Trout

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Is it possible to keep trout? Of course in a large well filtered aquarium. Has anyone?
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You would literally need around a thousand gallons (you might be able to get away with less if you can find a small speices) of cold, well oxygenated, and fast-flowing water... a chiller would be neccasary. If that's provided, then yes, you could keep them.
 
Yes you can keep them if you have good, weell oxygenated water at around 60-64 degrees f. Brookies and small cutthroat or golden trout can be kept in a 300g tank if you only keep a couple. Rainbows, laketrout, browns, and dolly vardens all get big, cutthroat will to if once they get around a foot you slowly switch them to sw.
 
I'm pretty sure that cutthroat don't enter SW, and even if they don't they still get big in FW... the other day I saw a 2-3'er while diving in my area (UT). Is it possible that you're thinking of rainbows?
 
Sea run cutthroat are great to catch, I have caught many. Yes they sometimes get large in some stains but they are usually one of smaller types, most populations only reach about 18" at least here near the coast. The rainbows here often hit the 5lb mark. Either way if they get to big they fry up well.
 
Oops, you're right, I just had a look at my trusty Peterson's field guide to FW fishes, LOL... they even had the sea-strain pictured... *blushes*
 
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