Rock bass can be kept in aquarium as small as 29 gallons for one however they prefer tanks closer to 55 gallon. Rock bass are similar in disposition to central American cichlids. They can be kept with yellow perch, bluegill, pumpkinseed, green sunfish, smallmouth and largemouth bass not large enough to fit the rock bass in their mouth.
The Redeye Bass is one of only a very few bass possibly suitable for life in a large glass box. Similar in disposition to central American cichlids is not a good thing by the way. The few I have caught over the years were in creeks and rivers. Not sure if they could adjust to the lower DO level in a pond?
