trout in an aquarium????

[Scott MacAdam]

i was just wondering if anyone has tried a tank of more "regular" fish (at least to my area) i live in canada and there is a large pond about 1000 feet from my house, it is home to trout and other natural fish of the area? i know they may not seem too attractive compared to tropical fish but I think it would be awesome to have a big tank with some bass, pike, trout, ect. anyone agree ??

 

[GSD]

youd need a very very very big tank!

 

[Scott MacAdam]

yeah i wasn't planing on tacking this one any time soon! maybe, just maybe, in a couple of years if a have a ton of money and a ton on room!!!! i just thought the idea would make a cool setting

 

[Kajuki18]

If you ever been to a bass pro shop they have big tanks where they keep trout and other fish you mentioned

 

[Scott MacAdam]

no i can't say a have!! sounds pretty cool though

 

[Fella]

I often think about having a natural tank, and it's not gonna happen for some time for me. I imagine I'd need an enormous tank to look after a rainbow or brown trout that could get to something ridiculous like 40lbs in weight, and to keep a pike with it would be a nightmare, as they're sworn enemies.

one day though...

 

[Opcn]

In the tropical fish tank you have small fish from litterally everywere tropical on the globe, while there are quite a few attractive Red Dace and Minnows most of the fish that you will be able to get your hands on are big or tricky or ugly (lots of slimey sculpin in my area). Sticke backs are an attractive option however, especcially with live plants, they breed well and get colorful in the breeding season too.

 

[pica_nuttalli]

just remember that in no circumstance should you ever release fish back into the wild after having kept them with non-native species. even fish from the same region but different lakes can cross-contaminate parasites/disease with devastating effects.

wild caught fish should always undergo extensive quarantining for a month or more before introducing them to a community setting. even if the wild-caughts *look* fine, it doesn't mean they are healthy. they can still carry parasites deadly to other fish that aren't from the same body of water.

 

[simonbrown403]

I think i'de rather go down to the pond with a snorkal and mask

 

[Yenko]

Sticklebacks are good aquarium fish, and native to many parts of Canada.

 

[Dorkhedeos]

If you ever been to a bass pro shop they have big tanks where they keep trout and other fish you mentioned

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bass pro shop is actually a shop?? i thought it was only a catalog

ive been to a place where they had 2 young trout in a square tank that was like 3ftx3ftx1ft.

Edit: oh yeah, if you want a fish that looks like a mini trout, get some leopard danio.

 

[Opcn]

DH, you do know that leopard danios and zebra danios are quite litterally the same fish, right. Golden orfe are the smallest member of the trout family, and arctic greyling the most attractive IMHO (although they need a good chiller and very clean fast moving water the purple and red sailfins of these fish wich only get to be about 10-14" long are excelent to look at)

 

[qwikimpss]

Mt old biology teacher had a 55 gallon tank with 3 full-grown sunfish and a 2 year old largemouth bass in the classroom...amazing display...especially when they were sucking down the wild-caught feeder minnows

 

[illusion54]

Ive always thought it would be cool for someone to do something like it, just because the popular fish are from south american, africa, asia, but what about north america? Eh? Someone should make a north american pond in their house.

 

[Mordinbar]

At my school, We had Muskie fingerlings in a 30 gallon, but we ended up getting rid of them. During class when they caught a minnow they would slam it into the glass and make banging noises al day long. Was cool, but they woulda out grown the tank really quick anyways.