How do I take care of a baby bass?
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I caught a baby bass in the river near our house and I want to take care of it. It is about an inch long, and it is currently in a clear canning jar with a tadpole, some grasses from the river, and a small peice of wood for it to hide under. I also pulled my net all around and got some water bugs and other small things out of the river for it. I looked for info on google but it only provided fishing tips.
?Thanks.
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well i would really suggest that you put that fish back right now because it will not survive under those conditions. a bass would probably need about a 200 gallon tank (very expensive) and a massive filtration system to deal with it’s massive bioload. but if you are really committed to raising this bass get a book on freshwater aquariums. you will learn everything you need to know about setting up an aquarium. but until then release the bass. it’ll die in the time it takes to set up a tank. as for food, they would eat things you can get out the river you got him from (worms, bugs, crawfish when he’s old enough) don’t feed him fish bait. good luck!
if you don’t have an established fish tank all ready set up I advise you to release it back to the river also at an inch long it is very hard to tell a bass from a regular minnow again let it go back to the river so it doesn’t die due to you not knowing what your doing in the first place
Well, I recommend getting a 50 gallon tank to start out with. A Bass is a fish that belongs in a river or a pond. But, you can feed him bloodworms, feeder fish (when he gets older), ghost shrimp (small right now, as he grows, you can get bigger shrimp), and various things like that. He also likes algea, so I would even try algea flakes too.
I hope you will realease him but if that isn’t an option, you will have to keep maximizing your tank size to make sure he has enough room to swim around. He will also need sand, caves, rocks, and plants in his new house.
Make sure you have it in a larger container like an aquarium. I would catch some very very small crawdads (crayfish) and put in with it. They are natural food for the bass and would help clean the water. You could also get some of the small shrimp for the pet stores. They would be good food for it and also clean the water some. The fry bass usually eat very small minnows, crayfish, and just about anything that is small enough that it can’t eat them. With an aquarium you could also have an aerator that would add oxygen to the water.
I had one that was about 5″. He lived in my aquarium for the winter then I released him back into the lake he came from. When I released him he had grown a couple inches. They are really fun to watch when they feed.
Good luck with your baby.