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[Moontanman]

Neat video short of a sturgeon feeding in a Koi pond

https://www.youtube....h?v=hL3AA5oW2yw

Another good one of sturgeon

[Michael Wolfe]

nice sturgeon, when are you going to put in such a pond at your place... at least you will not waste all that water on koi!

[Moontanman]

nice sturgeon, when are you going to put in such a pond at your place... at least you will not waste all that water on koi!

If I could ever get some shovelnose sturgeon I would consider it for sure...

[littlen]

I can't even fathom the attraction of keeping large sturgeon in a koi pond? Novelty? If you're looking for the thrill of having a large, unsuspecting fish jump out of your pond during feeding time, acclimate some Tarpon to FW and that will give you the "WOW!" factor you're looking for. Silly humans.

[keepnatives]

Ain't diversity great. Personally I see the attraction and the addition of your Tarpon sounds good too! Shortnose while large could well be 2 - 3 feet, not too large for a large pond. To think we all should have the same attractions...silly humans.

[littlen]

My confusion as to why a traditional koi pond owner---as I assume the folks in the video are---would want a large, cryptically colored, [typically bottom feeding] sturgeon in their koi pond. I am all for diversifying and keeping fish together harmoniously. I personally like to be continent & habitat conscience when setting up a tank. For instance, I wouldn't mix African and S.A. cichlids in a stream set up. Although it most certainly can be done. I am not knocking those who keep fancy goldfish with Clown loaches, Frontosa, and Parrot cichlids---all on a bed of neon pink gravel. Just not my cup of tea.

Most of us on this forum enjoy setting up natural habitats for the native fish we collect and keep. Rarely have I seen a guest or member post a picture of their new dace living in the tank I described above, although it happens. That is part of the appeal of NANFA and fishkeeping for me. We've gotten accustom to seeing unnaturally colored, albeit beautiful koi kept in ponds like the one in the video. Since the koi breeds really do not have a natural environment I guess it really isn't that unusual for a sturgeon to be living in the pond. It is neat to see then do that during feeding I will admit.

[Moontanman]

I can't even fathom the attraction of keeping large sturgeon in a koi pond? Novelty? If you're looking for the thrill of having a large, unsuspecting fish jump out of your pond during feeding time, acclimate some Tarpon to FW and that will give you the "WOW!" factor you're looking for. Silly humans.

Some koi keepers like to add something unusual to their ponds, catfish are often included, I knew a woman who kept an albino channel cat in her goldfish pond to keep down the number of babies.

Ain't diversity great. Personally I see the attraction and the addition of your Tarpon sounds good too! Shortnose while large could well be 2 - 3 feet, not too large for a large pond. To think we all should have the same attractions...silly humans.

Tarpon can and do live in freshwater, uber cool for a pond!

My confusion as to why a traditional koi pond owner---as I assume the folks in the video are---would want a large, cryptically colored, [typically bottom feeding] sturgeon in their koi pond. I am all for diversifying and keeping fish together harmoniously. I personally like to be continent & habitat conscience when setting up a tank. For instance, I wouldn't mix African and S.A. cichlids in a stream set up. Although it most certainly can be done. I am not knocking those who keep fancy goldfish with Clown loaches, Frontosa, and Parrot cichlids---all on a bed of neon pink gravel. Just not my cup of tea.

Most of us on this forum enjoy setting up natural habitats for the native fish we collect and keep. Rarely have I seen a guest or member post a picture of their new dace living in the tank I described above, although it happens. That is part of the appeal of NANFA and fishkeeping for me. We've gotten accustom to seeing unnaturally colored, albeit beautiful koi kept in ponds like the one in the video. Since the koi breeds really do not have a natural environment I guess it really isn't that unusual for a sturgeon to be living in the pond. It is neat to see then do that during feeding I will admit.

While I am not part of the pink gravel and sparkly castle crown many people do decorate their tanks that way, no derision from me but as you said not my cup of tea but I do tend to be eclectic in my fish keeping tastes and I love mormyrids. I have kept many "mixed" tanks, sometimes the interactions are interesting...

Did anyone notice he had a viewing glass under the lever of the pond so he could watch his fish like a giant aquarium? Paddle fish are being kept like this now as well.

[MichiJim]

Sturgeon are very cool fish. I have kept several types, white, shovelnose and lake. They all eventually outgrew their aquarium (I had them in a 180) and had to be killed. Keeping the smaller species in a pond is a good solution perhaps.

This post caught my attention because a Russian, or Diamond, sturgeon was recently caught by ice anglers in the Saginaw Bay. I think I saw this on primitivefishes.com, These fish are commonly sold for pond stocking. However, this one was released to the wild.

Probably not going to be a big issue overall, but as I get older these things bother me more. Not preaching, just thinking out loud. And, by all means, visit the primitive fishes site. Some good stuff, particularily the shortnose gar being found in the Chicago River.

Happy New Year. It is almost up to 0 degrees here.

[Moontanman]

Sturgeon are very cool fish. I have kept several types, white, shovelnose and lake. They all eventually outgrew their aquarium (I had them in a 180) and had to be killed. Keeping the smaller species in a pond is a good solution perhaps.

This post caught my attention because a Russian, or Diamond, sturgeon was recently caught by ice anglers in the Saginaw Bay. I think I saw this on primitivefishes.com, These fish are commonly sold for pond stocking. However, this one was released to the wild.

Probably not going to be a big issue overall, but as I get older these things bother me more. Not preaching, just thinking out loud. And, by all means, visit the primitive fishes site. Some good stuff, particularily the shortnose gar being found in the Chicago River.

Happy New Year. It is almost up to 0 degrees here.

I have to ask, where did you get the shovelnose sturgeon? I want some so bad...