So I have a pet bass now....

[JS Fish]

Caught this little large mouth bass with a net in my back yard!

Currently about 1 inch long and have him in my 5 gal tank.

(BTW, his name is Boomy)

Here's a video of him on my youtube channel JS Fish Tanks 

Any feeding ideas?

I tried frozen blood worms but he wasn't interested. I dont think hes big enough for feeder guppys yet.

Edited April 16 by JS Fish

[Whitecloud09]

Wow, you could feed him some small insects, algae, shrimp, and bloodworms, and they also can be taught to eat flakes or pellets. That’s what I have read. @JS Fish, interesting he doesn’t like the blood worms 🤔. 

Edited April 16 by Whitecloud09

[JS Fish]

On 4/16/2024 at 8:13 AM, Whitecloud09 said:

Wow, you could feed him some small insects, algae, shrimp, and bloodworms, and they also can be taught to eat flakes or pellets. That’s what I have read. @JS Fish, interesting he doesn’t like the blood worms 🤔. 

I'm thinking about some water bugs I see around the pond I got him from

[Whitecloud09]

On 4/16/2024 at 9:17 AM, JS Fish said:

I'm thinking about some water bugs I see around the pond I got him from

Oh, yeah good idea, I am sure if you can get them from the pond he was in he would eat them. Also shrimp might work as well @JS Fish.

[JS Fish]

On 4/16/2024 at 7:59 PM, Whitecloud09 said:

Oh, yeah good idea, I am sure if you can get them from the pond he was in he would eat them. Also shrimp might work as well @JS Fish.

@Whitecloud09. What kind of shrimp? Hes a pretty small bass

[JS Fish]

I caught some of the bugs. 

They like to swim close to the water surface and are hiding in the water spangle. The bass dosent seem interested in them.

That being said, they are a cool addition to my aquarium and fun to watch!

Edited April 17 by JS Fish

[TJ _isme]

You could use guppy fry. They should be small enough for him to eat, you could also use a different fry but guppy fry is easy to get if you already have guppies. You could also try Miskito larvae. BBS would probably be good to.

[JS Fish]

On 4/17/2024 at 9:36 AM, TJ _isme said:

You could use guppy fry. They should be small enough for him to eat, you could also use a different fry but guppy fry is easy to get if you already have guppies. You could also try Miskito larvae. BBS would probably be good to.

@TJ _isme

I unfortunately dont have any guppys.

What is BBS?

[Whitecloud09]

On 4/17/2024 at 6:25 AM, JS Fish said:

@Whitecloud09. What kind of shrimp? Hes a pretty small bass

My bad, i forgot about how tiny he is, when he gets bigger you will have more options. 

i belive he means baby brine shrimp @JS Fish. Those would work.

[TJ _isme]

BBS = baby brine shrimp

[JS Fish]

Got it, thanks!

I've been thinking about starting to hatch my own baby brine shrimp recently

[TJ _isme]

I’ve on,y got around to hatching them once and it worked really well

[JS Fish]

Picked up 3 feeder guppies from my local pet store.

He ate two but one was to big for him to eat so he now has a new tank mate.

I'll try to get a video of him eating next time.

[Whitecloud09]

On 5/3/2024 at 8:08 AM, JS Fish said:

Picked up 3 feeder guppies from my local pet store.

He ate two but one was to big for him to eat so he now has a new tank mate.

I'll try to get a video of him eating next time.

Thanks for the update @JS Fish, have you tried the BBS yet? Or has he grown a little bit since then….

[Chris]

Consider feeder shrimp too. Whenever I've kept picky carnivores in the past (Lionfish and frogfish) they've responded well to cherry shrimp when small. IMO, they're easier to breed than guppies, and it may be easier to ween the fish from a live shrimp to a frozen shrimp than live fish to pellets. 

[JS Fish]

Thanks for the advise. I definitely cant use cherry shrimp because I've been having problems with mine. Feeder shrimp might work but most are still to big. I wont be able to start hatching BBS for a couple weeks. My only options right now are very small feeder shrimp and feeder guppies.

On 5/3/2024 at 12:52 PM, Whitecloud09 said:

Thanks for the update @JS Fish, have you tried the BBS yet? Or has he grown a little bit since then….

He would go after them still but I wont be able to hatch them for another couple weeks

[JMC]

Have you considered scuds?  I know in nature Bass eat them. 

I’ve kept a scud culture for 6 months. They were reasonably priced and reproduce incredibly fast.

If you get a decent sized scud culture and give them a place to hid from Boomy they could live in his aquarium. 

[JS Fish]

On 5/3/2024 at 10:21 PM, JMC said:

Have you considered scuds?  I know in nature Bass eat them. 

I’ve kept a scud culture for 6 months. They were reasonably priced and reproduce incredibly fast.

If you get a decent sized scud culture and give them a place to hid from Boomy they could live in his aquarium. 

I unfortunatly dont gave a way to get scuds

[JMC]

I am not sure what type of body of water you caught Boomy in your backyard, but the water has scuds or some other type of live food living in it that Boomy was living on. I’d start by netting up some leaves in the water and seeing what’s living on or under them. That’s how I started one of my scud cultures.
Good luck!

[JS Fish]

On 5/4/2024 at 11:07 AM, JMC said:

I am not sure what type of body of water you caught Boomy in your backyard, but the water has scuds or some other type of live food living in it that Boomy was living on. I’d start by netting up some leaves in the water and seeing what’s living on or under them. That’s how I started one of my scud cultures.
Good luck!

Ok, I'll try that, thanks!

[Whitecloud09]

@JS Fish, i looked up your channel and found it. I subscribed! I love that video of your baby bass. Hope you make more! Just thought I'd mention that.

[JS Fish]

On 5/7/2024 at 7:33 AM, Whitecloud09 said:

@JS Fish, i looked up your channel and found it. I subscribed! I love that video of your baby bass. Hope you make more! Just thought I'd mention that.

@Whitecloud09

thanks! I appreciate it!