Fish in Tank?

[dspohn]

I was out on a local lake catching perch and decided to keep a small one for the tank back home. We were fishing in 30-35 FOW and the perch is just belly up in the tank. It's completely alive but it can't swim down it will only float up to the top. Is there anything you can do about this or is he done for?

[blackdog1101]

My hunch is that it's from being taken from 30+ foot water. The air bladder is over-filled with air.

[dspohn]

I know that's probably what it is but is there anything you can do to get the air out of it or not.

[walleye-]

I would say that all you can do is leave it alone and if it lives it lives. I have a 150 gallon aquarium with panfish in it that my daugter caught it is easier in the summer when the water is warmer and they are shallow when you catch them.

[bloc004]

i would look up fizzing, there is a post from today about it with a diagram

[dspohn]

What forum is it in?

[walleye-]

page 2 on this forum fish bloat from the deep

[The_King48]

Isn't that illegal to keep game fish in a tank?? I don't think you are suppose to transport live fish... I could be wrong though.

[walleye-]

If your under the age of 16 you can keep panfish in an aquarium but they must be under 10" when caught

[Eskimoman]

THe age limit is lame. I wish I was 16 still (for a long long list of reasons)

[bloc004]

http://www.fishingminnesota.com/forum/ub...eep#Post1725993

[Big Buck Buster]

Just don't get caught throwing them in a privet pond. That you need a permit for. A friend of mine got caught, and a hefty fine to prove it.

[dspohn]

Yeah i'm 16 so it's all good.

[RonWBasser]

Isn't that illegal to keep game fish in a tank?? I don't think you are suppose to transport live fish... I could be wrong though.

You can buy gamefish for a home aquarium. I have done this before. You can also keep them in your home aquarium if you catch them but they technically count toward your possession limit.

Anyway, this is how I understood it.

[Sonicrunch]

Purchasing the gamefish is better. Wild fish run into the sides of the tank until they are dead.

The purchased fish grew up in a small environment and tolerate it better.

I bought Jack Dempseys cuz they are cheap and they look alot like sunfish. They are very agressive and territorial. (just like sunfish). The Dempseys were 4 bucks apiece. Bluegills were 15!!

[Sonicrunch]

BTW, my fish watch the TV when it is on. Its quite remarkable!

[brahambaseball]

A few years back I was at a Bait off Hwy 65 in Braham, and they sold pretty much any type of game fish you'd want. I got a good size sunny, two crappies and a bass, all for $8 a piece. It got kind of expensive to feed them, and when the girlfriend moved in, there was no more room for that tank. I still have the receipt though, in case i want to keep something i catch, no one would know i didn't actually buy them. It is illegal to keep fish you've caught in a tank though, but man is it fun to wait a few days to feed them and toss 1 minnow in at a time and watch the bass destroy them. He couldn't have been 8" and he'd take down 5 or 6 in one feeding. Between the 4 fish, I'd go through a scoop a week.

The local pet store by my house also sells some game fish, but you'll have to pay about $25 for a crappie, and more for other fish.

[walleye-]

It is illegal to keep fish you've caught in a tank though,

From the dnr HSOforum it states!!

Transporting Fish

• Except while on the body of water where taken, live fish may not be

transported in a quantity of water sufficient to keep them alive unless the

fish are bait minnows or the person is authorized to do so by the DNR.

• Transport of fish for display in a home aquarium is legal under the

following conditions:

– Game fish purchased from an authorized licensee transported with

the necessary documents (such as a sales receipt).

– Anglers 16 or under may transport legally caught largemouth bass,

smallmouth bass, yellow perch, rock bass, black crappie, white

crappie, bluegill, pumpkinseed, green sunfish, orange spotted

sunfish, and black, yellow, and brown bullhead. No more than

four of each species may be transported at any one time, and any

individual fish can be no longer than 10 inches. At no time may

water from infested waters be transported.

[eyebjim]

Can anyone tell me where I can get native fish like walleye for a fish tank in the north west metro?

[brahambaseball]

I would say your best bet is to check with a locally owned bait shop. they might carry them, or be able to order them. Otherwise, check 65 Bait if you're willing to drive a little ways to Braham, MN. And while you're up there, drown some minnows on Rush Lake.

[dspohn]

Purchasing the gamefish is better. Wild fish run into the sides of the tank until they are dead.

The purchased fish grew up in a small environment and tolerate it better.

I bought Jack Dempseys cuz they are cheap and they look alot like sunfish. They are very agressive and territorial. (just like sunfish). The Dempseys were 4 bucks apiece. Bluegills were 15!!

I also have smallmouth bass in the tank know and have had him for 1 year. I've also had two crappies and a largemouth in there, all wild and none have gone "crazy" and died in the tank. Also i released them all into local lakes and rivers. I marked there tails and acually caught one of the crappies in the same pool i put him in on a small creek i live by!!

[Jaspernuts]

I would feed it to your cat!

[trapperdirk]

I'm sorry but I can't agree with you returning fish to the wild after you had them in your fish tank for a bit . There is no telling what the exotics in your tank carry and what the wild ones your releasing have been exposed to and returning them could be catastrophic to existing wild populations and exactly how some of these viruses etc are passed on .

Please don't do this .

TD

[metro fisherman]

Wouldn't the potential diseases fish can get in your tank be the same as the ones they get in their natural environments? I dont think they can develop new exotic diseases from being in a tank.

[Sonicrunch]

I'm sorry but I can't agree with you returning fish to the wild after you had them in your fish tank for a bit . There is no telling what the exotics in your tank carry and what the wild ones your releasing have been exposed to and returning them could be catastrophic to existing wild populations and exactly how some of these viruses etc are passed on .

Please don't do this .

TD

+1

Any disease your tank had were put into the lake.

A quick easy way to kill fish it to put them in a bowl, and add alka-seltzer. The carbon dioxide released be the alka-seltzer will quickly cause the fish to lose consciousness, and the continued immersion in the carbon dioxide will cause death. (carbon dioxide, in high concentrations, displaces the oxygen on red blood cells[google "Bohr effect"]). (FYI carbon monoxide is lethal in very low concentrations).

Google "Lake Nyos Disaster" for an interesting read on how 1700 people died in Africa due to an odd occurrence.