White sturgeon

[Moontanman]

White sturgeon are pretty much an exclusively cold water fish. I think 80 would be a stretch. If you can lower your tank to the mid to low 70's even tropical fish don't need 80 degree water. tropicals are supposed to be ok from 68 up. Its a steady temps with no quick changes that is important not constant hight temps. When I keep my tropicals in my ponds i often leave them out until the water drops to 66 to 68 they do quite well. I wouldn't leave them at that temp for long periods but mid to low 70s is fine for tropicals. I often allow my tropicals to summer over in my ponds, from April to late October, early November ( I live in the deep south, and use heaters in my ponds) I give my fish summer vacation from their tank! Fish that are kept in cooler water live longer healthier lives.

 

[gthiele]

White sturgeon are pretty much an exclusively cold water fish. I think 80 would be a stretch. If you can lower your tank to the mid to low 70's even tropical fish don't need 80 degree water. tropicals are supposed to be ok from 68 up. Its a steady temps with no quick changes that is important not constant hight temps. When I keep my tropicals in my ponds i often leave them out until the water drops to 66 to 68 they do quite well. I wouldn't leave them at that temp for long periods but mid to low 70s is fine for tropicals. I often allow my tropicals to summer over in my ponds, from April to late October, early November ( I live in the deep south, and use heaters in my ponds) I give my fish summer vacation from their tank! Fish that are kept in cooler water live longer healthier lives.

Your right, I'll lower the temp to about 72-75 degrees.

 

[gthiele]

And White Sturgeon, i never see em at the LFS down in FL

 

[gthiele]

I'll begin lowering tomorrow at 2 degrees a day

 

[Moontanman]

What temperature is the room where your aquarium is located? Make sure the temp lowers naturally, do not use ice or anything like that.

 

[gthiele]

What temperature is the room where your aquarium is located? Make sure the temp lowers naturally, do not use ice or anything like that.

Haha no ice man, the house is central air so the thermo says 75 is our room temp, plus all i have to do is lower the thermostat on my 300W heater and it'll go down naturally

 

[gthiele]

Bump

 

[andyjs]

I would definitely not let it get any higher than 75 just to be safe. Even at that temp, I'd keep the water super oxygenated to be safe. Also, he wont be able to live in a 125 for much more than a year, if that. When young, they swim constantly (at a pretty good speed too) and need a lot more space than some other fish their size. As far as tank mates, they can only be kept with very docile species (nothing that will compete with them for food too much-meaning most cichlids are out). I had a florida gar about the same size as the sturgeon with mine and they did fine. Once they are feed trained, they are fairly aggressive eaters, so the gar didn't keep the sturgeon from eating (the sturgeon did occasionally literally steal food from the gar's mouth though) and both got their fill.

 

[Moontanman]

Haha no ice man, the house is central air so the thermo says 75 is our room temp, plus all i have to do is lower the thermostat on my 300W heater and it'll go down naturally

I never use heaters in any of my tanks at all, I keep my house between 68 and 78 year round. If the heat isn't working then the electricity is off and the heaters wouldn't work anyway! Between the heat given off by the pumps and lights the tanks stay higher than 68 anyway. In the summer I use fans blowing over the water to keep it cool. It amounts to my aquariums staying between 72 and 76 year round. A big aquarium changes temps so slowly even a big drop in room temps takes a lot of time to show in the tank.

 

[andyjs]

I would definitely not let it get any higher than 75 just to be safe. Even at that temp, I'd keep the water super oxygenated to be safe. Also, he wont be able to live in a 125 for much more than a year, if that. When young, they swim constantly (at a pretty good speed too) and need a lot more space than some other fish their size. As far as tank mates, they can only be kept with very docile species (nothing that will compete with them for food too much-meaning most cichlids are out). I had a florida gar about the same size as the sturgeon with mine and they did fine. Once they are feed trained, they are fairly aggressive eaters, so the gar didn't keep the sturgeon from eating (the sturgeon did occasionally literally steal food from the gar's mouth though) and both got their fill. As soon as I have the tank space for another (probably at LEAST 2 years) I'm definitely getting a sturgeon again.