Re: NANFA-L-- moon's sturgeons

madtom (madtom at itlnet.net)
Tue, 20 Sep 2005 15:04:25 -0500

I once got my hands on about twenty small (two inch) paddlefish and kept
them in a round kids pool. They were trained on pellet feed and did well.
They would only feed while the feed was suspended in the water column (the
pool was only a couple of inches deep, so they had to be quick). Anyway it
was easy to overfeed and wasted feed had to be cleaned up immediately. They
eventually all died from getting tangled up in "strings" of spiderweb like
gunk that somehow found their way into the tank. Guess you shouldn't keep
round tanks of paddlefish in the laundry room.

----- Original Message -----
From: <Prizma at aol.com>
To: <nanfa-l at nanfa.org>
Sent: Monday, September 19, 2005 10:45 AM
Subject: NANFA-L-- moon's sturgeons

> i was wandering around pigeon mountain and came across a georgia state
> hatchery that had thousands of lake sturgeons indoors in long 2' deep
tanks. they
> were cute and only about 2 inches long. there was even a two headed
sturgeon
> in one!
> i asked the director if i could have a couple to try in the cement pond. i
> dont think they would do well but they had so many i thought what the
heck...
> why not give it a try.
>
> he said they were worth their weight in gold and my request was friendly
> denied. :(
>
> i think a sturgeon would need a mucky bottom full of microlife. is this
> correct?
>
> now a paddlefish i think could do well. a long drive to kentucky to get
one
> is required tho. that was an interesting arkansas talk on the paddlefish.
one
> of my top ten dissappointments of the ark convention ( ala chris's top
ten
> highlights :) was not getting to sample any paddlefish caviar!
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