So my friend is paying me to get him a muski for his tank. I have to hold on to for a few weeks before he takes it. I was going to put it in a large preformed pond liner with a big canister filter. What other requirements do they have? PH? Temp? ect?
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Same as any other native fish. They can jump so watch out for that.
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A pond is about the only place suitable for a fish of that size. There isn't an aquarium the average Jo would have that would be big enough. I know they are a cold water fish so I think that around 70 is a good temp for him. You will need some good filtration for a fish that size as well
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I have a pike wich is basicly the same fish, he dosent jump or break the surface of the water ever, and he dosent need a pond even at 24" he has plenty of room in a 180g since they are not active swimmers, i keep his tank in a garage with no heat so the temp is usually around 70-75 at the most, if it gets higer than 80 it can kill them but your fine untill that point,
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Except muskies and pike are not same fish. Muskies love to sunbathing more than the coldwater northern pike so there is a chance that the muskie can jump or break the surface of the water. I should warn you that muskies are fastest growing fish that can easily reach 12" in the fall when it was hatched in late May-early June.
I agree they are not gonna be exactly the same, i do keep lids on just in case, as for growth i read a study and im not sure the exact numbers but in the first year they will be 12-16 for males and upto 20" for females i think after that its a couple inches a year and water over 75 stunts the growth quite a bit, my pike grew from 16-17" to 23-24" in 12-13 months ive had him, very easy to deal with fish, i think more people could easily keep them,tards just start spitting out maximum sizes and you need a pond to keep one but unless its a 15 year old fish alot of people have tanks big enough to keep it in the house
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Maybe he should just go with a pickerel. They don't need as big of tanks and don't need any cooling systems or chillers.
+1 I totally agree. they look simalar with much more aquarium friendly care prameters.
on a side note careful if he is giving money for a native fish that could be against the law in your state (it is in Kentucky)