Sterlets

[Amanda]

Hi , my first post here , just a quick question.

I have 2 sterlets in my pond , which are fine and healthy(apart from
one which insists on dragging half the pond round with his tail) , as
i have only had them for 6 month i have no idea how to treat them over
the winter months , pond shop people say treat them the same as rest
of my fish , does anyone own sterlets?...any advice would be
appreciated.

Many thanks

Amanda

[Nedra]

I have no idea, Amanda ... but it would be helpful if you were to post where
you are - geographically speaking.

Nedra
"Amanda" > wrote in message
om...
> Hi , my first post here , just a quick question.
>
> I have 2 sterlets in my pond , which are fine and healthy(apart from
> one which insists on dragging half the pond round with his tail) , as
> i have only had them for 6 month i have no idea how to treat them over
> the winter months , pond shop people say treat them the same as rest
> of my fish , does anyone own sterlets?...any advice would be
> appreciated.
>
> Many thanks
>
> Amanda

[Lostin1999]

"Amanda" > wrote in message
om...
> Hi , my first post here , just a quick question.
>
> I have 2 sterlets in my pond , which are fine and healthy(apart from
> one which insists on dragging half the pond round with his tail) , as
> i have only had them for 6 month i have no idea how to treat them over
> the winter months , pond shop people say treat them the same as rest
> of my fish , does anyone own sterlets?...any advice would be
> appreciated.
>
> Many thanks
>
> Amanda

I have sterlets/sturgeon in my pond, (long nosed) and they tend to stay
deep, im concerned about the one dragging stuff?? do you have bad blanket
weed, as sterlets can get caught up in it and "drown".

fantastic fish, mine have been kept in a raised bath for 4 years (and are
now in a pond half raised and half sunk) and coped well..

I feed a few sinking pellets once a week in winter (never sure if they get
down to the sterlets tho..)

HTH

Lost

[Crashj]

"Nedra" > wrote in message et>...
> I have no idea, Amanda ... but it would be helpful if you were to post where
> you are - geographically speaking.
>
> Nedra
> "Amanda" > wrote in message
> om...
> > Hi , my first post here , just a quick question.
> >
> > I have 2 sterlets in my pond
> > pond shop people say
"Shop people" and "sterlets" are English.
--
Crashj

[Derek Broughton]

Crashj wrote:

> "Nedra" > wrote in message
> et>...
>> I have no idea, Amanda ... but it would be helpful if you were to post
>> where you are - geographically speaking.
>>
>> Nedra
>> "Amanda" > wrote in message
>> om...
>> > Hi , my first post here , just a quick question.
>> >
>> > I have 2 sterlets in my pond
>> > pond shop people say
> "Shop people" and "sterlets" are English.

In NA "sterlet" gets used in the aquarium trade, because they know they'll
never sell "sturgeon" to people who know they get to be 6 ft.
--
derek

[Benign Vanilla]

"Amanda" > wrote in message
om...
> Hi , my first post here , just a quick question.
>
> I have 2 sterlets in my pond , which are fine and healthy(apart from
> one which insists on dragging half the pond round with his tail) , as
> i have only had them for 6 month i have no idea how to treat them over
> the winter months , pond shop people say treat them the same as rest
> of my fish , does anyone own sterlets?...any advice would be
> appreciated.

Amanda,

I just started adding some information on Sterlets to iheartmypond.com. I
think we have a massize one site list on them, right now. LOL. Check it out,
it may help.

http://www.iheartmypond.com/Animals/Fish/Sturgeon/default.asp

BV.

[Amanda]

(Crashj) wrote in message >...
> "Nedra" > wrote in message et>...
> > I have no idea, Amanda ... but it would be helpful if you were to post where
> > you are - geographically speaking.
> >
> > Nedra
> > "Amanda" > wrote in message
> > om...
> > > Hi , my first post here , just a quick question.
> > >
> > > I have 2 sterlets in my pond
> > > pond shop people say
> "Shop people" and "sterlets" are English.

Sorry i never thought , i am UK , England.

Thanks

Amanda

[Amanda]

"Lostin1999" > wrote in message >...
> "Amanda" > wrote in message
> om...
> > Hi , my first post here , just a quick question.
> >
> > I have 2 sterlets in my pond , which are fine and healthy(apart from
> > one which insists on dragging half the pond round with his tail) , as
> > i have only had them for 6 month i have no idea how to treat them over
> > the winter months , pond shop people say treat them the same as rest
> > of my fish , does anyone own sterlets?...any advice would be
> > appreciated.
> >
> > Many thanks
> >
> > Amanda
>
> I have sterlets/sturgeon in my pond, (long nosed) and they tend to stay
> deep, im concerned about the one dragging stuff?? do you have bad blanket
> weed, as sterlets can get caught up in it and "drown".
>
> fantastic fish, mine have been kept in a raised bath for 4 years (and are
> now in a pond half raised and half sunk) and coped well..
>
> I feed a few sinking pellets once a week in winter (never sure if they get
> down to the sterlets tho..)
>
> HTH
>
> Lost

Thanks for the reply , one dragging stuff is a problem , constantly
checking on him , yet other one is great , not a problem , no idea why
one is and one isn't , dont have huge blanket weed prob. , just even
if theres one bit , he will find it and drag it round , thanks for
advice.

Amanda.

