View Full Version : Anyone keep Paddlefishes.
georgeA
06-09-2005, 1:14 AM
Does anyone keep these amazing looking fish? Any pictures?
Aimhigher38
06-09-2005, 7:25 PM
I used to keep them but they got killed....I miss them and they eat lots of pellots...I divided my tank for them but they jumped across and got eatten. I beleive I have pics in the photo gallery on this site.. They were like 8 inches including the snout...i do want to try to raise them again....anyone have them available??
sophat
06-17-2005, 12:43 AM
yea i was intrested in a paddlefish to can we even keep them. i jus heard they were endanger or sumthing.
The TRUST
06-17-2005, 3:21 AM
Had them before. nice active swimming fish but better suited for ponds as they bump their snouts a lot.
froggyman
06-17-2005, 3:26 AM
get huge 7' i think
aquafan2001
06-20-2005, 12:10 AM
Anyone know where to get some? Let me know please.
They are either threatened or endangered all over. One of the coolest fish around, but only suitable for ponds or streams. They get huge, and don't do well at all in tanks in the long run. There was a breeding program at Parks and Wildlife that was abandoned because a)they are tough to keep in captivity even at a hatchery and b)unfortunately there aren't a lot of good places for them in the wild in Texas anymore, but you can still find them in the eastern part of the state.
Oddball
06-20-2005, 3:07 AM
I bought 5 from Mckenzie's Fish Farm and 2 survived to a little over 4 ft in a 18ft diameter kiddie pool with a 4ft fence around it. When I transferred to another destroyer, I tried selling then, giving them away with no takers. Hated to do it but, had a 'fish-fry' party before having to move to the ship.
They ate krill, plankton, salmon pellets, earthworms, bloodworms, Bshrimp, chopped squid, flake, chopped chicken/beef hearts... pretty much anything I threw in was investigated as a potential food item.
The TRUST
06-20-2005, 3:45 AM
I bought 5 from Mckenzie's Fish Farm and 2 survived to a little over 4 ft in a 18ft diameter kiddie pool with a 4ft fence around it. When I transferred to another destroyer, I tried selling then, giving them away with no takers. Hated to do it but, had a 'fish-fry' party before having to move to the ship.
They ate krill, plankton, salmon pellets, earthworms, bloodworms, Bshrimp, chopped squid, flake, chopped chicken/beef hearts... pretty much anything I threw in was investigated as a potential food item.
OMG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!! :cry::cry::cry::cry::cry:
neoprodigy
06-20-2005, 4:02 AM
was it good?
tigerfreak
06-26-2005, 3:10 PM
Agreed that they r quite a cool fish to keep but couldn't get my hands on any... :shakehead
rayman45
06-26-2005, 3:18 PM
i had 2
cool
need round tank or pond
Anyone know where to get some? Let me know please.
I found a web site in Austria that has them but to get a price list you need to have them e-mail you. http://members.nextra.at/aquaculture/findex.htm They also have grayling, pike-perch, and burbot. All "CITES" legal.
rayman45
06-26-2005, 3:40 PM
sturgon
Rayman45 and others intersted in legal sturgeon, check out my last post on r45's ABOUT TIME thread
venwu225
06-30-2005, 7:18 PM
ate your own paddle fish...I heard they are delicacies.
rayman45
07-13-2005, 1:12 AM
any one wanting sturgon
contact FISH ROOM PLUS
DOES ANY KEEP THEM OR HAVE PICTURES OF THEM WOULD LIKE TO PURCHASE A PAIR
polyodon
12-21-2005, 8:04 PM
I keep a young paddle fish for the moment. He came in 3 month ago.
He is 25 cm long and I keep it in a 100 X 80 cm aquarium, just the time he gets used to floating food like Ikari etc ... For the moment he doesn't eat much because it's winter here and the temperature is between 4 and 10 C° . But he takes bloodworms and artemias without problems.
In fact, they are my favourite fishes ( see my name ! ) and I kept already four of them in my life . The biggest ones rised 75 cm.
In those times, I stayed in an appartment in town and these fishes where kept in aquariums, then in a pond 2,50 m X 1,80 m, 50 cm deep .
My first paddlefish grew very well and I kept it for one year but he jumped out of his tank.
The second one was already very sick when I rescued it ( fungus ) and I didn'nt succed to save it. He never accepted food.
And the last two ones where kept for more than two years, in the pool, becoming big, too big, and they finally crashed their head on the walls because of fear ( they are quite timid ).
Now I live in the country and with my new little one, I hope to keep it for a long time .
In the spring, he will go in a big pound of 10 m X 5 m with other sturgeons.
Paddle fishes are not easy to find.
They are Cites II listed, so it needs paper work to get them.
Some dealers in Asia can ship them .
e!o!z!
12-23-2005, 3:16 PM
The paddlefish in Europe and asia is not the same species as the native north america Paddle fish.
