Re: NANFA-- sturgeon & paddlefish in aquaria

Moontanman_at_aol.com
Thu, 14 Sep 2000 15:32:19 EDT

In a message dated 9/14/00 12:55:33 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
ichthos_at_charm.net writes:

<< As big river fishes that grow big, sturgeons are ill-suited for life in
all but
large and specially constructed aquaria. Many aquarists who don't know any
>>
I'm not sure about paddlefish but I'll assume they all get huge, but the
shovelnose sturgeon is not a huge fish, in the wild it seldom weighs more
than a few pounds or so and is a very skinny maneuverable fish. Yes it
requires special conditions but not so much as many large tropical fish
commonly kept or as much as a really large fish like the paddle fish. Many
native fish keepers have fish that will surpass the 10 pound mark if given
room. Lets be clear what is a large fish and what is really too large to
keep.


Moon

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