Keeping a wild bass in a home aquarium.
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 26 ส.ค. 2024
- A few things you might need to know to keep a wild bass in a home aquarium. Feeding a bass live night crawlers.
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Having a bass tank as bass fisherman really adds to the hobby when you are at home and not on the lake
Nice job
When I was in high school many years ago I got my start at fish keeping. I caught some wild minnows and put them in a big aquarium that my teacher had given me. They took to it like it was nothing. They were living the life. Food,filtration, you name it I gave it to them. Thanks for sharing and bringing back memories from my childhood. Your tank is absolutely gorgeous.
I have a bass in a 55 gallon tank and its been in it for about a year or possibly a bit longer. It stays so clean its amazing. I rarely do water changes, I have only done like 5 gallon changes maybe 4 times in over a year. I test the water for ammonia and all and its just super clean when I do. I'm really amazed how clean it stays. I have a 30 gallon tank I keep feeder fish in like goldfish and minnows and I'm always having to clean and do water changes in it but the bass tank I don't. I just got a 120 gallon tank I'm resealing and going to set it up for the bass. He is a eating machine. He can eat up to 10 minnows at a time if I put that many in but its pretty much to much for him but he would do it just like a dog would eat a 2 lb steak if he could. In fact a bass reminds me so much of my dogs its funny. He gets all excited when I walk in the room and will come out of hiding and watch me and start working his mouth like he knows he is going to eat. Cool set up you have for sure I will be setting mine up similar to yours one its complete.
Tank looks nice. I kept a female about 20 years ago in a 7'Lx2W'x2'Tall Oceanic 200 gallon tank. Ate anything from hard kibble type dog food (some of my friends fed her that when I wasn't there) to live rats/bullfrogs. It grew from 4lbs.10oz. up to 7lbs 4oz. Tame enough to hand feed from the wild in 7-10 days or less. Extremely Smart Fish. Most people don't give them enough credit on their intelligence.
amazing seeing the bass eating worms
I love it!
Thats for posting the vid. Thats one of the nicest bass tanks I have seen on youtube and it really reflects your passion for the fish. If you kept discus (mentioned in your vid), you definitely know what you are doing!
Thanks man! Glad you enjoyed it.
I always thought that SMB would fit fine in a 125 gallon tank. Then I saw what a 4# one looks like. Stronger and faster than most similar sized fish in the aquarium hobby that would be ok in a 125 gallon. These things truly become BEASTS.
Rad. I was just thinking about doing this. I have an 80 gallon tank. I love the idea of putting them back, when they get too big, and catching more. Get to fish more, and keep your tank ever changing. And they all get to live their lives out.
awesome tank dude. I got a similar tank setup with bluegill.
I caught a small bass a few days ago I've been keeping as a pet temporarily thanks for all the information!
Dank Oaktree no problem my dude
Video was great I did the same thing many years ago with a Florida Large Mouth Bass, had him for 3 years till he died, he was incredibly smart, ate so much that he ate me out of house and home. I resorted at winter time to feeding him balls of lean hamburger. He would actually play fetch with a large plastic stone. Raised him from a 3/4" minnow. One of the best pets I have ever had.
Sounds like a unhealthy diet
@@zacharyalfano9846 way to ruin his story
Love the story I have Been thinking about keeping a bass myself
Old video I know but hope ur doing well n just wanted to say this video is helping other like me 7 yrs later, much love!
first off let me say it's nice to finally see someone that knows what they're talking about when it comes to native fish. your tank is similar to mine. mines a 90 and I've had several bass mostly spots. I think your drift wood is perfect with the open space to the left. plus with the wood going to the surface you could get a little red slider turtle and he could get out of the water on the wood. I had one and it was great and I have the same type wood positioned so he could surface. they both are incredible to watch especially feeding. and yes bass grow very fast so you can't really get attached to them. anyway again good job!
Great tank glad to see the size of it he has to be happy in there.
Just caught about a 7-8 inch bass and put him in my 55 gallon. Once he grows a bit with my other fish, I'll get the 155 gallon set up for him. They really do make great pets and although it may be illegal, no one is going to bust your door down for keeping a bass. Keep it up man, that aquarium looks dope
looks dope = looks nice, cool, great. Just know its a positive thing. (assuming you honestly dont know).
