Trout

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if you can catch small stream trout, (we have a stream out here that the pools maybe hold 50 gallons of water and the fish barely get 8inches) you can easily keep them in 75- 100 gallon tanks. my old neighbor kept two in a 60 gal. for 3 years. im constructing a chiller out of a small refridgerater for a trout tank.
 
Whats funny is that the "stream trout" are the same species as the giants that live in lakes and oceans. Perhaps trout are a species where stunting does not matter because they live everywhere. Brown trout can be caught in ankle deep streams, large lakes or the ocean.
 
i kepted two rainbow's in a 150 for about 2 year's then put them back in my friend's lake i caught them in
 
It depends on the sub species and location of the fish. In the rivers that drain into the Pacific, they go out to sea when the get larger (so do rainbow's). Further inland, the are purley freshwater.
 
BGG said:
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.

off subject: do you need a chiller for bowfin??
 
fishnthings said:
off subject: do you need a chiller for bowfin??
I don't think you would, they live in the same area that gar do down south. don't need a heater though. I have seen them rarley show up in lfs but I did not notice what temp. they were at.
 
BGG said:
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.

you dont really need 1000 gallons for trout, 400- 500 gallons will do fine for a rainbow trout.
 
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