Update of My Baby!
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Do you plan on keeping it freshwater its entire life or switching back to salt? Ive been curious about these for quite some time ive seen hybrids thrive in fw but havent heared of an aquariast trying srait striper in fresh. Love the fish btw one of my favorite natives by far
I'm going to keep her in fresh as long as I have her. I haven't noticed a difference of personality now that she's in fresh. If anything, she might even be more active. Stripers are an anadromous species as a lot of you may know and is not uncommon for them to get trapped in freshwater for the rest of their lives.
So cool keep us updated... what a potential for Monstrosity...whered you get it @ 2 inches from???
lol they can get really big.. I personally only caught them up to 45lbs but I've seen them even larger.
I caught her in a harbor throwing a cast nest..
I caught her in a harbor throwing a cast nest..
biggest I've seen was a 48 pounder...thing was crazy big.... now I know this is a stretch but would you ever consider putting the striper with your cichla while the size is close?
Not only that, many never see saltwater. All the lakes along the Colorado River have stripers and they are bred and born in freshwater.
Well done Boosten, I've always thought about doing a tank with stripers just never done it. They aren't as hardy as their largemouth/smallmouth cousins.
I would because after 12" they grow really slow and as aggressive as she feeds, she is actually quite docile and timid.
This is true but aren't those stocked? I know they stock them in a lot of large freshwater lakes and reservoirs throughout the US.
Mr. Largemouth is settling in nicely. He is already eating dried krill and off of live food after having him for only a few days. 
