Fish in Tank?

[Sonicrunch]

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.

True, but what about the exotic diseases from the exotic fish that may have been in the tank as well.

[Jaspernuts]

Maybe you should'nt feed it too your cat. It might get sick from all these diseases and die.

[metro fisherman]

True, but what about the exotic diseases from the exotic fish that may have been in the tank as well.

I didnt think about that, I had new stuff for my fish.

Im thinking about investing in a new tank for Walleye, Smallies or Crappie. Do you just put crappie minnows in for feeding (my sunnines eat flakes)?

[brahambaseball]

I tried feeding my game fish (crappies, a sunfish, and a bass) flakes and Oscar food once, but they looked at me like I was crazy, and after that i just fed them crappie minnows, and once in awhile i'd cut up some crawlers for them.

[Redbeard5289]

Ok, So I got a question...

If you are not allowed to transport live fish (unless authorized by the DNR) then how can Cabelas accept live fish that people have caught and put them into their huge aquarium?

Just wondering...

Thanks

Redbeard

[Deitz Dittrich]

Red Beard- they get a special permit before they go fishing to trasport it to the tanks at Cabelas.

[ICE_KING]

I think it would awesome to buy 100 bucks worth of gamefish put em in an aquarium and raise em for a couple years feeding them old minnows, nightcrawlers from the yard, insects in the house, etc... until the get huge and eating them or mounting them...(pending the law)

[Sandmannd]

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

Pretty sure releasing these fish would be illegal as well. You can't keep a fish and release it a year or two later. And there are different types of sickness' they can get in a tank that they won't get in a lake. They could possibly spreed it. Just not a good idea. If you don't want to keep them the duration, don't get 'em.

[Sandmannd]

I think it would awesome to buy 100 bucks worth of gamefish put em in an aquarium and raise em for a couple years feeding them old minnows, nightcrawlers from the yard, insects in the house, etc... until the get huge and eating them or mounting them...(pending the law)

Tanks are generally warmer than the water in a lake not to mention you don't have the depths and they aren't swimming as much as they do in the wild. I'm assuming they would be mush and wouldn't reccomend that.

[dspohn]

The creek i put them in has almost no fish exept for chubs so i don't think it's a big deal. All the water put in the tank was taken from the creek I end up realeasing them in and there only fed the chubs from the creek so they have a better chance of surving in the acual creek.

[dspohn]

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Pretty sure releasing these fish would be illegal as well. You can't keep a fish and release it a year or two later. And there are different types of sickness' they can get in a tank that they won't get in a lake. They could possibly spreed it. Just not a good idea. If you don't want to keep them the duration, don't get 'em.

It's say anyone 16 or under can keep them so i'm sure I can release them as well.

[dspohn]

[CrappiesNCats]

its actually really cheap to feed fish. we had a perch in college and would spend a buck and get 8 little goldfish. that fed the perch for a very long time.

you can feed a single perch for a year for about 15 bucks

[Johnny_Da_Der]

dspohn, i doesn't sound your case is that big a deal to me either. Especially since you only used the tank for those fish. Still though, I don't recommend doing it again.

Those occasional piranha and some invasive plants outbreaks get into the lakes through people dumping their aquariums. Highly frowned upon, and like Sandmann said, likely illegal.

Do you guys with tanks and gamefish at home just dump some bait store minnows in there? I have seen worms on the gills and other strange parasites on bait store minnows before and would be afraid to do it. I think I would feel more comfortable with goldfish or something else with a little more QC.

[dspohn]

I highly doubt the 4 fish i've released into a tiny creek with no other real fish exept chubs and maybe a sunny here and there is going to kill of the whole population of fish with some deadly disease.

Like i said the water was from the creek itself, changed atleast once every 2 months and they were fed fish from the creek itself too.

Again i've acually caught one of the crappies i marked and it was completly fine. All of the fish were completley normall when i caught them and released them. This isn't a big deal at all and isn't doing any harm.

[CrappiesNCats]

the state of MN most likely begs to differ. personally i don't have much of a deal with it, but i doubt you know more than the people that have degrees in fisheries biology. perhaps you should give someone a call about the potential dangers. saying it doesn't do "any harm" is a blanket statement and i doubt its totally true.

[Johnny_Da_Der]

Dude, like I said, IN YOUR CASE i agree with you 100% Just sayin' I don't recommend doing it again.

Cool your jets man!

[Big Buck Buster]

You are better off feeding the fish shrimp that you can purchase at any fish store. They have frozen brine shrimp. You can also feed them crickets.

As for the growth of the fish: It has to do with the size of there surroundings. If you have a small tank, the fish will grow a very slow rate. If you were to put them in a 200 gallon plus size tank, the fish would grow faster, and larger, but not as fast or large as if they were in the wild.

Climate has a great deal to do with it also. In Canada the fish growth is much slower than in southern states.

The tank would be regulated at a certain temp, and would help, but you will never get a trophy fish after starting it in an aquarium.

I raised many Parana in a 55 gallon tank, and they only got to a certain size. When I purchased a 125 gallon tank, the parana got huge, and fast. Now, if I were to put them in a 300 gallon or larger tank, they would get larger faster up to a certain point.

Just a thought.

[dspohn]

I didn't say I know more than fish biologists I know I don't. If it's not true than i'd like to know what these fish are harming. The chubs in the creek? I mean i don't see what "exotic" sicknesess these 4 fish could have gotten. Any sicknesess they would have had would have been only from the water from the creek or the chubs from the creek. So say some type of animal eats one of the fish i released it wouldn't be getting any different sickness that either the water or chubs would have given them.

[dspohn]

Dude, like I said, IN YOUR CASE i agree with you 100% Just sayin' I don't recommend doing it again.

Cool your jets man!

I'm not mad at all sorry if i came off that way i'm just trying to say i don't think i'm doing much horribly wrong here by realsing a few fish in creek with no fish in it.

[Big Buck Buster]

Where does the creek flow to? A bigger creek, river, lake, etc.?

[dspohn]

It goes into a swamp/marsh type area, it starts in a small lake i belive, it doesn't run very long at all theres just a few pools here and there that can support a few fish.

[walleye-]

Here are a few pitcures of my 150 gallon aquarium in my garage

my wife thinks i'm crazy but my kids and I enjoy it.

[Big Buck Buster]

It goes into a swamp/marsh type area, it starts in a small lake i belive, it doesn't run very long at all theres just a few pools here and there that can support a few fish.

You might want to talk to a local CO to see if there is anything wrong with doing that. They might consider it unlawfully stocking a reservoir.

Just a thought. A friend of mine got a big fine for just putting some pan-fish in his own pond.

[Big Buck Buster]

That looks pretty sweet. My Parana would love to join them. HA HA HA!