Hi,
I am a 15 year old high school student. I have been in the hobby for about 4 years. My experience ranges from African Cichlids (specifically Lake Malawi Africans), to striped bass, to Sturgeon.
I got an Atlantic Sturgeon (Acipenser oxyrinchus oxyrinchus) as part of a program with the DNR. They gave me a 12 inch sturgeon, and said they would provide all the necessary equipment. Apparently they thought a 12 inch fish can fit in a 20g L, because that's what they gave me. I put him in my 150g with my Eheim Pro II 2021 on it (I thinks it's a 2021, that or 2028 I forget).
I had him in school, and the school was being locked down for break, there was no way I could get in. They provided an automatic feeder too, which I didn't even look at until the last day before break. It turns out my teacher had someone else try to set up the automatic feeder, and they lost the manual, so I tried to set it and could only manage to get it to feed 4 times a day. And on top of that, on the lowest setting it was feeding 15-25 pellets.... way too much for a single juvenile sturgeon 4 times a day.
So I decided to let him fast for the 2 weeks. I got back and he was doing fine. Before hand I told me teacher I would feed him when I got back, I didn't want him overfed. I was thinking I would only do 1 pellet the first day back. I got to school and she had already given him 6 pellets she said, but it was probably more like 12. The next day I walked in, she had decided to feed him again, there were about 10 pellets uneaten in the tank, she said he wouldn't eat, and 2 days later he was dead.
I figure that from the fast his digestive tract was not in gear, so when fed the 6 (what was probably actually around 12) pellets the first day, then the 10+ the second it caused an intestinal blockage, leading to his death.
What do you think?
I am a 15 year old high school student. I have been in the hobby for about 4 years. My experience ranges from African Cichlids (specifically Lake Malawi Africans), to striped bass, to Sturgeon.
I got an Atlantic Sturgeon (Acipenser oxyrinchus oxyrinchus) as part of a program with the DNR. They gave me a 12 inch sturgeon, and said they would provide all the necessary equipment. Apparently they thought a 12 inch fish can fit in a 20g L, because that's what they gave me. I put him in my 150g with my Eheim Pro II 2021 on it (I thinks it's a 2021, that or 2028 I forget).
I had him in school, and the school was being locked down for break, there was no way I could get in. They provided an automatic feeder too, which I didn't even look at until the last day before break. It turns out my teacher had someone else try to set up the automatic feeder, and they lost the manual, so I tried to set it and could only manage to get it to feed 4 times a day. And on top of that, on the lowest setting it was feeding 15-25 pellets.... way too much for a single juvenile sturgeon 4 times a day.
So I decided to let him fast for the 2 weeks. I got back and he was doing fine. Before hand I told me teacher I would feed him when I got back, I didn't want him overfed. I was thinking I would only do 1 pellet the first day back. I got to school and she had already given him 6 pellets she said, but it was probably more like 12. The next day I walked in, she had decided to feed him again, there were about 10 pellets uneaten in the tank, she said he wouldn't eat, and 2 days later he was dead.
I figure that from the fast his digestive tract was not in gear, so when fed the 6 (what was probably actually around 12) pellets the first day, then the 10+ the second it caused an intestinal blockage, leading to his death.
What do you think?
