Ancient fish...?????

[Moontanman]

Yeah, their need to filter feed is rather greatly exaggerated, they will pretty much swallow small fish and crustaceans at will. They need a really large tank to even come close to being healthy long term. Really interesting fish, I like them second only to sturgeon.

 

[e!o!z!]

could they survive in an outdoor pond in North alabama. They are endangered here and live in some of the rivers but was wondering if they could survive in a large pond

 

[Oddball]

They have high DO requirements. If your pond is a dug out farm pond with a high bank, there may not be enough aeration to sustain them. A friend of mine has 4 large farm ponds on his property. He has paddlefish in one of his 2 ponds with wind-assisted aerator towers. They seem to be doing fine.

 

[Cakilla]

That would be awesome to have a big pond with them in it , what would you go about feeding them if you got them when they are little ?

 

[Midas the Macc Milli]

Looks like 1 of those strange goblin sharks