Anybody kept lampreys?

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To give you some idea how I got to this point, I just discovered a Game of Thrones cookbook, but there's no mention of lamprey pie! And then I google imaged lamprey to reinforce the idea that I probably don't want to eat one.

But in doing so, and being a huge oddball fish enthusiast, I sort of fell in love with their weird gill-pores.

So my question is, has anybody here ever tried raising one or several in an aquarium? Would you need to have a poor, sad, fish for them to parasitize? I noticed a few of the pics of them online looked like they were suckered onto glass, pleco style.

I was thinking that a good choice for aquaria might be lampetra planeri.

This is all theoretical, of course. And I figured ancient fish would be the right place to post.

Ed: I think this species doesn't actually need a host! At least I just read something saying as much. And it seems like the young ones eat algae like plecos.
 
Not all lampreys are parasitic- Least Brook Lamprey and Alaskan Brook Lamprey are not parasitic

these species are parasitic:
American River Lamprey
Arctic Lamprey
Pacific Lamprey
 
cemster said:
Not all lampreys are parasitic- Least Brook Lamprey and Alaskan Brook Lamprey are not parasitic

these species are parasitic:
American River Lamprey
Arctic Lamprey
Pacific Lamprey
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Yeah I sort of discovered these guys were non-parasitic in my initial research. Still curious if anybody here has ever raised one. Or where to source them, haha.
 
Wiggles92 said:
They're great pets if you like looking at an empty aquarium. I had some least brook lampreys at one point, but they proved to be very boring & became gar food.

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Heh. Just saw this. I was thinking of maybe setting up a simple, small, unheated 10g to breed some feeders. Maybe if I ever find them they could hang out in there.
 
I haven't kept them but I've researched a lot about them.

http://www.nanfa.org/captivecare/lampreys.shtml this is a good post.

For the most part they're not that interesting. They have kind of a novelty allure that seems like it would wear off pretty quick. And they don't live long once reaching adulthood.

Edit: Actually I forgot, I did have one for a few days years back that my friend brought home. It just sat there stuck to the glass looking weird. Kind of like what leeches do most of the time. Showed no interest in the fish there or food or anything.
 
nope, they are illegal in Texas!
 
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