the native tank everyone wants to have!

[spotfin]

You might want to put a large powerhead or two on one end of the tank, to simulate the flow in a stream. As you know, they will orient headfirst into the current. Try feeding worms too, very few trout will pass up a worm.

 

[duke33]

Easy. I'm rooting for you.

 

[MultispeciesTamer]

wow sbuse looks like you beat me to my own plans. They look good, hope I can get a tank set up for them this year or next year.

 

[cheriten]

Brook trout will not do well at room temperature - around 72 degrees. If you are planning on keeping them you should try to lower the temps into the 50's. Even the hardier browns will perish at those temps.

And there are lots of versions of "trout for dummies". Many state fish commissions and Trout Unlimited fund programs for teachers called Trout in the Classroom. I'm in PA and there are over 100 classrooms raising trout right now. They all have nice resources.

 

[harty]

well this morning i saw that someone bumped the heat up in the house from 65f to 75f the tank is next to a vent so it go to 68f and the trout were lathargic...so i did a wc and brought the temp down to 54-56f...with in 1 min of the temp drop the trout we reborn...crusing the tank and pounding the guppies i put in...looks like i found the key temp...put to rest all the places i have read that they will do good at 72f...i have alot of airation aswell...as soon as i can get a good signal with my phone i will post some more pics from today...

anyone claiming they will live at 72F should be taken out of context. hopefully you can maintain the 54-56F... thats PERFECT.

 

[sbuse]

Can you get a video of them feeding? That would be pretty sweet to watch...

after i get a charger for my camera i will do a vid and some good pics

wat have you been feeding them

i feed them gutloaded feeders, crickets, they don't want night crawlers no mater how much i try, and they ate market shrimp tonight along with feeders...after they are well settled in i will try some pellets

You might want to put a large powerhead or two on one end of the tank, to simulate the flow in a stream. As you know, they will orient headfirst into the current. Try feeding worms too, very few trout will pass up a worm.

the flow i have is strong enough with out powerheads, you can't see it in the pics, but the tank is well circulated with a dominent current direction...

Easy. I'm rooting for you.

i didn't mean it as a personal thing, just some critics don't reconise true achivments when they occur...and i thank you for your suport, but you know what i mean...

wow sbuse looks like you beat me to my own plans. They look good, hope I can get a tank set up for them this year or next year.

ya...i have been planning this tank for several years and i just never had the fish or the tank space...as i have said in almost every trout thread i have posted in that i was GOING to do this it was only timming...

Brook trout will not do well at room temperature - around 72 degrees. If you are planning on keeping them you should try to lower the temps into the 50's. Even the hardier browns will perish at those temps.

And there are lots of versions of "trout for dummies". Many state fish commissions and Trout Unlimited fund programs for teachers called Trout in the Classroom. I'm in PA and there are over 100 classrooms raising trout right now. They all have nice resources.

alot of those classes are nice, but they are ment for ponds, streams/rivers and lakes not in home aquariums...though alot could be taken an used for an aquarium...browns can do well in up to 75f i have seen it first hand, remember trout are my "cup of tea" brookies do best from 40-65f...at 65f is the hottest they should go or they start to stress and suffer behavior changes...and if it is to hot their fleash will start to rot away...

anyone claiming they will live at 72F should be taken out of context. hopefully you can maintain the 54-56F... thats PERFECT.

ya, they can stay in 72f for a few days tops and they need to get colder or the will start to degrade...browns, bows and i beleve tigers can live at that temp, but cooler is better even for them...i will be keeping the tank between 54-64f a "smaller" glass tank is tuffer to keep that cool with a house full of freeze babies...if it were just me that would be the ambiant room temp...

 

[sbuse]

tonight they are all doing great...they ate market shrimp and feeders...they are fast eatters and are very agressive at eatting...

 

[Duckman77]

Can you take video of them eating? I'd like to see that.

 

[mbeatrice]

acually brook trout are not a true trout they are actualy more closely related to the arctic char and are way more fragile than most species and cant handle the stress of low oxegenated water and rising temps.so just to be on the safe side i wouldnt let the temp get to high at all and the power head idea wouldnt be a bad thing even if u dont think u need one..

 

[sbuse]

Can you take video of them eating? I'd like to see that.

all have have is a cell phone so i don't think so

acually brook trout are not a true trout they are actualy more closely related to the arctic char and are way more fragile than most species and cant handle the stress of low oxegenated water and rising temps.so just to be on the safe side i wouldnt let the temp get to high at all and the power head idea wouldnt be a bad thing even if u dont think u need one..

they are more closly related to arctic char because they are char and not trout...states and their common name just clasify them into the stream trout...i am very experienced with trout and i know what i am doing...if the trout show any sighns of stress i will add a powerhead and air wand to increase the DO...right now they are doing fantastic so if it aint broke don't fix it...i am not tring to sound like an *** but i can only repeat that trout are my area of expertice so many times...i know and have forgotten more about trout then most know to start with...again i don't want to come off like this is personal to you it is just everyone keeps tring to give advise on fish that aren't in need of any "outside help"....again i can't stress this enough this is more to stop everyone from saying "do this"..."do that" when i know what i am doing...just admire the tank, pics and vids to come...i have been kepping fish for many many years so nothing is shocking to me...