I live in Hong Kong, and out of the 7 (I think it's 7) Chinese Sturgeons that China gave to Ocean Park Kong Kong 3 are ailing and one is dead. One has an open wound, one died mysteriously and two others refused to eat. I find it funny (and also tragic) because the so called "Aquarists" in Hong Kong seem to know about as much about fish as your Walmart clerk...
Hong Kong's Chinese Sturgeons Ailing
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micstarz;2605961; said:
It's very difficult to diagnose fish problems long distance and for these fish it would be very difficult. Do the people keeping them know they need advice? An open wound on a fish in captivity suggests either a aggressive fish in with the fish or maybe too small accommodations that cause the fish to dash themselves against the walls of their enclosure. If this is true the other deaths and lack of appetite could be explained by too small an enclosure as well which would also contribute to poor water quality. Difficult to believe professional aquarists would not see these signs right away. Any pics of these great fish? Sad such a rare fish would be dying in captivity.
This one just came out today, death number 3.
Another rare Chinese sturgeon dies in HK's Ocean Park
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2009-01/04/content_10598546.htm
Older article.
Hong Kong embarrassed by death of second rare fish from China
http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/...-by-death-of-second-rare-fish-from-china.html
Another rare Chinese sturgeon dies in HK's Ocean Park
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2009-01/04/content_10598546.htm
Older article.
Hong Kong embarrassed by death of second rare fish from China
http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/...-by-death-of-second-rare-fish-from-china.html
sandtiger;2609128; said:
It's really sad to see such rare animals die, I truly hope the people keeping them are up to the task and these deaths have been due to problems beyond their control.
Ocean Park has some pretty good marine displays and aquariums though.
It seems their (i think first) freshwater venture has gone pretty badly...
But sturgeons are pretty hard to keep.
Even so, the Chinese have been mass producing eggs by the thousand in an attempt to keep wild populations of sturgeons alive even though they have interrupted their nautural breeding activities (travelling up and down the three gorges) by building a great big dam...
It seems their (i think first) freshwater venture has gone pretty badly...
But sturgeons are pretty hard to keep.
Even so, the Chinese have been mass producing eggs by the thousand in an attempt to keep wild populations of sturgeons alive even though they have interrupted their nautural breeding activities (travelling up and down the three gorges) by building a great big dam...
i dono wal mart clerks are pretty dumb.. like reallllllllly dumb...like 1 dident even know you could shock a fish by taking it from tropical water and putting it in cold water...they also thought silver dollers where pihiranas (sorry for my grammer)
micstarz;2710651; said:
Yeah, the Chinese pretty much screwed the pooch with the Chinese paddlefish by building that damn. The worlds only predatory paddlefish, probably the worlds largest freshwater fish, and they killed them all!
"(Chinese Sturgeons) can live in both freshwater and saltwater, arrived in Hong Kong in freshwater in 2008 and have been undergoing a gradual transition to saltwater at Ocean Park."
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2009-01/04/content_10598546.htm
Bee. Ess.
It's probably why they're dying.
Plus they were keeping them with barracudas.
IMO they need a large freshwater tank by themselves, no tankmates. Instead OCP try to cut corners by housing them in marine conditions?! With aggressive arse fish like barra's?
No wonder they won't eat.
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2009-01/04/content_10598546.htm
Bee. Ess.
It's probably why they're dying.
Plus they were keeping them with barracudas.
IMO they need a large freshwater tank by themselves, no tankmates. Instead OCP try to cut corners by housing them in marine conditions?! With aggressive arse fish like barra's?
No wonder they won't eat.
Yep, they were living in their large oceanarium along with large carangids, large groupers and of course, barracuda. According to them, barracuda aren't all that aggressive, and co-exist with the sturgeon in the South China Sea, therefore, they MUST be OK...
ahem...
I do agree with micstarz in that since the animals came in freshwater, they should be put in a freshwater tank. I know they live in saltwater too, but coming from cold freshwater and being 'acclimatized' to tropical salwater conditions is a bit of a stretch.
Just pisses me off that they're mowing through these extremely rare fish instead of playing it cautious like they should be.
ahem...
I do agree with micstarz in that since the animals came in freshwater, they should be put in a freshwater tank. I know they live in saltwater too, but coming from cold freshwater and being 'acclimatized' to tropical salwater conditions is a bit of a stretch.
Just pisses me off that they're mowing through these extremely rare fish instead of playing it cautious like they should be.