Anyone keep Sturgeons??

[Ozarker]

Here are one of my sterlets and a diamond. They were +-5" 3 months ago.

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[Crisroom]

FYI for anyone looking for sturgeon food. The Hikari sturgeon pellets are the best food that I have come across. The fish put on a lot of weight and grow fast! A vendor on this site Affordable Aquatic Supplies sells it.

 

[The.Kid9]

are you guys using some sort of power head for current in your tank?

 

[jbijl]

No power head

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[The.Kid9]

are you sturgeon very active swimmers??? do they swim up and down the side of the tank alot??? are these signs of stress and problems???

 

[jbijl]

No stres but paddelfish need to swim all the time

 

[Moontanman]

they just get to big, i'd love to have one but i'd have to get an extremely massive tank which i may never have, my largest tank is a 125 gallon tank and that isn't even sorta big enough

It really depends on the species of sturgeon, the biggest get to be in excess of 12' and one stays less than 12" , a shovelnose sturgeon or a sterlet are good choices, they stay smaller and can easily be kept in a 125.

 

[jbijl]

Please stop giving bad advice to peopel here

It really depends on the species of sturgeon, the biggest get to be in excess of 12' and one stays less than 12" , a shovelnose sturgeon or a sterlet are good choices, they stay smaller and can easily be kept in a 125.

 

[Moontanman]

Please stop giving bad advice to peopel here

And in what way was that bad advice, I can back it up with science, what do you have... feelings?

 

[Moontanman]

This is the tiny sturgeon...

http://www.fishbase.org/summary/Pseudoscaphirhynchus-hermanni.html

Not all sturgeon get to be submarine sized beasts, some are small some are intermediate but they do exist.