How does everyone keep their sturgeons water in the proper temperature peramiters?
chiller, air temp, etc.
Thanks for all inquiries
chiller, air temp, etc.
Thanks for all inquiries
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I currently do not have a sturgeon but there are sturgeon that do not need cold water or special conditions other than just a large tank and good filtration. Given a choice I would choose a shovelnose, they like warm water, do not need as much free area, adapt well to a "box" and do not get overly large. Unfortunately even though sturgeon breeding got it's start with shovelnose sturgeon they are not as commonly bred any more due to the larger species being preferred for stocking in lakes and rivers.
Sterlets can be kept at room temp and stay smaller than most the other types. I always loved mine, but I don't have it anymore
Yes, but that one in the picture is a california native called white sturgeon and is not the kind i want to keep, and unsuitable for most lakes let alone a pond, so if anyone else wants to warn me about sturgeon please use advice relevant to pond suitable sturgeon not river and ocean going sturgeon. thanks blurock I am just going to see how next years summer affects the pond to get a sturgeon, last thing I want to do is kill one.
There are surgeon that reach 5 feet and then there are the 10+ foot sturgeon, their isn't just one sturgeon species. ymolina you aren't making much of a point with sturgeon pics. The ones to use for ponds , depending on species used can reach the size of your second pic, there are also pond suitable sturgeon that only get 3 feet long, it is all about researching a species and making sure your pond is appropiate for that species.
Shovelnose and sterlets are probably the most suitable for ponds and or aquaria. Shovelnose probably average smaller by weight than sterlets but they are both close the same length, possibly the shovelnose is a bit shorter. It's important to recognize that what is listed as maximum size is just that the biggest ever caught. in the wild very few fish approach this maximum size. For shovelnose most fish are in the 18 to 24 inch range in the wild with really unusual specimens getting to be 36 inches or larger. Do not judge the size of a fish by it's maximum recorded size. Does anyone really expect a large mouth bass to reach 25lbs, no matter how perfect the aquarium conditions are? Most aquarium fish under the best conditions cannot really be expected to reach much more than a half the biggest possible wild size of that fish. I think most aquarium keepers would be thrilled to raise a LMB to 5 pounds much less 25. so even if you have a sturgeon that maxes out at 48" in the wild a 24" fish would be a great fish, not a disappointment.
This is very true. I agree with Moon that the best possible sturgeon for aquaria are Shovelnose. relatively small species, wide temperature tolerances, and easily adaptable to home life. unfortunaly, they are all but impossible to locate and purchase for the average aquarist (and even the above average, as i have done my share of hunting and came up empty handed)
Having kept "Sterlets", "Daimonds", as well as recently White sturgeon, i can say that even if you can locate and house these fish, if they are purchased at a small size these fish make the most fragile freshwater fish look like mike tyson. think black arowana on steroids
i can only compare the amount of food these fish consume at small sizes to that of a juvenile himatura sp. ray. and a fingerling african arowana combined (having raised both to adulthood). without a nearly constant food supply there is not a chance in hell of these fish surviving. they have incredibly fast metabolisms at cooler temperatures and even faster at the unchilled temperatures most aquarists manage. I feed my fingerlings constantly with a mix of frozen mysis shrimp and blackworms (at least 7 times a day) as well as seeding the sand with blackworms for them to forage for.
that being said, once these fish reach about 8"s they are pretty damn hardy. i kept my last large one with an emperor cichlid and longnose gar.
if you want to devote the time and effort into these fish i wish you all the luck in the world....keep me posted on your success. i hear very few stories of aquarists successful with these fish in a captive environment.
Having kept "Sterlets", "Daimonds", as well as recently White sturgeon, i can say that even if you can locate and house these fish, if they are purchased at a small size these fish make the most fragile freshwater fish look like mike tyson. think black arowana on steroids
i can only compare the amount of food these fish consume at small sizes to that of a juvenile himatura sp. ray. and a fingerling african arowana combined (having raised both to adulthood). without a nearly constant food supply there is not a chance in hell of these fish surviving. they have incredibly fast metabolisms at cooler temperatures and even faster at the unchilled temperatures most aquarists manage. I feed my fingerlings constantly with a mix of frozen mysis shrimp and blackworms (at least 7 times a day) as well as seeding the sand with blackworms for them to forage for.
that being said, once these fish reach about 8"s they are pretty damn hardy. i kept my last large one with an emperor cichlid and longnose gar.
if you want to devote the time and effort into these fish i wish you all the luck in the world....keep me posted on your success. i hear very few stories of aquarists successful with these fish in a captive environment.