White sturgeon

[gthiele]

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.

sturgeon are bottom feeders right, I have sinking pellets for my 1 catfish and floating pellets for my cichlids. I find the cichlids content with surface feeding.

 

[andyjs]

When they're small, they eat anything, anywhere. Mine mainly ate freeze-dried krill, carnivore pellets, and bottom feeder pellets/algae wafers. He surface fed for the most part. Generally, I find that cichlids don't mind eating food off the top or bottom either. I would NOT recommend keeping them with any cichlids when young. (I did for about 2 weeks, but I got rid of the cichlid to make sure the sturgeon got enough to eat-it later succumbed to high temps when the summer heat set in)

 

[gthiele]

When they're small, they eat anything, anywhere. Mine mainly ate freeze-dried krill, carnivore pellets, and bottom feeder pellets/algae wafers. He surface fed for the most part. Generally, I find that cichlids don't mind eating food off the top or bottom either. I would NOT recommend keeping them with any cichlids when young. (I did for about 2 weeks, but I got rid of the cichlid to make sure the sturgeon got enough to eat-it later succumbed to high temps when the summer heat set in)

What counts as high temps

 

[gthiele]

And how much is enough to eat?

 

[gthiele]

bump for anxiety

 

[gthiele]

gone for tonight be back around 4 tom.

 

[andyjs]

Well, anything above 75 is starting to get a little dangerous. Above 80 is definitely bad. My house isn't air conditioned, so in mid-August last year, my sturgeon went from eating like a pig in the morning to being dead in the late afternoon when the tank spiked to about 84. As far as feeding, the sturgeon's belly should be obviously full after each feeding when young (it takes on somewhat of a box-like appearance when full because of the scutes along each side).

 

[gthiele]

Well, anything above 75 is starting to get a little dangerous. Above 80 is definitely bad. My house isn't air conditioned, so in mid-August last year, my sturgeon went from eating like a pig in the morning to being dead in the late afternoon when the tank spiked to about 84. As far as feeding, the sturgeon's belly should be obviously full after each feeding when young (it takes on somewhat of a box-like appearance when full because of the scutes along each side).

But there's a much bigger difference between rapid changing temps, and temps that are to high. Man, I hate not have Air conditioning Ive been in the same place as you,

 

[gthiele]

Great news too, My lfs is finnaly expanding adding a whole room for freshwater, as they were mostly SW before, They said they could get me whatever i want, the expansion finishes in two week so ill have my tank ready by then

 

[andyjs]

But there's a much bigger difference between rapid changing temps, and temps that are to high. Man, I hate not have Air conditioning Ive been in the same place as you,

There is a difference, but it really wasn't that rapid of a change. It just got too high for him over a period of several hours. If I would have caught it, I probably could have added another air stone and he would have been ok