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noreaster
04-25-2006, 8:18 AM
Hello.
I recently bouth a 100 gal tank to set up and it had two goldfish in it I added two salmon and a strugeon to keep the tank going until i find the fish that i really want.
has anybody had any experience keeping these fish ?
They are actually pretty cool looking although the sturgeon is not all that active, the salmon definitly make up for it.
;)
reddragon343
04-25-2006, 9:21 AM
o0k...sturgeons i've heard of......bt keeping SALMON???!!!
Yeah dude, you can't keep a pair of salmon in a 100, and with a sturgeon probably not in a 1000.
fishnthings
04-25-2006, 9:26 AM
well you could keep it in a thousand gallons im sure.. the foot prints you just have to be real wide and long and not high;)
maybe you should get a small chiller, sturgeon and salmon will live longer and thrive better in cooler waters than you can provide
noreaster
04-25-2006, 9:30 AM
Yeah dude, you can't keep a pair of salmon in a 100, and with a sturgeon probably not in a 1000.
Yes I know they are still quite small i'll get rid of them when they get too big.
I realize how big both get ;)
reddragon343
04-25-2006, 9:30 AM
well....i still think 100 gals is a little tight for 2 salmon and a sturgeon......what salmon are they anyway?
noreaster
04-25-2006, 9:32 AM
well you could keep it in a thousand gallons im sure.. the foot prints you just have to be real wide and long and not high;)
maybe you should get a small chiller, sturgeon and salmon will live longer and thrive better in cooler waters than you can provide
The tank is in my basement and the temperature never gets above 18 c.
they will do fine at that temp i believe.
How do I post pictures on this site ?
noreaster
04-25-2006, 9:35 AM
well....i still think 100 gals is a little tight for 2 salmon and a sturgeon......what salmon are they anyway?
Atlantic Salmon
Yes I agree.
We have an abundance of salmon here and the goldfish were quite boring so i drove up the road to a hatchery and gor five originally but three jumped out .
There is a sturgeon hatchery near here also so i went out and got one of those.
we picked through the fish to find a small one and they grow quite slow.
although the salmon are quick growers but i realized that before as i have raised a few salmon in my lifetime.
Somewhere in the vicinity of 4 million i would say without any exageration.
http://i70.photobucket.com/albums/i120/Nor_Easter/sturrsal.jpg
BigPleco
04-25-2006, 9:51 AM
PICS!!!
Yes I know they are still quite small i'll get rid of them when they get too big.
I realize how big both get ;)
Sorry to rag on you being that you are new, welcome! When you do "get rid of them" just be sure not to release them. Give them to a public aquarium or euthanize them.
noreaster
04-25-2006, 9:56 AM
PICS!!!
lol yes of course.
I'M always looking for the easy way out.
;)
http://i70.photobucket.com/albums/i120/Nor_Easter/sturrsal.jpg
noreaster
04-25-2006, 9:57 AM
Sorry to rag on you being that you are new, welcome! When you do "get rid of them" just be sure not to release them. Give them to a public aquarium or euthanize them.
yes thats what I had in mind.
even though they are native here.
The sturgeon however may go to the local aquarium the fish grower said he doesn't want it back.
By the way i traded the fish for a bottle of wine .
lol
Is that a salmon or a trout?
fishnthings
04-25-2006, 10:00 AM
Atlantic salmon
noreaster
04-25-2006, 10:01 AM
Is that a salmon or a trout?
Atlantic Salmon.
Though they are much the same as a trout
salmo salar ?
fishnthings
04-25-2006, 10:02 AM
Salmo salar is correct ;)
blairsteelers
04-25-2006, 10:04 AM
that salmon looks
nice, i love the colors.
noreaster
04-25-2006, 10:05 AM
that salmon looks
nice, i love the colors.
My camera died after one picture lol.
I'll get a couple more soon.
Theya re actually quite aggerssive i may take one out they are harassing the goldfish relentlessly
warren126
04-25-2006, 10:06 AM
NICE FISH BY THE WAY WHAT DO U FEED THEM
noreaster
04-25-2006, 10:08 AM
NICE FISH BY THE WAY WHAT DO U FEED THEM
Commercial fish pellets
noreaster
04-25-2006, 10:56 AM
Here are a couple more picture.
Hey i am no photographer but they will do.
;)
thanks for all the replies
Sorry about the size also i thought i had resized them correctly
http://i70.photobucket.com/albums/i120/Nor_Easter/salmon.jpg
http://i70.photobucket.com/albums/i120/Nor_Easter/salmon1.jpg
http://i70.photobucket.com/albums/i120/Nor_Easter/sturgeon.jpg
Wow.... that's one unique tank. They look nice.
noreaster
04-25-2006, 8:39 PM
Wow.... that's one unique tank. They look nice.
thanks I thought they would be pretty cool to watch .
