trout in an aquarium????

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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,

If it gets too big though, bit of butter, some thyme, stick it under the grill.

Deeeelicious.

 

[Redbled]

I have pumpkinseeds, which are a type of bluegill, as well as a number of small largemouth bass in a tank. I actually think the bluegill are just as pretty as most other tropical fish. I caught them all at a pond near my home. At first, I had to feed them worms or frozen krill, but now they all eat floating cichlid pellets. They're a lot of fun to have. Another neat thing is they don't need a heater. I've never tried trout, but I have heard they are a bit harder to keep. I believe they need extra oxygen, but can't be sure on this. I have several local crayfish in the bottom as well, along with a bunch of very large snails I found locally and several freshwater clams.

 

[Fella]

I have pumpkinseeds, which are a type of bluegill, as well as a number of small largemouth bass in a tank. I actually think the bluegill are just as pretty as most other tropical fish. I caught them all at a pond near my home. At first, I had to feed them worms or frozen krill, but now they all eat floating cichlid pellets. They're a lot of fun to have. Another neat thing is they don't need a heater. I've never tried trout, but I have heard they are a bit harder to keep. I believe they need extra oxygen, but can't be sure on this. I have several local crayfish in the bottom as well, along with a bunch of very large snails I found locally and several freshwater clams.

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Got any pictures? It sounds amazing!

 

[kevin007]

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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You live in T.O. ? Are u talkin about the one in Vaughan Mills? I've been there, it's awsome...especially the far right side, $1 for 25 shots, there's targets and everything

 

[Opcn]

Just a small point, blue gills and pumpkinseeds are both types of sun fish, Most people think of blue gills when they think of sunfish but its only one species.

Sunfish are very closely related to cichlids (bass not quite as closely related but still in the same ballpark). Trout doon need extra oxygen, they preffer cool deep fast flowing waters. I have a book that was made many years ago, like the american boys hand book or something like that. In there the author tells of fishtanks (he recomends very wide low fishtanks with theback and sides painted black and a tank above constantly feeding a slow waterchange) But he talks of how brook trout are dificult to keep but how a jewler had one in a bowl in the window to his shop with a clockwork pump that raised water above the bolw and dropped it back in.

 

[willtang3000]

scott macadam you would have to make sure with the pond owner if they would allow you to take the fish and if its just natural to hell with it take da lot lol

 

[Scott MacAdam]

yep, well that's the best part !!!! it's all my grandmother's land !!! she owns every possible access to it !!!! oh yeah ! lol ! is there any other fress water fish that are small enough to survive without dishing out a couple hundred?? cause if there is i'm off with my rod and net !!! lol !
oh and also, well were here .... does anyone know what a school of very small minnows would eat....??? my little sister caught these in the brook and i'm afraid they will die soon it i don't get some food into them so i took it into my own hands and made a little tank (about 5 gal) theres about 15 little minnows and they are between .5cm-1.5cm... what can i feed them ?? i feel so bad watching them die.......i've tried my tropical fish food but there just not going for it.....i crushed it into almost power for them but nothing.....

 

[UBigBobby]

The Aquarium of Niagara here in Western new York had an exhibit of local fish from lake Erie and the Niagara river. Small and largemouth bass, Walleye, Sturgeon, Perch, Sunfish, Carp, Catfish. Its a pretty cool tank IMO...but you need like HUGE tank to do it. Id suppose you could get a BIG tank and keep some sunnies or even a small perch in it. It'd have to be like 100-200 gallons though. Your best bet would be a small sunfish i'd think. I don't know anyone who's ever tried it though, as the tank alone would be expensive, plus you'd probably need a chiller as the Niagara river/Lake Erie temp tops out at about 70 MAX during the summer, and drops to under 32 during the winter.

 

[Dorkhedeos]

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)

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yup, they are the same fish, but have different patterns on their body. leopard danios sorta look like trout because of the spots

 

[Opcn]

but not all trout have spots.

Also, Freshwater never dips below 40F, well, in large ish bodys of water it doesnt (water thats lower than 40 rises up above the warmer stuff, providing a barrior.), so most fish can't handle going lower than that.

 

[chishnfips]

My brother tried it with halibut and trout from the stream near my folks house.

the only problem he had was keeping the water really cold and fast flowing. Also he wasn't sure about there water conditions, I would take water from wherever you get the fish from.

 

[Chaz]

 

[UBigBobby]

but not all trout have spots.

Also, Freshwater never dips below 40F, well, in large ish bodys of water it doesnt (water thats lower than 40 rises up above the warmer stuff, providing a barrior.), so most fish can't handle going lower than that.

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...Lake Erie's water temperature is rather uniform, and drops below 40 each winter. the Average depth is only 62 feet so the temperature stays uniform, usually colder the deeper it is. The Lake freezes most every winter....

 

[SnowyzMom]

Um scott, if those are actually minnows, well they are probably actually larger fish fry....they'd need live food, MEAT. Insects? If you could find a pond with mosquito larvae wriggling around in it, net them and feed them to the minnows, everything seems to love mosquito larvae, turtles go ga-ga over them! Or maybe fish flies? Or anything you can swat! well not a wasp...too spicy by half I reckon.

Keeping a pond of trout as an emergency food supply has always appealed to me and nothing beats the taste of fresh caught fish fried in butter over an open fire...or even in the kitchen. Mmmmmmm