[2pods]

"Amanda" > wrote in message
om...
> "Lostin1999" > wrote in message
> >...
>> "Amanda" > wrote in message
>> om...
>> > Hi , my first post here , just a quick question.
>> >
>> > I have 2 sterlets in my pond , which are fine and healthy(apart from
>> > one which insists on dragging half the pond round with his tail) , as
>> > i have only had them for 6 month i have no idea how to treat them over
>> > the winter months , pond shop people say treat them the same as rest
>> > of my fish , does anyone own sterlets?...any advice would be
>> > appreciated.
>> >
>> > Many thanks
>> >
>> > Amanda
>>
>> I have sterlets/sturgeon in my pond, (long nosed) and they tend to stay
>> deep, im concerned about the one dragging stuff?? do you have bad
>> blanket
>> weed, as sterlets can get caught up in it and "drown".
>>
>> fantastic fish, mine have been kept in a raised bath for 4 years (and
>> are
>> now in a pond half raised and half sunk) and coped well..
>>
>> I feed a few sinking pellets once a week in winter (never sure if they
>> get
>> down to the sterlets tho..)
>>
>> HTH
>>
>> Lost
>
> Thanks for the reply , one dragging stuff is a problem , constantly
> checking on him , yet other one is great , not a problem , no idea why
> one is and one isn't , dont have huge blanket weed prob. , just even
> if theres one bit , he will find it and drag it round , thanks for
> advice.
>
> Amanda.

Saw a really nice one today at the local garden centre.
They have a huge new pond with a massive waterfall, and it was good to see
this 3' Sterlet who was usually in a 6' metal tank swimming freely.

There also had some really nice koi.

Peter

[Biker2 \(Threadstopper\)]

"Amanda" > wrote in message
om...
> Hi , my first post here , just a quick question.
>
> I have 2 sterlets in my pond , which are fine and healthy(apart from
> one which insists on dragging half the pond round with his tail) , as
> i have only had them for 6 month i have no idea how to treat them over
> the winter months , pond shop people say treat them the same as rest
> of my fish , does anyone own sterlets?...any advice would be
> appreciated.
>
> Many thanks
>
> Amanda

This weekend, one of my two 18 inch diamond sturgeons is going to cost us
nearly 1,000 UKP ! Why, because he thinks he is Flipper and tail-walks...

Twice we have just stopped him disappearing over the pond wall, so now we
have to raise the sides with another row of fancy bricks.

He insists on being hand fed prawns, worms and pieces of raw fish. He seems
to ignore the genuine sturgeon food which of course the seventeen koi just
love...

For more information on sturgeons I would suggest you look at
www.sturgeon-web.co.uk/ which is owned by a guy called Graham.

Steve - UK
--
Milk floats, stainless steel sinks...

[Chris]

In article >, "Biker2
\(Threadstopper\)" <steve at pvl dot co dot uk> says...
>
> "Amanda" > wrote in message
> om...
> > Hi , my first post here , just a quick question.
> >
> > I have 2 sterlets in my pond , which are fine and healthy(apart from
> > one which insists on dragging half the pond round with his tail) , as
> > i have only had them for 6 month i have no idea how to treat them over
> > the winter months , pond shop people say treat them the same as rest
> > of my fish , does anyone own sterlets?...any advice would be
> > appreciated.
> >
> > Many thanks
> >
> > Amanda
>
> This weekend, one of my two 18 inch diamond sturgeons is going to cost us
> nearly 1,000 UKP ! Why, because he thinks he is Flipper and tail-walks...
>
> Twice we have just stopped him disappearing over the pond wall, so now we
> have to raise the sides with another row of fancy bricks.
>
> He insists on being hand fed prawns, worms and pieces of raw fish. He seems
> to ignore the genuine sturgeon food which of course the seventeen koi just
> love...
>
> For more information on sturgeons I would suggest you look at
> www.sturgeon-web.co.uk/ which is owned by a guy called Graham.
>
> Steve - UK
> --
> Milk floats, stainless steel sinks...
>
>
>
I cannot keep them in my pond for more than about a week before the local
cats fish them out and carry them away.
I have only ever lost one goldfish & no koi to them. The Sterlets go so
quickly because they stick their noses out of the water when "grazing" at
the pond's brick edges. The local cat's can't resist this & grab them.
I have rescued them a couple of times but they always go eventually.
They also have a tendency to swim up any pipework you have. If you can't
find them (and the cats haven't got them) they are probably in your
filter!

Nice fish though.
Pip pip



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[Moontanman]

>
>In NA "sterlet" gets used in the aquarium trade, because they know they'll
>never sell "sturgeon" to people who know they get to be 6 ft.
>

Sterlets only get to be 48 inches maximum in the wild, about 24 inches in
captivity.

Moon
I breed dwarf crayfish for planted aquariums and grow trees in aquariums.
My groups

[Derek Broughton]

Moontanman wrote:

>>
>>In NA "sterlet" gets used in the aquarium trade, because they know they'll
>>never sell "sturgeon" to people who know they get to be 6 ft.
>>
>
> Sterlets only get to be 48 inches maximum in the wild, about 24 inches in
> captivity.

I really don't know what the "sturgeon/sterlets" sold in our aquarium stores
will get to - but the wild sturgeon can definitely get in excess of 6', so
they use the name "sterlet" in the stores regardless of what the common
name is here, just so that you don't think they'll get that size. Even two
feet is usually way too large for an aquarium.
--
derek