For those who have kept sturgeon successfully, what sort of aquarium setup did you use? I understand that they are notoriously hard to keep alive, and many recommmend a pond, but for those who have kept them alive in aquariums, how was it done?
Successful Sturgeon Keepers?
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I had one for a year, I baught it from a pet store.
I had it in a 120 gal aquarium it ate blood worms and brine shrimp when small, and then I added worms when it was about 8" long. I did not heat the tank.
It swam arround a lot. I had two others die right away, so I would not try it in the aquarium again but I would like to try them in my garden pond. Its shaded and shuld not get too hot.
Mike
I had it in a 120 gal aquarium it ate blood worms and brine shrimp when small, and then I added worms when it was about 8" long. I did not heat the tank.
It swam arround a lot. I had two others die right away, so I would not try it in the aquarium again but I would like to try them in my garden pond. Its shaded and shuld not get too hot.
Mike
That's great that you were able to keep it alive that long. What sort of tank setup do you have as far as filters, air pumps, chillers, etc?
Sturgeon need a VERY large pond/lake to be kept in successfully, in the wild they come from freezing cold large rivers and lakes, and so to thrive in captivity they need the same sort of conditions i.e. very cold pond/lake which is strong filtered.
They eat high protein sinking foods, there are many types of stergeon (all stergeon grow huge though), varieties which grow to over 7ft long are not uncommon;
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sturgeon
Most ponds are too warm and have too little water flow/current in them for sturgeons, oxygen disolves less at warmer temps and sturgeon dying from suffocation is not uncommon, starvation is another common cause of death since a lot of people do not feed these fish the rights foods or enough of them.
They eat high protein sinking foods, there are many types of stergeon (all stergeon grow huge though), varieties which grow to over 7ft long are not uncommon;
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sturgeon
Most ponds are too warm and have too little water flow/current in them for sturgeons, oxygen disolves less at warmer temps and sturgeon dying from suffocation is not uncommon, starvation is another common cause of death since a lot of people do not feed these fish the rights foods or enough of them.
i worked at a ski camp at mt hood over the summer and went to the colombia river gorge on a weekend, fish hatchery they had like a 60'000 pond and like 10,000 g ponds for trout and other sturgeon
there was a sturgeon that was at least 10 feet no saying it will get that big but they need clean cold water for them to be kept sucessfully
there was a sturgeon that was at least 10 feet no saying it will get that big but they need clean cold water for them to be kept sucessfully
Sterlets are your best bet at a sturgeon. I believe they only get 3 or 4 feet so they're one of the only sturgeon that you can keep in a reasonable (1000 gallons) amount of water.
I beleave I had a Starlet Sturgeon but I'm not sure, you can never get a good ID from a pet store.
I would not keep one again, its too disapointing.
Even though I toyed with the idea of a Shovelnose Sturgeon.
Mike
I would not keep one again, its too disapointing.
Even though I toyed with the idea of a Shovelnose Sturgeon.
Mike
1commander;1152314; said:
sorry, but keeping a fish like that alive for one year doesn't sound so great to me...sounds like unless a person is able to provide adequate food and space, etc, to keep it for life that it probably should not be kept