Sturgeon temp.

[guppy]

You'll never get into the 60's in your house, unless you live in Alaska.

He is from Iceland, lol.

 

[Polypterus]

Most people can't keep the proper water temp in a house without a chiller. The reason being for the size tank you need to keep a one (I'm not saying a specific size, but we all know how big these guys get) you'd need a heafty pump to move that much water. A pump that size pushes in a lot of parasitic heat just as a side effect of moving that much water. I would bet a house tank would run in the high 70s to low 80s just on that alone. I'm basing that on large volume tanks I'm currently running. I see temps higher than the ambient air temp all the time on these systems. I wouldn't always run the tank cooler. I'd suggest a seaonal change for them. Run it down into the upper 60's for a few months and let it come back up to the upper 70's for a few. I've seen many captive sturgeon do very well with cycles like that.

Thank you, I have been waiting for some time for someone to give the reason why a chiller would be needed rather than just saying it without reference.

Coincidently, the fluctuating temperature regime is precisely how we raised Lake, Pallid and shovelnosed sturgeon and it does indeed keep them very active, healthy and alive. Naturally the Scaphirhynchus are a bit different in the high and low temps and where not kept in extreme fluctuations as far as temp is concerned. There was still however a winter low and a summer high which was carefully regulated.

 

[tankyou]

Not to ressurect a thread...but Sturgeon do not do well in aquaria They really need large ponds to be happy as they get spooked easily and WILL attempt to lunge out the tank or bash about against the glass. Corners are not good for them. They seem to like to cruise around slowly and search for food.
My sturgeon is over 24" long and I tried him out in an aquarium one time but it just doesn't work. Even if you can get it to work...it is usually just temporary.

 

[BIGgourami]

You'll never get into the 60's in your house, unless you live in Alaska.

is ICEland cold enough?

lol! haha!