STURGEON'S DANCE

[vincenwp]

We have something in common for sure, my taste in fish is every bit as eclectic as yours. I would love to see pics of your tank and fishes. What is the spoonbill? I'm not familiar with that name. being in a tropical place is problematic for sturgeon, there is a reason sturgeon are not naturally found in tropical areas. Warm water just isn't their thing. If you are lucky enough to have a shovelnose sturgeon (Scaphirhynchus platorynchus) and you maintain a high oxygen concentration they just might be long term captives for you. How big is your tank?

my tank size is 4' x 8' pvc tank...using top flow filtration systems...spoonbill as american called paddlefish...abt 7'' now...pls visit my gallery u can view all my collections...im fanatic monster fish keeper

 

[Moontanman]

my tank size is 4' x 8' pvc tank...using top flow filtration systems...spoonbill as american called paddlefish...abt 7'' now...pls visit my gallery u can view all my collections...im fanatic monster fish keeper

For some reason I cannot call up peoples galleries It's just not fair, I live in the USA and I can't get a paddlefish, you live about as far away as you can be and you can get them Oh well, that's life I guess. If the paddlefish is doing ok then the sturgeon should as well. I collect quite a few fish here for aquariums and breed them. Some of them are very pretty, blue spotted sunfish are about as pretty as wild caught fish get! I'll keep trying on the galleries, I don't know what is wrong.

 

[andyjs]

I worked for a couple years at a fish farm that has 10 white sturgeons between about 30 and 50" in length. They have them out in a public display area and allow visitors to pet them. The dolphin-like behavior is pretty normal among the sturgeons there. Sometimes while people pet them, they get excited and start showing off doing circles in the tank doing the dolphin thing. They are really cool, personable fish

 

[vincenwp]

For some reason I cannot call up peoples galleries It's just not fair, I live in the USA and I can't get a paddlefish, you live about as far away as you can be and you can get them Oh well, that's life I guess. If the paddlefish is doing ok then the sturgeon should as well. I collect quite a few fish here for aquariums and breed them. Some of them are very pretty, blue spotted sunfish are about as pretty as wild caught fish get! I'll keep trying on the galleries, I don't know what is wrong.

ha-ha-hathats why i choose born in malaysia bcoz tropical fishes more colorful & more varietieshey pal...i tot spoonbills r common o native fishes in USA...easily found in mississippi river...missouri river & ohio river...yup...one more thing...spoonbill & sturgeon consider same family...right not
wow...how long u bcome fish breeder already...what is sunfish?how it look like?can u post me a sunifish pics...?

 

[vincenwp]

I worked for a couple years at a fish farm that has 10 white sturgeons between about 30 and 50" in length. They have them out in a public display area and allow visitors to pet them. The dolphin-like behavior is pretty normal among the sturgeons there. Sometimes while people pet them, they get excited and start showing off doing circles in the tank doing the dolphin thing. They are really cool, personable fish

Oh,that means my sturgeon has a normal behavior...sometimes my sturgeon (mini dolphin)will splash water till the floor gets wet...so make until my wife mumbling me should i put a cover or a net...this morning the same thing happen again...is the 3rd time it happen...luckily i was there...or else it turn into 'salted fish'...

 

[Moontanman]

ha-ha-hathats why i choose born in malaysia bcoz tropical fishes more colorful & more varietieshey pal...i tot spoonbills r common o native fishes in USA...easily found in mississippi river...missouri river & ohio river...yup...one more thing...spoonbill & sturgeon consider same family...right not
wow...how long u bcome fish breeder already...what is sunfish?how it look like?can u post me a sunifish pics...?