The salmon are like lightning when they eat
here is a couple more.
http://i70.photobucket.com/albums/i120/Nor_Easter/twosalmonsturg.jpg
http://i70.photobucket.com/albums/i120/Nor_Easter/salmonandstur.jpg
http://i70.photobucket.com/albums/i120/Nor_Easter/salmonsturgeon.jpg
How did you get the sturgeon?
noreaster
04-25-2006, 9:07 PM
How did you get the sturgeon?
from a local Inland Sturgeon farm.
JD7.62
04-25-2006, 9:22 PM
Now that is a cool tank! I like! I have always wanted a sturgeon. You should throw in some sminnows and see what kind of monsters the salmon really are! Once they get too big why not eat the salmon? I am being serious too!
noreaster
04-25-2006, 9:25 PM
Now that is a cool tank! I like! I have always wanted a sturgeon. You should throw in some sminnows and see what kind of monsters the salmon really are! Once they get too big why not eat the salmon? I am being serious too!
Yes they hit like like a flash of light, I fed them a couple of small africans before.
I have lots of salmon in the fridge don't think i'll chow these ones.
JD7.62
04-25-2006, 9:33 PM
LoL good point.
Kind of off topic but I have been thinking about this. Are the dorado of south america actually a salmon? Their latin name is Salmus Maximus (that sounds funny) or somthing like that if I recall.
noreaster
04-25-2006, 9:39 PM
LoL good point.
Kind of off topic but I have been thinking about this. Are the dorado of south america actually a salmon? Their latin name is Salmus Maximus (that sounds funny) or somthing like that if I recall.
not sure but couldn't find it
http://fishbase.sinica.edu.tw/Eschmeyer/GeneraSummary.cfm?ID=Salmo
thanks I thought they would be pretty cool to watch .
The salmon are like lightning when they eat
here is a couple more.
Oooooooo.... get a vid!
nice diamond back, im guna get one of those soon
limz_777
05-07-2006, 3:34 PM
whats the temp for sturgeon? besides chiller, will cooling fan work?
noreaster
05-07-2006, 9:05 PM
whats the temp for sturgeon? besides chiller, will cooling fan work?
The tank is in my basement the temperature never gets above 18 c or below 14 c .
reddragon343
05-07-2006, 11:43 PM
nice fish.....very cool...very cool....
NVdPlecos
10-05-2006, 5:52 PM
Where did you get it???? Do you know if any distributors that have them?
Cichlas
10-07-2006, 9:28 AM
not sure but couldn't find it
http://fishbase.sinica.edu.tw/Eschmeyer/GeneraSummary.cfm?ID=Salmo
Salminus maxillosus was the name but according to fishbase that is not valid, it is now Salminus brasiliensis
Salminus brasiliensis (http://wap.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=56329)
Nice salmon you have btw :headbang2
PhullTank57
10-07-2006, 4:38 PM
Nice native sp. tank! especially like the sturgeon. :)
I kept a sturgeon awhile back sometime... it was very active, always constantly moving?!! your sturgeon not very active?!! :uhoh:
vanimate
10-08-2006, 8:43 PM
Thats a great native tank!
How fast does that sturgeon grow?
filiportela
12-08-2006, 11:05 PM
thumbs up!!! great fish:headbang2
nativelover
12-14-2006, 7:13 PM
no active means bad things to come.....cool water and feed right diet!
i want a sturgeon for my 1350......
meepster
12-14-2006, 10:10 PM
sturgeon get 7 feet+... salmon maybe 5 feet+
noreaster
12-17-2006, 8:45 PM
That paticular sturgeon is a shortnose sturgeon they get no longer than three feet.
Although i'm sad to say mine died last week so he never got any bigger than a foot and a half.
I've seen some pretty big atlantic salmon but never seen one near five feet.
ot argueing that they can't get that big maby but?
A five foot salmon would be a record I believe.
Oscarboyz
12-17-2006, 9:27 PM
Dont sturgen get like 10 feet in the wild?
cichlaguapote
12-17-2006, 9:51 PM
Dont sturgen get like 10 feet in the wild?
Depends on the species.. Some get bigger than that.
Derpeder
12-19-2006, 3:57 PM
Sturgeon. Thats pretty cool.
I went to the seattle aquarium a while ago and was intrigued by the 5 footer they had swimming around.
Very cool fish. and FUN to fish as well!!!!!