Rivermud76
Fish Crazy
Thanks, I try to pick the posts i reply to carefully. I've been here over a year and a half and still only have 200 posts.
Sturgeon are also very sensetive to the water quality. though some people i know will try to argue that. If the water becomes even remotely stagnant they will pass quite easilly.
Sturgeon are also scavenger meat eaters. They have been known to kill salmon and shad by blsting them with their bodies to stun them, then eat them but it has only been documented a few times with no physical evidence such as pictures. But, being scavenger meat eaters they tend to eat things that mess up your water quite easilly thus adding even more difficulty to keeping them healthy especially in a small tank environment.
Sturgeon are also delicate to handle out of water. Sturgeon do not posess a skeletal structure so their own weight out of water can and will kill them very quickly. It is best not to remove a sturgeon form the water if at all possible.
I suppose thats enough new information for now. I hope nobody ever tries to keep one of these most magnificent fish in a tank. I fish for them yes... i also practice catch and release. i don't remove them from the water and I use barbless hooks. I also participate in several programs designed to improve sturgeon populations including tagging and tracking of mature fish in the Snake River region. We also hold several annual events to raise money for sturgeon research including a Derby. All sturgeon in idaho are protected and must be released without harm.
BTW on a side note... The sturgeon in the pictures avout. the tope two are Beluga and the bottom looks like a White. the bottom fish is 11' long roughly. so you can imagine 13'3" and the worlds largest at 27".
Sturgeon are also very sensetive to the water quality. though some people i know will try to argue that. If the water becomes even remotely stagnant they will pass quite easilly.
Sturgeon are also scavenger meat eaters. They have been known to kill salmon and shad by blsting them with their bodies to stun them, then eat them but it has only been documented a few times with no physical evidence such as pictures. But, being scavenger meat eaters they tend to eat things that mess up your water quite easilly thus adding even more difficulty to keeping them healthy especially in a small tank environment.
Sturgeon are also delicate to handle out of water. Sturgeon do not posess a skeletal structure so their own weight out of water can and will kill them very quickly. It is best not to remove a sturgeon form the water if at all possible.
I suppose thats enough new information for now. I hope nobody ever tries to keep one of these most magnificent fish in a tank. I fish for them yes... i also practice catch and release. i don't remove them from the water and I use barbless hooks. I also participate in several programs designed to improve sturgeon populations including tagging and tracking of mature fish in the Snake River region. We also hold several annual events to raise money for sturgeon research including a Derby. All sturgeon in idaho are protected and must be released without harm.
BTW on a side note... The sturgeon in the pictures avout. the tope two are Beluga and the bottom looks like a White. the bottom fish is 11' long roughly. so you can imagine 13'3" and the worlds largest at 27".
