seems big in to his aquariums etc maybe worth contacting him too as he sems to know what he is doing
 
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Little Green Fish

Sealiner
The massive pond/WWII Combat Ditch that was in front of me house for sooooo long has been filled by the contractor (Ryan yes alas they did it) still no lawn on the filling but hey Rome wasn't built in a century..... anyhows so my idea of turning that into a bass fishin venue from the porch well is burried now....... aquarium? hmmmm will have to rip the braai out the wall.........
 
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Scrat

Senior Member
Hi there Nunu (basslover). I really thinking of converting my pool into a bass pond, with rockart en als.... Just have to keep the water crystal clear. Wonder if I could breed 7kg bass in there... hahaha! the pool can take up to 65 000 L of water.  

It can only make my unused back yard look better......

 

Ek sien die weer lyk beter, sal seker eers saterdag oggend kan gaan visvang....

cheers!!!
 
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