sturgeons

[rottbo]

whats a good supplier of sturgeons in the US i can find adriatic all day long but i want other kinds and even an albino if possible we are gonna start digging a outdoor pond before this fall and i want to find some sturgeon to put in it


i know i ask about alot of things but this is the first house that we have owned so we are going all out in it

[Oddball]

McKenzieco.com (Stacey, Michigan) farm raises Shovelnose Sturgeon (Scaphirhynchus platorynchus (to 3ft)) and Lake Sturgeon (Acipenser fulvescens (to 6ft)). They have a minimum amount for ordering. I don't recall what it is, though.

[rottbo]

wow i like them do you think that i could keep a paddlefish in a big enough pond or will it need strong current

[rottbo]

no one

how bout a link for different kinds like starlets

here is the one i really want

http://www.sturgeon-web.co.uk/

sorry it didnt paste the right link its the diamond sturgeon on that page heres a pic

[Oddball]

I would have posted all my responses here instead of just your PMs. Now, you get to 'cut-N-paste' to fill in the blanks in the thread.

[rottbo]

I would have posted all my responses here instead of just your PMs. Now, you get to 'cut-N-paste' to fill in the blanks in the thread.
here ya go pasted


hey i started the thread about sturgeons and on the link you gave me they sell baby paddlefish do you think that i could keep one of these in a big enough pond or do they need a strong current





They don't need a strong current. However, they do require a high DO percentage. So, maximum aeration or a degassing tower would be needed.

cool they wont eat other animals will they i dont know much about paddlefish... i was hoping to have a sturgeon or two maybe a paddlefish some turtles and a couple albino bullfrogs think that this would work and oh yeah after going to that wbesite i want a golden trout or two




Paddlefish (Polyodon spathula) are primarily filter feeders and they grow to 6ft. Young ones can be trained to take floating food and krill/plankton/FD gammarus is just fine for them. They'll also start taking small fish and other animals once they hit about a foot long. Turtles are a bad idea for this pond since paddlefish are scaleless and sturgeons will just sit there until they're bitten by the turtles. Frogs will become part of the paddlefish's and sturgeon's diet. As well, the trout when they're small.

[ewurm]

wow i like them do you think that i could keep a paddlefish in a big enough pond or will it need strong current

Paddlefish are VERY tough from what I have heard. You would need a lot of current to keep food aloft as they are filter feeders.

[rottbo]

oddball is the one who provided the info that i posted up one post from ya ewurm

[USMCtanker]

sweet i wanna a sturgeon

[USMCtanker]

are all sturgeon cold watre or is there one that can take warmer?

[rottbo]

they are pretty cheap really for the more common ones but they are cold water fish not tropical so no heaters... cheapest and most common i see in the stores are the adriatic sturgeon they can be had for $10 i almost got some but i dont have any coldwater tanls right now

[USMCtanker]

ya i dont have any cold water tanks so i guess ill haft to wait :(

[ewurm]

Paddlefish are VERY tough from what I have heard. You would need a lot of current to keep food aloft as they are filter feeders.


Wow, I didn't think you could train them to take food, I thought that they just swam around and ate whatever went through.

[rottbo]

in a koi pond though they could live, hell if you want a true monster get a beluga sturgeon but believe me you dont have enough room for one and couldnt afford to feed it

[USMCtanker]

ya i have went fishing for those, they get big

[ewurm]

How do you fish for sturgeon?

[rottbo]

i dont know i have never fished for them but the belugas dont live in the us i think that they live in europe and mostly russia

[rottbo]

heres a small beluga sturgeon can supposedly get about 30' and over 3000 lbs got a pond big enouh for one of these???
notice the boot in the pic this fish is only four years old:WHOA: :WHOA:

[USMCtanker]

i dont know i have never fished for them but the belugas dont live in the us i think that they live in europe and mostly russia
oh well then im wrong. :screwy: the big ass ones in washington that are like 600 pounds.

[rottbo]

yeah theres big ones in the us dont get me wrong its just that the mega huge ones live in europe i think that the big ones here are the lake sturgeons

[USMCtanker]

oh my bad. i still want one lol

[rottbo]

haha they get huge i want one of the smaller species

[technocowboy]

Any of your LFS willing to ship the adriatic sturgeons out of state? I'm looking for some. My email address is technocowboy@mail.com. Thanks for the recommendation.

cheers,
Joey

[rottbo]

Any of your LFS willing to ship the adriatic sturgeons out of state? I'm looking for some. My email address is technocowboy@mail.com. Thanks for the recommendation.

cheers,
Joey
i tried your email it says that its not a current acount....

[rayman45]

try g-mail

[rottbo]

try g-mail
as in @g-mail.com ???

[rayman45]

@gmail.com lol

[limz_777]

great pics

[Flapss]

I'm new here so I can't see any pics, but am I right in thinking the "diamond" is a hybrid?