Also it's "wtf DOES 'looks dope' mean?" I hope you were just making fun of me and you really knew what I meant.
Are you speak engrish
Haha you're a funny guy
Buddy, if you took half a second to look at my photo, you'd see that I'm actually not black. I'm white and Asian. And since when do you get to decide who keeps a pet bass? Lol like I said, you're a funny dude
I have got to love just how much love Americans have for one species of fish.. the Bass, it's like how the Japanese appreciate Carp/Koi fish.
We had one in a 50 gallon tank.. he grew up big. We fed it gold fish and minnows..
Sadly one day we came home to find he jumped out of the tank and died while we were at work.. was very fascinating to watch his/her habits..
growing up my pops had a tank with all fish he caught big cat large mouth bass and blue gills was a badass tank! and definitely love the look of your aquarium! very nice
Great video! Love the tank setup. Nice and big and very natural to simulate a basses natural habitat. Lots of people on TH-cam don't know what they're doing keeping bass. You do
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Thanks dude!
you did a great job on designing and putting together a natural habitat he seems happy and comfortable👍
I kept a Guadalupe bass for a while. He was very smart and grew really fast. I ended up feeling bad about keeping him, so I released him back where I found him.
Very much enjoyed this video. I caught a baby blue gill and put him in 15 gallon. Until he gets bigger of course ... but he seems calm and very hardy as well. Thanks for sharing !! I got more info. I was nervous at first until I saw this .
Alexis Young Glad I could help and good luck with your bluegill. I’ll have more videos coming soon!
That driftwood piece is amazing.
I was just thinking that. I wouldn't change a thing.
Great job on the setup!!!! VERY impressive!!!!!
I had a 575gal I built that had 2 black bass, five bluegill and a channel cat. Those fish were a menace, I loved em!
The sunfish are always the highlight of vacationing in the northwoods. About 30 of them would swarm over every time I walk out to the docks because they know what it means XD Either 'protection' or food.
I have two little ones in my tank with some cichlids. Have to feed both at the same time at opposite ends of the tank or the dominant one gets all the worms. The dominant one is starting to eat some of the ciclid pellets now, which will make feeding easier. They also like little strips of venison about as well as worms.
Thats majestic af
Tank looks great.
See if u can get him 22lbs the world record. Lol
world record bass is like 25
@@zakaijohnson9421 nah it was snagged so it didn’t count. world record is 22.4
It still counts as largest recorded
@@zacharyalfano9846 it doesn’t tho that’s the whole story of spot lol
26.3 lbs
This is awesome! I want an aquarium like this but with a gar
Very natural, awesome setup!
Bass and bluegill are some of the toughest fish. Better than anything you could buy in a pet store. I've got six in a 400 gallon tank.. they haven't fought yet.
From personal experience with my pet bass War Eagle, you forgot to mention that it's also illegal, but nobody really enforces that law. When we were selling our house to move, we had police officers come to showings of our house. They left me a sticky note on my fish tank saying it's illegal but awesome. Just be a little bit careful of who you mention to that you have a pet bass.
It's not illegal to have them... Just illegal to transport them from a lake to your aquarium.
Then how do you get them home? Have someone else do it? lol
depending on the state most states your allowed to keep them while their in season
Cool set up man. That's freakin sweet.
Jeff DIxon thank you!
represent shreveport brother we're deep in the hobby here!!!!
I got a 70g Metaframe for my 10th BD. Not many fish stores in back then. I used a cast net to catch all kinds of lake fish. Caught a Large Mouth Bass about 3 inches long added hi to my tank which was full many different pan fish at that time a little bigger than the bass it also had crawdads and other various creatures from the lakes. I feed the Bass every thing I that he would eat within year my tank was empty except for the Bass. I would change the water maybe once a month if that much. It had to 2 sponge filters with under gravel filters. When I let him go he was around 12". So easy to keep. I am 63 now and still keep fish.
what kind of dog is that?!?
Alyosha 1981 I thought it was a guinea pig..
Alyosha 1981 it's called a fish
You fucking idiot it’s a German Shepherd
Big mouth pug !!!
