paddle fish

[duster1971]

i wuld like to let people know where i got my information as i was going to keep such fish and did my reserch on the go to www.wikapedia.com and type in paddle fish and go to the how to catch section of the page it will state("paddle fish are filter feeders ") another sorce of this information is www.iowadnr.org or go to www.google.com and type in native fishes of iowa and go to the dnr site and go to anciant fish section go to paddle fish and read the page same info . thank you

 

[Oddball]

Saying; 'the fish probly are dead as paddles are a basking fish just like whale sharks and will eat small fish if they are starving' is not being accurate about either species. Whale sharks have been documented on video feeding on fish up to several pounds (Blue Planet). The same goes for paddlefish. I've raised this species and observed all of the individual paddles feeding on orfs and minnows once they reached roughly 15" in total body length. These fish were routinely grabbed up even when the water was filled with live Daphnia magna, plankton, and krill.

 

[sbuse]

thats why you shouldn't speak about/ give advise on fish you have never had exp. with...cause you don't know how a fish sp. is till you have it in your tank for many years...i have people that live by me and i quote "my clown fish, ya know nemo, died after a day in my tank...my common pleco is doing great though"....then i said "you have a saltwater tank and a freshwater tank?"...reply "saltwater?!?"...that same person was telling another guy at the lfs.."don't get those ones the die fast and you lose your money!"...i personaly don't want that guy answering my questions on here...so don't be that guy...

 

[duster1971]

ok sorry i wont give any advice on fish i have not ownd but i didnt know krill could live in a fresh water tanks

 

[T1KARMANN]

ok sorry i wont give any advice on fish i have not ownd but i didnt know krill could live in a fresh water tanks

mysis can

 

[duster1971]

but arnt mysis shrip and not krill ?

 

[sbuse]

alot of people make a slurry of all of the above and dump it in to feed...i know one guy had his take silver sides off a feeding stick aswell...i plan to get one...i am just waiting for my house...

 

[Oddball]

ok sorry i wont give any advice on fish i have not ownd but i didnt know krill could live in a fresh water tanks

Paddles will readily feed on freeze-dried plankton including plankton laying on the surface. They line up on floating foods and flip belly-up to take the food as they pass it.

 

[sbuse]

Paddles will readily feed on freeze-dried plankton including plankton laying on the surface. They line up on floating foods and flip belly-up to take the food as they pass it.

i have never seen them filp to feed before...interesting...

 

[Oddball]

I expected them to do the "sturgeon hop" of bobbing their heads straight up and down as with, of course, sturgeon. But, at 5" one did a roll-over to get to the floating food. And, soon, the rest were performing the same feeding behavior. I've had 3 separate batches take up the same feeding style.