Wow. Im jealous. I have wanted to keep brook trout ever since I caught a pair in Colorado 4 years ago. I'm interested to see how successful you are at keeping these. Good luck!
the native tank everyone wants to have!
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gangster;4006568; said:
no i only have a cell phone for pics
Duckman77;4006594; said:
thanx...i have always wanted a brookie tank and i never could get it figured out or had a huney hole for them...now i am unstopable...
cichlid fiend;4006718; said:
ya....
they are already striking frozen shrimp
...not eating, but striking...not bad for a few hours in the tank...busterbrown;4006821; said:
i like tiger trout, but they get to big for this set up...when i get a stable house then i will construct a trout pond with hopfully bows, brooks, tigers...i wont do any browns as i have seen some agresstion with them in some lakes i fish...i could have gotten some as small as 2" but i wanted to get a more stable fish for my first attempt at a trout tank...if they do end up dead witch i don't think they will, as they have all their color back and are stiking food, i can eat them at this size...
Awesome tank. I think you made the right decision by getting brookies instead of rainbows. Although bows would tolerate higher temps and are generally more hardy, brookies usually stay much smaller and they're sooo much better looking. I'm really interested to see how this works, because I plan on doing a trout setup when I have the money and funds.
fisher12889;4006872; said:
thanx, all those reasons plus of trout they are my number one favorite...second or tide for first place fish overall with lake sturgeon...i am buing a minni fridge tommarow to convert into a chiller so i don't have to spend $100's on a chiller...till i buld the pond as i couldn't chill the pond with a minni fridge...i figured that 3 brookies in a 55gal is fine as the small creek breed strain they are will top out at 10" give or take...my only concern is to get them eatting witch they have shown great steps in already...also these are fish that alot of people want and can't get do to a lack of knowladge for keeping and availibility...i don't know of anyone that has trout in personal stock that isn't a large public aquarium or a cabelas type store...even they have a small amount...