[lil_blue]

usmc tanker, the ones in the columbian are white sturgeon, and they grow to about 12ft, last time i was over there, the salmon were heading upstream to spawn, (its a sight to see them swimming under the docks *massive*) i saw a sturgeon jump, that kind of turned me off to swimming in lakes for a little while, even tho i know they wont eat me, theyre huge! I can only imagine a beluga

[USMCtanker]

usmc tanker, the ones in the columbian are white sturgeon, and they grow to about 12ft, last time i was over there, the salmon were heading upstream to spawn, (its a sight to see them swimming under the docks *massive*) i saw a sturgeon jump, that kind of turned me off to swimming in lakes for a little while, even tho i know they wont eat me, theyre huge! I can only imagine a beluga
ya i lnow i have seen the same, this is what i did, in this order :WHOA: :eek::OMG: :jaw: :drool: :hearts: :idea: :bling: :woot:

[lil_blue]

lol

[payara]

i have 14 sturgeon adrac,shortnose and sterlets are what i have had.the sterlets get 3 feet and20 pounds we sell them at are store for $29.99 there cool i have had the albinos too.we do not use chillers amd our water stays around 65 degrees.there are NO sturgeon that can live in a pond less than a thousand gallons.

there are two species of stugeon that live in virginia the atlantic stugeon and the shortnose.the shortnose is a new species to va.they lived in the chesapeke bay 200 years ago intill over harvesting.they are native to the delaware bay and are coming down a canal into the bay. just think thats cool.




does anybody know if you can get bulugas and where?

[USMCtanker]

i have 14 sturgeon adrac,shortnose and sterlets are what i have had.the sterlets get 3 feet and20 pounds we sell them at are store for $29.99 there cool i have had the albinos too.we do not use chillers amd our water stays around 65 degrees.there are NO sturgeon that can live in a pond less than a thousand gallons.

there are two species of stugeon that live in virginia the atlantic stugeon and the shortnose.the shortnose is a new species to va.they lived in the chesapeke bay 200 years ago intill over harvesting.they are native to the delaware bay and are coming down a canal into the bay. just think thats cool.




does anybody know if you can get bulugas and where?
dude u gotta hook me up with some small ones:grinyes:

[noreaster]

mine is a shortnose sturgeon

[rottbo]

i have 14 sturgeon adrac,shortnose and sterlets are what i have had.the sterlets get 3 feet and20 pounds we sell them at are store for $29.99 there cool i have had the albinos too.we do not use chillers amd our water stays around 65 degrees.there are NO sturgeon that can live in a pond less than a thousand gallons.

there are two species of stugeon that live in virginia the atlantic stugeon and the shortnose.the shortnose is a new species to va.they lived in the chesapeke bay 200 years ago intill over harvesting.they are native to the delaware bay and are coming down a canal into the bay. just think thats cool.




does anybody know if you can get bulugas and where?
You really want a beluga???? I can probally find one... let me check real quick... OH wait how can you possibly have enough room to house one of these???? it would cost s fortune to feed one too

[payara]

i have big enouph facilities to house them and i have acess to plenty enouph food

[meepster]

aren't sturgeon illegal?

[rottbo]

i have big enouph facilities to house them and i have acess to plenty enouph food
How could you have a big enough place to house them?? Do you plan on putting them into a huge outdoor pond??? Cuz they get almost 30' and 3000 pounds..... but if ya really want i can help ya out if you wanna hook me up with some small sturgeons.... i dont want anything that gets over 10'

[payara]

How could you have a big enough place to house them?? Do you plan on putting them into a huge outdoor pond??? Cuz they get almost 30' and 3000 pounds..... but if ya really want i can help ya out if you wanna hook me up with some small sturgeons.... i dont want anything that gets over 10'

i will see what i can do.i wont get anything but adranics for the next 3 weeks then i might get sterlets.shortnose and lake sturgeon. i will look into shipping them to la. we have some truck drivers that might be going that way.and yes i do have some big enouph outdoor ponds.pm me if you cacan get me a buluga and ill tell u some details

[foxypleco]

sturgeon get 12-15 feet or so here in lake shasta...local lfs sells them for $20.

[payara]

do you know what kind of sturgeon your pet stores sell?

[foxypleco]

lake sturgeon i believe,they look like this:http://www.sturgeonfortomorrow.org/images/lake-sturgeon.gif

[OhNoBarracuda]

i think sturgeons are awesome looking fish. how big is that pond going to be?

[MikeVance]

How do you fish for sturgeon?

Come to WI & I will show you how to fish for Sturgeon, (Icefishing) or Canada has some monsters:eek:

[meepster]

How do you fish for sturgeon?

illegally lol. All species of sturgeons are illegal to catch. (blasted russians.... after hte USSR fell apart, they stopped the sturgeon breeding program which means higher priced caviar lol)

[Jox]

I saw Sturgeon fishing on tv. They were using trout as bait. ANyways there is a species that does go around florida waters. Very Rare. one washed up by Tampa a couple years ago.

[Bullterrier]

whats a good supplier of sturgeons in the US i can find adriatic all day long but i want other kinds and even an albino if possible we are gonna start digging a outdoor pond before this fall and i want to find some sturgeon to put in it


i know i ask about alot of things but this is the first house that we have owned so we are going all out in it


Is sad 2 see tis pic of mine,coz my spotted gar had eaten my sturgeon :(
http://img394.imageshack.us/img394/3167/acipenserruthenusakastuta6.jpg

[kakojones]

the ones in Florida aren't as rare as you may think, people have been getting hurt by them jumping into boats a lot recently. One guy got hit by one while he was jet skiing, just jump up in front of him. I think it broke his face.
If you want to go hunting for them this all happened in the Saint John's river, not sure what part though.

I wanna go and just look for them. I guess they would be atlantic, unless there is a gulf.

[jgdelgado]

has anyone ever heard of "dwarf sturgeon"....my lfs sells them for 30 bucks.....

[meepster]

ack I had some lake sturegeon but I've sold out of them now...

[rottbo]

has anyone ever heard of "dwarf sturgeon"....my lfs sells them for 30 bucks.....

no such thing but there are kinds that only grow to 4'

[noreaster]

A shortnose sturgeon will "only " get to a three foot lenght.

Mine died dammit.