@@boobpatrol1092 are you fucking dumb its a PITBULL
Creek Small mouth are WAY harder, you have to oxygenate the absolute crap out of the tank,
AND somehow have a current running, I bet one of those "endless" pools would work pretty well for those.
Good video!
Really cool video man. I've been thinking about doing this for a long time but it's kind of intimidating. Really good video and info. I liked and subscribed. Check my channel out if you get a chance. I do tons of bass fishing.
I love fish - freshwater. I have made several gopro videos featuring sunnies. they're very curious fish.
lolololololol niicccceee... my grandmother had a couple bass in a tank like that when I was a kid.. (it'll bite your finger is you put it in there.. 😎)
I used to have baby lg mouth, striper, kentucky bass, perch and flat head catfish in my tank.
How big?
That is so cool! love the aquarium
As a kid I did the same. I had a few good fish. And he ate them all in a month.
i've wanted to do this with a couple different Sunfish species
Good info and nice vid! My only concern is releasing the bass. You should never release any fish that has been kept in captivity native or not. Not only is it unethical but almost always illegal. The concern is accidentally introducing parasites,diseases and bacteria into the water.
I agree and stand corrected. I failed to mention I have plenty of places to let this guy go. Thanks man!
if you accuse someone of being unethical and breaking the law, please know enough of what you are talking about to quote the law or regulation you are referring in the subject state. otherwise keep quiet.
you should let them go....not keep in captivity
Native Fish Keepers hahaha it's unethical to release it back better just drain it's water and let it die slowly instead or cook it alive lol
tp yount well considering he ran a native fish keeping forum full of info for years i think its a safe bet to listen to his advise.
Awesome bass! You should get some sunfish or minnows to where it's kinda like it's old home.
I would be a little skeptical about the wood in the tank from the river. Chem. changes different.
Christi Ned I have a method I use for wild drift wood. Should make a video to explain.
the biggest trouble with that N.American cichlid is keeping the water clean, and amonia buildup down. also, they jump and can break glass hoods.
Cool video, however wild caught fish are usually less hardy then captive-bred fish. While they are used to temperature changes, most fish are. However wild-caught fish are used to certain water parameters. Of course some wild fish are hardier than others, but a general rule of thumb is that its better to buy captive-bred rather then wild-caught.
Amazing content man! I enjoyed every second!!
I live by the Red River. I might keep me one as well.
Awesome video dude
You can get baby bass or any other species from fish farms. So if your hating on keepin one just go buy one and enjoy your new pet.
NorEast Angler just dont get a species that you cant make space for. red eyes are a smallish bass. still gets to about 12 inches.
I have to say, people will say the tank is too small, and it is. But at the same time, the bass is living like a gar or snakehead would, and they are less territorial, so, you have to consider that although the tank may be too small for him to swim around as a smaller fish would, he is by no means suffering.
Jack Diller i kind of agree, for its size it is not suffering. my rule is a foot wider and 3 feet longer and a fish like a bass should be fine. water quality is the harder thing to get right for a fish that big. generally a strict water change schedule or an automatic system is what is needed.
Yeah, I mean it's no secret, more water/space means more stability and less radical fluctuations in a small environment like a terrarium, fish tank, etc you name it, ideally this fish would have an entire swimming pool to itself, but we can't always provide a better-than-ideal scenario. Ideally, any one fish would have an entire swimming pool to itself, and, that being said, keeping any fish in the first place is not necessary to begin with, so, doing your best is the #1 priority, and this guy is doing his best for his fish, even if the tank is cramped, the fish, still, is not suffering, and is not potential prey in the wild. Though it should be noted this fish absolutely should not be released back into the wild as its hormones and scheduling is now all fucked up. But on the bright side, this fish has no risks presented to it by being potentially eaten or killed or fished by a predator, so that's always good.
Jack Diller i think we are in agreement. that tank he has is definitely big enough for a lone bass that size as long as water quality is kept up.
awesome. great info
The tank looks So amazing ! Great job can you Please make a vid of HIM eating a frog or some crayfish that would be so amazing because they are really smart keep me updated I subbed
that's badass bro..
I have a bass that I put into my tank. I go out everyday and catch live bait for mine. Although I catch her live bait she doesn’t always eat depending on a cold front or ect......
