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Growing paddlefish from eggs

Started by Guest_Moontanman_* , Feb 09 2010 09:49 PM

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#1 Guest_Moontanman_*

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Posted 09 February 2010 - 09:49 PM

Does anyone know the specifics of growing paddlefish eggs? i have been offered a few fertilized eggs later this year and I would really like to raise a few to at least fingerling size from them. I am thinking of something like cyclopeze by the time they are big enough to eat newly hatched brine shrimp sized foods but what are they fed from the time of the yolk sack and being big enough to eat newly hatched brine shrimp? A few tips on hatching the eggs would be helpful as well if the info is available. i have tried google but no specifics seem so to be available. i would feel pretty good if I am able to raise just one from eggs.

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#2 Guest_fundulus_*

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Posted 09 February 2010 - 10:14 PM

There's a research group at Kentucky State University in one of their applied biology departments who work with raising paddlefish. They have published material on how to do it. I forget their names, but I'd guess it's possible to track them down.

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#3 Guest_Moontanman_*

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Posted 09 February 2010 - 10:21 PM

There's a research group at Kentucky State University in one of their applied biology departments who work with raising paddlefish. They have published material on how to do it. I forget their names, but I'd guess it's possible to track them down.

Thanks, at least it's a start.

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#4 Guest_hackleback_*

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Posted 10 February 2010 - 10:47 AM

Check with Misouri Department of Conservation. The lost Valley Fish Hatchery has been raising paddlefish for years. Give them a call they should be able to help you.

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#5 Guest_Kurisuchan_*

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Posted 10 February 2010 - 11:21 AM

Also right here on the Nanfa website is some basic information on paddlefish written by Christopher Scharpf. Here's the link: http://www.nanfa.org...addlefish.shtml While it's just a short article, it's more information than I've found any place else. Hope it helps some.

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#6 Guest_fundulus_*

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Posted 10 February 2010 - 03:08 PM

I found the Kentucky State people. Write to Steven Mims at steven.mims at kysu.edu and ask for a copy of his newly published chapter in a volume that's the published proceedings on paddlefish biology, "Paddlefish and Culture of Paddlefish", American Fisheries Society Symposium 66:357-383, 2009. Hopefully he has a .pdf of it.

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#7 Guest_Moontanman_*

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Posted 11 February 2010 - 12:58 PM

After a significant difference of opinion between me and the egg source about the veracity of some NANFA members it would seem that I will not receive any eggs from the source mentioned. It's sad to see a persons who you look up to be trashed out of hand by someone who has no idea of the integrity of the person they malign. I would have liked to try to hatch out some paddlefish eggs but not under those circumstances.

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#8 Guest_Irate Mormon_*

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Posted 13 February 2010 - 11:21 PM

Moon, that is most unfortunate. Some will always look down on us as "tropical fish nuts" who are looking for something "new and exciting". There are others who view nature as a strictly hands-off affair except for those they deem qualified to interact with it.

I would suggest mailing them a few copies of American Currents.

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#9 ponder

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Posted 17 March 2015 - 05:24 PM

Moon, that is most unfortunate. Some will always look down on us as "tropical fish nuts" who are looking for something "new and exciting". There are others who view nature as a strictly hands-off affair except for those they deem qualified to interact with it.

I would suggest mailing them a few copies of American Currents.

I'm a tropical fish nut looking for something new and exciting. Seriously, I've wondered about paddlefish (or spoonbill catfish as some say), and I happened to notice this thread. Can I reopen the topic? Has anyone kept a paddlefish? Are they even legal to keep in an aquarium? Are there any commercial sources? I would like to put a couple in my pond. It's large enough that it might simulate their natural habitat.

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#10 gzeiger

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Posted 17 March 2015 - 08:09 PM

Moontanman did end up getting some. Search the forum. The thread is a couple years old now, but if this one was still around there should be some info on here.

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#11 ponder

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Posted 19 March 2015 - 09:44 PM

Moontanman, if you're monitoring this, I'd like to hear more about your experience with paddlefish. Or, if anyone has had any experience w/ paddlefish, I'd like to hear about it.

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#12 Moontanman

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Posted 20 March 2015 - 02:38 PM

Here is the link: http://forum.nanfa.o...134-paddlefish/

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#13 ponder

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Posted 21 March 2015 - 03:50 PM

Thanks, Moonanman. I read the whole thread. I was getting excited about maybe getting a few for the pond........until I got to the part where they were inhaling sunfish. I may not be quite ready for paddlefish. BTW, sturgeons were mentioned in the thread. In my limited reading I understand the British like to keep sturgeons in their ponds. Eventually, after I build a stronger, balanced population in my pond I might give paddlefish a try. Interesting fish! Did you ever get any more?