55 Gallon Domestic Coldwater Tank?

[caboose_122]

i was thinking to put some fish from my local creek into a 55 gallon with lots of water movement, fish like baby garbage fish( we call them squaw fish), the reason for this is that they are whipping out the salmon in the area, they do get very large i have been catching them for years now all sizes from 2 inches and some of them up to 3 feet long about 20 pounds i know that they getting much bigger also, i know lots about them, but people put nets out to catch them and kill them becuase they are eating all the salmon and trout fry.

heres a link for the squaw fish: http/mypage.direct.ca/r/rhsu/squawfish.html

they will eat anything, i have even caught them on a bare hook so i would keep them till they are 8 inches then kill them. (this sounds cruel but is necessary, even fisheries and oceans Canada are telling people to kill them so its really being a service to them), we also have sticklebacks in the creek also what would be a beter idea, stickle backs or squaw fish?, i know that nether of them sound good but they both look cool and i just want a domestic river tank so.

thanks
caboose_122

 

[GoldLenny]

You should figure out a way to turn them into feeder fish for you and other aquarists. Then raise some other fish in your 55G that would eat them as feeders. That would do more for population control than wasting your 55G on a grow out tank for a few of them.

 

[three-fingers]

Thing is, wild fish as feeder fish is probably worse than store-bought feeders. All kinds of parasites live on wild caught fish .

As long as you can give it a good quality of life up to the point its 8", it sounds like a plan.
The only thing is, what would you be feeding it? Do you think it would take commercial carnivore pellets or anything?

 

[ryguy]

i have taken baby catfish from my lakes and put them with my tropical fish and they just began to eat flakes and lived for 5 years. i think putting fish u catch (as long as you can house them) is fine.

 

[GoldLenny]

Thing is, wild fish as feeder fish is probably worse than store-bought feeders. All kinds of parasites live on wild caught fish .

I was thinking about getting a wild fish that is a "natural" predator, from the same local creek or a local lake that would eat these "garbage fish" fry. They should have some kind of resistance or immunity already built up. Instead of only keeping a few "garbage fish" and raising them to 8", you would be feeding dozens, if not hundreds of "garbage fish" fry to the "natural" predator(s).

 

[caboose_122]

these fish will eat anything i have caught them on flour/water dough, what ever they think smells good or looks good they will eat