coolest fish of ancient fish
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Try a sterlet, they are the smallest I think @ around 3' max, the greens around here get about 9' and the white sturgeon get 5 meters plus, if they are over 72"s though you have to turn them loose. Get a fingerling, keep it a couple years then when it gets to big, eat it, they are tasty.
The coolest Ancient Tropical Freshwater fish to have is THE SOUTH AMERICAN LUNGFISH. This fish can breath air and can stay dormant for up to 3 years out of the water. You can also do 100% water changes and not effect the health of the fish. They can grow up to 5 feet in length and have quite the appetite. I have owned my Baby for the last two years and he is a hand full. He is a amazing fish to have and watch eating small little ghost shrimp. Mine is only 13 inches long and about the diameter of a empty soda can. They can live up to 25 years in captivity. A very cool fish to own, if you can get your hands on one!
guppy said:
hey bro, i had one about a year ago, but it died off soon, they aint very hardy fish rite? they need pretty good water peremeters, i heard..
neways, i dont really see them in singapore lfs anymore, are they getting rare? due to overfishing?
Sterlets are fairly common and are farm raised, fairly cheap in England. they actually get pretty hardy when larger but are delicate when small. The reason(s) they don't do well in most tanks is that they need low temps and lots of O2, much like trout. 60-70 degrees F. would be great with extra aeration. They also get out competed for food when small. I you can keep rainbow trout you can probably keep sturgeon. I checked out a couple sites not that long ago that had sterlets, stellate sturgeon, and siberian sturgeon for sale in the U.K.