Stephanie Hemphill Wish I had the time to take the boat out everyday! Sounds like she’s loved
The lake is my backyard. It’s heaven for a fisherman like me 🤷🏼♀️
I captured and attempted to breed wild Guatemalan midgets that I acquired thru the internet from Canada. they are hard to keep and ultimately I had to let them go free. I let them go in the woods of Oregon and now there's an explosion of midgets in the Pacific northwest...oooops!
midgets is really inappropriate. I think the term is little people?
bigdude382 People like you are ruining the hobby for everyone else.
iCST how so, do you breed midgets too?
anon chan Jesus Christ
holy shit i thought guatemalan midgets was an exotic fish
I heard you talking about the red river! I'm from Sherman
I also live in Shreveport Louisiana
great video!
that s an awesome aquarium
jesse whales thanks!
Will he know how to survive when you put him back? How long will he be in the aquarium for? Won't he be waiting to be fed back in the river? Or do they usually just go about their life afterwards?
They eat whatever fits in there mouth that moves in the river when it goes back,
ive heard once you catch a bass and put them in an aquarium you never want to release them back into the wild. idk if thats true just something i heard.
nice fishbro
hope you take good care
hey man nice bluegill!
dream goal of mine
awesome
nice video adam , ive also kept discus and big oscars .im from the uk and we dont have bass here but they do look like a very interesting fish to keep in a home aquarium. thanks for the video and keep it up. carl.
Thanks Carl!
So cool man*
Ever had any problems with the fish breaching the tank?
Sam The Golden Never. As long as you have a lid you should be fine
Cool video man. New sub!
nice tank!
A friend of mine recently got a small largemouth and it will randomly shiver like a mini seizure have you seen this?
Collin Randall Outdoors-> does it swim up to the rocks, driftwood, or anything else and then rub it's sides of the body against those things?
Maybe a parasitic infestation possibly.
Good video
I caught a 7 inch small mouth 2/3 days ago and it's in a 95 gallon and I put 5 big tadpoles and 15/16 small shad with it. When do you think it will start to eat?
Riccardo Ricci Won’t be much longer. I would be surprised if the shad weren’t gone by tomorrow morning
Liked and subbed, sweet tank. I'd like to see what that driftwood looked like before it popped up.
Nice tank, I build a 718 gallon tank that I am going to put peacocks and largemouth bass in.
F Harper can you make a video, would love to see it.
I just uploaded a video of my 700 gallon tank. This is first one so hopefully it turned out right.
wow he's livin the good life now
If I just left one in a 30 gallon tank would it die or stop growing at some point?
Martin Albert 30g is a pretty small tank. Personally, I wouldn’t put one in anything smaller than a 75g. If you keep an eye out you can find a 75g used for what a 30g cost new.
Cool man
you should try live shiners and also your next fish should be a crappie!
badass dude
Great video!! Would love to know more about your personal tank cleaning setup and regime!!
Shelby Purdun more to come!
How did you make the water look green? Is it because of the black background or some sort of lighting you have?
I can't get the green out of my tank lol. no background or nothing. how do you keep it so clear?
its just algae lol. If you''re trying to get rid of it make sure to keep up with your water changes, keep your filtration media fresh and you could also get some fish that eat algae.
the tannins coming from the wood he has in the tank will cause your water to change to be a darker brownish color too.
Leonard Lloyd keep ypur tank away from natural sunlight
Sweet
What kind of filter system do you use
Gold Coast Two Fluval 306 canisters. One with a skimmer. I have links to them in the description.
If you guys want to keep fish in an Aquarium every inch of fish should have at least 5 gallons of water or one foot of swimming space at minimum. Hope this helps.
Anything specific I should do to my water
i have a baby largemouth ive had for maybe 3 months now and he hasnt grown that much. he seems happy and healthy and i feed him night crawlers and goldfish twice a day but he doesnt seem to be growing. any thoughts?
that intro music tho!!!
it's post spawn now in most areas, go grab some fry before they leave the shallows
Nice
wow I love this song lol I subbed
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I have wild minnows and their the best begginer fish in my opinion.
beautiful fish. How big is his current hone? nice aquascape too. this is what I want for my jardini.