help -- almost dead sterlet sturgeon ?

[Fish Room Plus]

There just very sensitive,

 

[new2natives]

update -- he swam around most of last night, but then this morning he was back to sitting on the bottom some of the time, and swimming some of the time ...

his breathing isnt as labored, but it cant a good sign if he's just sitting on the bottom either ...
keep your fingers crossed

 

[Lepisosteus platyrhincus]

got em crossed

 

[andyjs]

I hope he pulls through for you man. I was really mad when I lost my white sturgeon. There wasn't even any warning, I think the temperature just got too high for him. When I have a better place for them, I'm definitely getting some sterlet. Sturgeon are such cool fish.

 

[Polypterus]

Don't feed frozen bloodworms to sturgeon as a staple.. Live is fine in moderation.. They tend to impact the intestines and cause a blockage. This blockage in turn often causes a cascade of internal issues.

 

[new2natives]

what do you recommend feeding? and how do i ween them off of worms?

he is swimming 90% of the time, and looking much better

 

[Rockbass6]

what do you recommend feeding? and how do i ween them off of worms?

he is swimming 90% of the time, and looking much better

Your sturgeon will accept, small pieces of fish, such as rosy reds, just make sure that they sink to the bottom. Try feeding broken up silversides, red worms, black worms. I never heard bloodworms were bad before either, but if people are having trend of them dieing with them, its time to mix up the diet. I also would try maybe even some little strips of a fish filet at your local fish market, something like perch or catfish should work. I wouldn't do salmon, because that has an oily meet and it will put a skim of oil on the surface of your tank.
You don't need to ween them off, they will just eat the other foods as a scavenger.

 

[new2natives]

thanks, i will try that out

 

[MultispeciesTamer]

Your sturgeon will accept, small pieces of fish, such as rosy reds, just make sure that they sink to the bottom. Try feeding broken up silversides, red worms, black worms. I never heard bloodworms were bad before either, but if people are having trend of them dieing with them, its time to mix up the diet. I also would try maybe even some little strips of a fish filet at your local fish market, something like perch or catfish should work. I wouldn't do salmon, because that has an oily meet and it will put a skim of oil on the surface of your tank.
You don't need to ween them off, they will just eat the other foods as a scavenger.

Catfish have more oil in the fillets then salmon

 

[Rockbass6]

Catfish have more oil in the fillets then salmon

Look it up before you call me out.(screwy) I have tried both foods for natives and found the catfish to be less oily, salmon/steelhead are a mess.
Check out this site. Anchovies and Salmon on the left kittycats on the right.

http://www.weightlossresources.co.uk/diet/healthy_eating/oily_fish.htm