Facts About the Harlequin Bass Fish

If you are a bass lover and you have a saltwater tank you will be surprised to know that there is a type of bass that you can put in your saltwater tank and it's known as a Harlequin Bass. They might be quite difficult to find in the pet stores but you could recommend that they buy some and they might take your advice. These bass are much more colorful than you average bass but they have the same basic shape. These bass have black stripes that run vertically down the fish and the top half is blue and the bottom half is a shade of cream or light yellow. These fish are not as big as your average bass either, they will only get to be between 3 and 5 inches in length.

These fish are aggressive. This means that they will chase around your other fish, especially during feeding time. You might want to get a small fish tank and keep this fish by itself. If you have several fish in the tank that are aggressive, they will single out a couple of fish and chase them around until they die. Aggressive fish usually do not chase after gobies, only fish that swim near them. Gobies will usually stick to the floor of your saltwater tank. These fish should not be placed in a reef tank. This means that you shouldn't have any types of coral or mushrooms in the tank that you place the Harlequin Bass inside of. The bass is somewhat destructive when it comes to coral.

These fish will be most aggressive with fish that are the same size as them or smaller than them. They will usually not be very aggressive towards larger fish. You will never want to place two Harlequin Bass in the same tank because they will chase each other around until one gets stressed out and dies. You can keep them together only if they are opposite sexes but then you might have to worry about them mating in your tank. The good thing about this fish is that they are very easy to take care of. They are a good choice for a beginner.

I would suggest buying several types of flake/pellet food and frozen food. You can also buy brine shrimp, mysis shrimp and live feeder shrimp to feed to your bass. I would suggest buying several kinds of fish food and then watch what the bass eats so that you do not waste your money on food that the fish will not eat.