trout

[kati537]

Has anyone had any success keeping trout alive in an aquarium? I'm geussing (emphasis on geussing) browns would be the easiest to work with. Would it be possible to keep them in a large tank with a chiller, a lot of water flow, and awesome water quality? The only info i can find is that it is nearly impossible for the average fish keeper to keep them alive.

My father is thinking about buying some trout from our local hatchery. He had bought small trout before when i was young and put them into our outdoor koi-pond like set up (it had a decent amount of waterflow, and a nice little waterfall but i think it was simply to warm) all i can remember is they did not do very well. We transfered them into our large pond (dominated by bass) where only a handfull survived. However, my grandfather has a more suitable pond (a man made stream-fed pond) that he is probably going to try stocking with trout.

I geuss that was just a tangent but i would love to hear if anyone else has experience with trout.

 

[flaringshutter]

As you mentioned from your research, trout need cold, clear, highly oxygenated water. 55-65 is optimum temperature and I would recommend the same gallonage as for koi - 500 gallons to start for one, add 200 per additional fish. Do not keep them with any smaller fish, as they are omnivorous and WILL eat other fish. They are highly active and powerful, so as with any other monster fish, a strong tank with a sturdy stand would be a necessity. Obviously this is not an issue with a pond, though.

If you could keep the tank cold enough and well oxygenated, the smaller species would be good candidates. Rainbows would be your best bet, or maybe wild brookies if you could find fry (check regulations on collecting fry, of course). Definitely not browns, as they are too aggressive and grow too large.

 

[marauders30]

ive seen it done with rainbow trout. cant say exaclty how they did it, but i have seen. i dont know about browns though.

 

[I<3fish]

As you mentioned from your research, trout need cold, clear, highly oxygenated water. 55-65 is optimum temperature and I would recommend the same gallonage as for koi - 500 gallons to start for one, add 200 per additional fish. Do not keep them with any smaller fish, as they are omnivorous and WILL eat other fish. They are highly active and powerful, so as with any other monster fish, a strong tank with a sturdy stand would be a necessity. Obviously this is not an issue with a pond, though.

If you could keep the tank cold enough and well oxygenated, the smaller species would be good candidates. Rainbows would be your best bet, or maybe wild brookies if you could find fry (check regulations on collecting fry, of course). Definitely not browns, as they are too aggressive and grow too large.

Are you kidding me? Browns are no more aggressive than any other trout. And since when did they grow larger than rainbows?

 

[Noto]

Browns and rainbows both get big. Brook trout are a better choice.

One problem you may run into is finding an appropriate chiller. Reef chillers are generally not designed to go down to the temperatures trout need. Various industrial chillers or supermarket lobster tank chillers are more likely to do the job.

 

[MultispeciesTamer]

Are you kidding me? Browns are no more aggressive than any other trout. And since when did they grow larger than rainbows?

Browns are more aggressive during the spawn they will attack anything that gets in there path. I would say the average rainbow(steelhead)around here average 6-12 pounds while browns average 15-20 so can you see why on average browns grow larger. there main foods are fish which fuel there growth.

 

[Lrry93]

I kept Rainbows for about 6 months in a tank but they tore each other up as they got bigger. Really aggressive fish!

 

[I<3fish]

Browns are more aggressive during the spawn they will attack anything that gets in there path. I would say the average rainbow(steelhead)around here average 6-12 pounds while browns average 15-20 so can you see why on average browns grow larger. there main foods are fish which fuel there growth.

Well maybe in your state then... But over here the average rainbow is about 18 pounds in the rivers and streams. Nor-Cal represent.Browns are like 6 pounds hehe.

 

[dpsurf]

i know of a fishing store that got a baby rainbow trout in with some minnows and theyve had relative success (hes still alive 2 years later) with him just keeping him in their large minnow tank (plenty of food for it). its about 12+ inches now and came in as minnow sized.

 

[MultispeciesTamer]

Well maybe in your state then... But over here the average rainbow is about 18 pounds in the rivers and streams. Nor-Cal represent.Browns are like 6 pounds hehe.

our state record steelhead is only 1 pound under yours and unlike yours ours are not native . Our state record brown trout weighed in at 36.5 pounds and was only caught a few years ago. All that matters is the world record for steelhead, rainbows, and brown are all over 40+ pounds meaning they all get very large.