Warmouth Bass

**sharkayak** · 11-20-2007, 09:28 PM

A bunch of years ago (probably 18) I had a 25 Gallon tank with a Warmouth & a sunfish in it. Never did anything special aside from change the filter & clean the tank occasionally.
Well the fish I had then was a little larger than my current tenants so food wasn't reall an issue. drop a couple minnows in & watch them get devoured. Catching minnows small enough for these guys, I have 2, is gonna be a bit more a challenge as my minnow trap wont hold fish small enough.
Anyone had experience with these fish & used commercially sold food.? They don't seem terribly interested in fish flakes.
If I find a flake food they will eat, will getting them to eat feeder fish later(after they grow a bit) be a problem?
Some may think I'm sadistic

but I enjoy the way they hit a minnow like an All-Pro Linebacker.

**country_boy454** · 11-20-2007, 09:34 PM

Nothing sadistic about that. I love to drop a snail or two here and there into my cichlid tank and watch them follow it while thinking the jaws theme in my head. Then all of a sudden WHAM out of no where they strike!

**Algenco** · 11-20-2007, 09:42 PM

give them redworms, I think I would try pellets, when they get hungry they will eat

**Kuli_Loach** · 11-20-2007, 11:29 PM

Feeder guppies from your LFS would work. You could also try the panfish worms you get at your local walmart. As said before, I would try sinking foods as well.

**Drumachine09** · 11-20-2007, 11:58 PM

Depending on their sizes, you will need a new (much bigger) tank in the near future.

**sharkayak** · 11-25-2007, 01:01 PM

It was suggested that I get a bigger tank. Will the 30 gallon tank adverely affect the fish or just keep them from growing to max size?
I fed them some feeder guppies yesterday. How often should I feed them, if they're eating live fish.
They don't seem interested in lifeless food at all. I've got a breeder net on one end of the aquarium to keep feeders in. Should I set up another tank for these?

**Kuli_Loach** · 11-25-2007, 04:29 PM

It is best to have 10g and buy a dozen feeder guppies and grow your own. The size of the tank may stunt the growth causing health problems and a shorter life span. Try panfish worms and frozen possible.

**gm72** · 11-25-2007, 04:53 PM

Originally Posted by sharkayak

It was suggested that I get a bigger tank. Will the 30 gallon tank adverely affect the fish or just keep them from growing to max size?

It will indeed adversely affect the fish. Imagine living your entire life in a closet. Not too cool.

**juanell** · 11-15-2010, 01:12 AM

i had a warmouth bass in a goldfish community tank he was about 2" and the gold fish where all 4+" believe it or not, every day or two i would wake up to a missing GF 20 went to 15, but i did not notice, 15 went to 10 and i started to pay attention, then as ones i grew bonds to started to not show up i began to wonder [i netted this guy out of a pond and i did not know what he was] ran to the LFS and they hipped me to it, warmouth he never grew bigger than 3" he was in an 80gal community tank he had room and he most deff had food [?] but he never grew i eventually put him in my Perch pond, where i never spotted him again

**KatzeSlaugen** · 11-15-2010, 01:48 AM

he didnt grow because unless you had a huge tank having a tank with 20+ goldfish and a bass would cause very high nitrates, and growth hormone severly stunting anything in the tank.

back to the thread i agree that if he gets hungry he will eat. no animal will starve itself to death when there is something , no matter how untasty or different, to eat