Any one keep Muskie?

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Allan01230 said:
I kept one years ago in a 100 gallon with a chiller. They like cold moving water in the upper 50's to low 60's. Hence the use of the chiller. Kind of boring to me so I released it back into the lake it came out of after keeping it a year it also outgrew the 100 gallon.
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What the heck is wrong with people? NEVER EVER EVER release a fish back into the wild! People like you are the reason there are so many laws against keeping natives!
 
had one and a northern in my basement 55 when i was a teen... musky eventually killed the northern... i released it into a private pond. other then the cold temps and need for large tanks, while ambush predetors they also cruise alot...was feeding it... i went threw 200 feeders a week between the 2 fish and then when the musky killed the NP. he was still eating 200 a week... not a cheap fish to feed and i never got it on pellets. thankfully at the time i worked at a lfs and brought home feeders essentially every night to keep food constantly in the tank.

I would love to have a tank large enough for natives to house a NP or Musky... imo its like trying to house a RTC or Ariapima or one of the other "Giants" ... not a fish for the average aquarist.
 
815billybob said:
He it it back in the lake he got it from I don't see any thing wrong with that

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it could have carried diseases, parasites, or plants back to the wild witch could wreck havoc among native species.
 
815billybob said:
He it it back in the lake he got it from I don't see any thing wrong with that

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...and you probably never will...
 
I don't for see it getting any parasites in an aquarium that its not going to get in the wild.

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