Stone Like Fish
12-23-2005, 9:42 PM
can anyone post pics of theirs?
polyodon
12-27-2005, 4:41 PM
I am talking about Polyodon Spathula, native of North America.
What specie do you mean in Europe and Asia ??
suckerfish
12-27-2005, 5:43 PM
i can't believe you "hobbyist" that eat your pets!! what happens when your 18 year old looser of a son won't find a job or living quarters for himself? you fry him up too?? juevos rancheros o que???
don't suppose any of you have dogs or cats anymore???lol :( :( :drool:
i have a dung beetle that i can't house anymore, fed exclusely on my excriment, anyone hungry????
anyway, so as not to derail: rareafishanado used to get them in, and i was waiting to hear back from him for another shipment. hope that helps out
imanlyman
03-12-2008, 2:54 AM
You catch these in the river here in Montana. When you catch them they are full of eggs. Anyone know of a way to "milk" a male and fertilize the eggs? I thought it would be fun to see a small one of these. I figured they would be too hard to keep until i saw this thread!
Onion01
03-12-2008, 2:56 AM
nice pics, but this is a seriously old thread LOL
imanlyman
03-12-2008, 3:09 AM
I know it is old, but they are about to start running this year, and I only get the oppurtunity to get the eggs once a year. Just wondering if it could even be possible to sucessfully to get some fry going this way. If anyone had experience.. you know...
Im sorta new to the MFk, sorry to bump an old post.:confused: Just saw someone asking for pictures and none had been posted.
xspainx69
03-12-2008, 12:51 PM
Yeah I dont know how people can eat a fish that looks like that.
Im not even sure how people who claim to be hobbyists eat their own fish.
I cant eat my natives.....It just doesn't feel right..Kind of like cannabilism or something.
I see them like children.:D
Onion01
03-12-2008, 12:59 PM
I would like to keep these guys. Do they need cold water?
dominicolas
03-13-2008, 12:05 AM
nice pics, but this is a seriously old thread LOL
That shiis rediculous... I read the whole thing and didn't realize until I got to that post that it was from like 2 years ago.
PS. What are those alien people without faces
ewurm
03-13-2008, 12:11 AM
You catch these in the river here in Montana. When you catch them they are full of eggs. Anyone know of a way to "milk" a male and fertilize the eggs? I thought it would be fun to see a small one of these. I figured they would be too hard to keep until i saw this thread!
They are hard to keep, you really need a large round tank. I have seen them for sale locally.
Aqua Sanctuary
03-13-2008, 12:13 AM
not legal here ):
Gr8KarmaSF
03-13-2008, 12:19 AM
Im sorta new to the MFk, sorry to bump an old post.:confused: Just saw someone asking for pictures and none had been posted.
Nothing wrong with bumping an old post to get and give new info! ;)
Lord Barium
03-13-2008, 10:04 AM
I saw them at this one aquarium... Dang...I forget which. They're great monster fish :D
JD7.62
03-17-2008, 4:43 PM
imanlyman, do you sell the roe? They are about to start running where I fish and I heard one can make pretty good loot from their eggs. Let me know!
teleost
03-18-2008, 12:02 AM
Nothing better that seeing a troubled, native prehistoric pile of rotting fish simply to cull the eggs.
Can you legally sell the eggs (or any parts thereof) of any wild creature without special permits?
Nice!!!
I saw a paddlefish at the Great Lakes Aquarium in Duluth, Mn. last month
I was gonna post pics of it and ask if anyone had one, but didn't bother... I figured no one had any. hahaha you guys always amaze me!!
JD7.62
03-18-2008, 1:24 AM
Nothing better that seeing a troubled, native prehistoric pile of rotting fish simply to cull the eggs.
Can you legally sell the eggs (or any parts thereof) of any wild creature without special permits?
Im allowed to keep 8 paddlefish per day in my state! They are not endangered here.
And yes I can legally sell the eggs on a small scale.
vincenwp
03-20-2008, 12:32 AM
Does anyone keep these amazing looking fish? Any pictures?
I GOT 2...PLS VISIT MY GALLERY...:)
hydroponic
03-24-2008, 10:22 PM
you have some very nice fish^^^
duke33
03-29-2008, 9:13 AM
I'm glad this got bumped back up. We were talking about fishing for them the other day. One guy claimed he saw them here in WV when he was young. That's why I'm here now. Doing some research. Thanks.
artemis1
03-29-2008, 2:25 PM
A friend of mine, a biology professor, has an old friend who has a massive tank and does research on them. I do not know the details, but the tank is BIG, likely many thousands of gallons. I'll have to contact him and get some info, maybe pics.
Moontanman
04-25-2008, 11:52 PM
I tried to buy some from McKencies fish farm but they wouldn't sell to me. Oh well:ROFL:Wont' sell shovelnose sturgeons either:nilly:I can't win for loosing and I have an aquaculture license:cry: