Small Sterlets And Sturgeons

[lloyd]

hi can any body help in my search for small species of sturgeon. I was just wondering what the smallest types are, how nig they reach and can you purchase them in the uk?

thankyou in advance

 

[MBOU]

Pond only. None fit in tanks. Even youngsters needing to be grown on would need a chiller (£300+) to keep them cool enough!

Cant go in ponds effected by blanket weed either as they cant swim backwards and get stuck and die...

Minimum for a Sterlet is about 3ft (90cm)... minimum for sturgeon is more like 4-5ft (120cm-150cm).

Pond will need to be minimum of 5ft deep, spot on water quality and good filtration and a great big UV steralizer to help combat blanket weed.

Very few species available to be honest.

 

[lloyd]

thanks for the reply. i acyually am aware of the sterlet and the shovlenosed sturgeon which reaches a mutch similar size but is faster growing but a person at a lfs told me of a sturgeon that they have that only reaches 50 cm max. it looked like a coomon sterlet to me. i think he was lieing. thanks for the reply