Here are the fish base info on Blue spotted sunfish and red fin pickerel.
I've been breeding fish for about 30 years. The spoonbill is not a common fish in the US, very rare and protected. the one you have is part of as captive breeding program as are the sturgeons. the sturgeon and paddlefish are closely related.

http://www.fishbase.org/Summary/SpeciesSummary.php?ID=3368

http://www.fishbase.org/Summary/spe...usname=Esox&speciesname=americanus+americanus

 

[vincenwp]

Here are the fish base info on Blue spotted sunfish and red fin pickerel.
I've been breeding fish for about 30 years. The spoonbill is not a common fish in the US, very rare and protected. the one you have is part of as captive breeding program as are the sturgeons. the sturgeon and paddlefish are closely related.

thx...most of ur reply pretty informative
mmmmmmm...d bluespotted sunfish looks like malaysian flowerhorn species...but d pickerel really like esox what i've now...greedy & big eater...
my friend is tropical fish importer...he brot in sturgeon & spoonbill from china...knowing d loophole & declared under differ species to custom
kudos & salute to ur 30 years fishes breeding xperience...

 

[Moontanman]

Here are the fish base info on Blue spotted sunfish and red fin pickerel.
I've been breeding fish for about 30 years. The spoonbill is not a common fish in the US, very rare and protected. the one you have is part of as captive breeding program as are the sturgeons. the sturgeon and paddlefish are closely related.

thx...most of ur reply pretty informative
mmmmmmm...d bluespotted sunfish looks like malaysian flowerhorn species...but d pickerel really like esox what i've now...greedy & big eater...
my friend is tropical fish importer...he brot in sturgeon & spoonbill from china...knowing d loophole & declared under differ species to custom
kudos & salute to ur 30 years fishes breeding xperience...

Here is another Blue spotted sunfish pic,

http://www.flmnh.ufl.edu/fish/southflorida/everglades/marshes/glossary/bluespottedsunfish.html

Here is another Red fin pickerel

http://www.nanfa.org/fif/eamericanus.shtml

Do you realize that if you had a real Chinese Paddlefish it might be the last one on Earth! But as far as I know the Chinese paddlefish was never bred in captivity and is extinct in the wild.
a lot of shovelnose sturgeon are being shipped to china so it might be a shovelnose sturgeon.

http://wwwaux.cerc.cr.usgs.gov/micra/SHOVELNO.HTM

 

[vincenwp]

Do you realize that if you had a real Chinese Paddlefish it might be the last one on Earth! But as far as I know the Chinese paddlefish was never bred in captivity and is extinct in the wild.
a lot of shovelnose sturgeon are being shipped to china so it might be a shovelnose sturgeon.
u beti dun think my one is real chinese sturgeon...is more like sterlet...but since my friend mentioned chinese sturgeon...juz follow only
chinese sponbill & chinese stuegeon only found in china yangtze river...they r xtreme rare & almost xtinct alreadyso sad...
thru articles u channel...blue spotted sunfish drive me droolwish to own it...very beautiful xpecially those spot...NICE
can shoot me ur sunny pics & other collection...cant wait pal

 

[Moontanman]

Do you realize that if you had a real Chinese Paddlefish it might be the last one on Earth! But as far as I know the Chinese paddlefish was never bred in captivity and is extinct in the wild.
a lot of shovelnose sturgeon are being shipped to china so it might be a shovelnose sturgeon.
u beti dun think my one is real chinese sturgeon...is more like sterlet...but since my friend mentioned chinese sturgeon...juz follow only
chinese sponbill & chinese stuegeon only found in china yangtze river...they r xtreme rare & almost xtinct alreadyso sad...
thru articles u channel...blue spotted sunfish drive me droolwish to own it...very beautiful xpecially those spot...NICE
can shoot me ur sunny pics & other collection...cant wait pal

I know it's difficult to believe in this day of instant messages and digital cameras but I have never been into the whole picture taking thing and I don't have a digital camera. I need to get on the band wagon I guess and start taking some pictures. I wonder how difficult it would be to ship you some blue spots? I ship them all over North America, I had one shipment lost for two weeks and most of them came back alive. I plan on expanding a bit and maybe picking up black banded sunfish and a few other fish as well next season. Keep me up to date about your paddle fish and sturgeon.