brook trout?

[neekaragua]

just a thought out of the blue for me here but what is the minimum tank size you would suggest for a small group of brook trout
I have acess to some fingerlings and was wondering how plausable keeping them as pets(maybe live food for me) would be

 

[Trippingpara]

You would need a pretty good size tank, say a 125 or larger. Plus you'd need a chiller. Those are cold water fish.

 

[cmj15]

you would need a 125 minimum for two or three, you would need a chiller and some form of current

 

[neekaragua]

so for a basic set up it would cost around 3000 ?

 

[Duckman77]

You could put together a setup for about half of that.

 

[flaringshutter]

Oh jeez, brooks? In wild streams and smallish lakes they stay small but if fed well with regular water changes, they can grow to enormous sizes. I'd say at LEAST a 400 for two or three. No way a 125 would do, at least not for long. They're very cold water fish, so you'll need a powerful chiller and lots of current - they demand very well oxygenated water.
Where are your fingerlings coming from? They should be from a genetically isolated population that stays small for your best bet at keeping them in a reasonably sized tank. See why:
http://www.kississinglake.ca/images\TimsBrookTrout.jpg