keeping rainbow trout in with cichlids

[xspainx69]

200 gallon is a nice size tank for trout and I'm curious about your friends experience with captive trout. How many trout did these guys keep in a 200 and at what size did they get them? What temps were the tanks and did they take special measures to assure high oxygen levels? How many years did these guys keep them?

As far as "crap" about water chillers and current....No one has mentioned a chiller or current in this thread. What are your thoughts on current and temp....Is 80 OK? Do you need any filtration with trout? What minimum size tank do you suggest for them?

My friend had 1 Brown and 1 Rainbow both wild caught ughhhm illegally....Im sorry I was clearing my throat.

In any case he caught them at around 6-7 inches. They were little guys, but this was before I know him. About a year later I met him and he told me all about it. One day I finally got to see them in the 200 G, I was like wow!

He had nice native plants, 2 Rena Air Pump 400 going at the same time with air curtains.

He was running an Eheim something, it was a strong filter though!

He had them eating normal pellet food.

He had them for 3 years as I recall, they got pretty big kinda quick.....

The temps he kept them in were .....Well I wouldnt say cold...But maybe around the low 60-65 F. He said they enjoyed the cold for some reason or another.

Well to finally conclude this short story, they died because of his mere stupidity to keep up with managing his tank in terms of water changes and such stuff. He would leave uneatin food lying around.

I wouldn't go as far as saying he was a novice at fish keeping, but he wasn't all there to begin with. But thats a whole other story.....

Tank size for trout you ask? I guess bigger is always better.

Like my signature says, the MKF saying is "You need a bigger tank"

 

[Umbra]

If I can keep river sculpins and rainbow smelt in room temperature water with a powerhead, trout shouldn't be a problem.

 

[Polypterus]

That fish is going to be so dead by this time next week...

But good luck anyhow...

 

[teleost]

My friend had 1 Brown and 1 Rainbow both wild caught ughhhm illegally....Im sorry I was clearing my throat.

In any case he caught them at around 6-7 inches. They were little guys, but this was before I know him. About a year later I met him and he told me all about it. One day I finally got to see them in the 200 G, I was like wow!

He had nice native plants, 2 Rena Air Pump 400 going at the same time with air curtains.

He was running an Eheim something, it was a strong filter though!

He had them eating normal pellet food.

He had them for 3 years as I recall, they got pretty big kinda quick.....

The temps he kept them in were .....Well I wouldnt say cold...But maybe around the low 60-65 F. He said they enjoyed the cold for some reason or another.

Well to finally conclude this short story, they died because of his mere stupidity to keep up with managing his tank in terms of water changes and such stuff. He would leave uneatin food lying around.

I wouldn't go as far as saying he was a novice at fish keeping, but he wasn't all there to begin with. But thats a whole other story.....

Tank size for trout you ask? I guess bigger is always better.

Like my signature says, the MKF saying is "You need a bigger tank"

60-65 degrees! And you say a chiller is BS!???? How do you propose people keep tanks at 60-65 degrees without a chiller? Come on man. On one hand you tell people current and chillers are BS yet 60-65 is ideal?

 

[rjmtx]

60-65 degrees! And you say a chiller is BS!???? How do you propose people keep tanks at 60-65 degrees without a chiller? Come on man. On one hand you tell people current and chillers are BS yet 60-65 is ideal?

You don't need a chiller if you live underground.

 

[xspainx69]

60-65 degrees! And you say a chiller is BS!???? How do you propose people keep tanks at 60-65 degrees without a chiller? Come on man. On one hand you tell people current and chillers are BS yet 60-65 is ideal?

Dude take it easy

Its not that serious........

I didn't see a chiller in my friends tank...Im not sure if he ever bought one or not. But I didnt see it at the time. I also didn't notice him creating a wanna-be current in his tank.. It was pretty much your average tank.

If you wanna tell people to buy chillers and create currents and buy UV sterilizers and all this stuff then go ahead.

I am just stating my observations of this tank my friend had and I didn't notice all the interesting gadgets that most people claim to have.

Seriously though, lets see how things work out in his tank. Maybe the Rainbow Trout will surive and everything will be kool and he will have a new pet


I dont understand why everyone feels a need to troll the threads ready to give negative feedback on everyones aquarium experience.


"Hi everyone I bought Largemouth Bass and I have him in a 125 G tank. "

Typical response: " Your tank is too small, its gonna die"

I mean :WTF:

 

[xspainx69]

You don't need a chiller if you live underground.

Yeah thats where he kept that 200 G tank in his basement.


What you dont need a chiller!!!!!!!!!!!

You must be crazy like me!!!!!!!!!!

 

[Polypterus]

I dont understand why everyone feels a need to troll the threads ready to give negative feedback on everyones aquarium experience.

I'm still waiting for your so called experience...

So far all I see from you is "I know this guy that might or might not have had blah blah setup...But I really do not know"....

Wow, real good experience...

Well....I know some guy that said he was abducted by aliens and they had a tank in the ship full of trout.. They where all doing good also...I'm sure Trout will do just fine at tropical temps with a bunch of cichlids.. Some guy said they did on a spaceship and even let me see a photo of them...

Yeah that guy is a great source of Fish husbandry info also....

 

[fishguts]

still doing good. hes now eating cichlid gold as well as the color bits. i also talked to my buddy who works at a fish hatchery about 60 miles from my house and he said that they can live in 70 degree water but stressful. he also said right around 72-74 is instant death. but ive got my temp at 70 and all seems well as of now.

 

[Timkoi]

I would worry about him snacking on those little guys you have in your tank. Trout has teeth for a reason.