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SovietFireExtinguisher;2962966; said:
Is that a Black Diamond Sturgeon?!?!? It's all settled then, I'm for sure going to have to do one of those in my back yard. Wife is even on board too.
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It a Sterlet, acipenser ruthenus x2

Good luck with the pond, link me the thread when you start if I don't come across it:)
 
Yanbbrox;2963030; said:
It a Sterlet, acipenser ruthenus x2

Good luck with the pond, link me the thread when you start if I don't come across it:)
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What are you feeding these guys on, your lucky to have pier so near they sell the tetra sterlet sticks cheaper than anywhere i've seen
 
synodontisjack;2963063; said:
What are you feeding these guys on, your lucky to have pier so near they sell the tetra sterlet sticks cheaper than anywhere i've seen
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Discus food for now. Pier had none in on Sunday. I've still not seen them yet, they are suppose to get more active towards the end of the day. Still I didn't see the ghosts for two weeks and since Saturday they follow you around the pond
 
Yanbbrox;2963101; said:
Discus food for now. Pier had none in on Sunday. I've still not seen them yet, they are suppose to get more active towards the end of the day. Still I didn't see the ghosts for two weeks and since Saturday they follow you around the pond
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its harder to see the littleun's wait untill they get 18"+ and you'll be seeing them everywhere, they will come up and eat from your hands
 
synodontisjack;2963137; said:
its harder to see the littleun's wait untill they get 18"+ and you'll be seeing them everywhere, they will come up and eat from your hands
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It doesn't help with visibility being on the poor side of 2 foot. If the pump turns up early enough tomorrow and the weather is good, I'm hoping to get everything plumbed in and turned on, including the monster UV I posted a page or so ago.

Don't worry I've got the air on;)
 
Yanbbrox;2963209; said:
It doesn't help with visibility being on the poor side of 2 foot. If the pump turns up early enough tomorrow and the weather is good, I'm hoping to get everything plumbed in and turned on, including the monster UV I posted a page or so ago.

Don't worry I've got the air on;)
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sounds like its going well, you gonna get more sturgeon or leave it at the 2?
 
synodontisjack;2963263; said:
sounds like its going well, you gonna get more sturgeon or leave it at the 2?
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Not sure at the moment, as it is I'm happy with the just the 2 but you never know. I'm just focusing on getting the filters up and running for now and starting clearing this thing up. It's basically been sat for 4 months over winter after a tree load of leaves fell in it. I've flushed the bottom drain into vortex one a couple of times over the past month that's cleaned the bottom up, I netted the bottom the other day and there's nothing on it, it just needs to get some good filtration through it to clean it up throughly.

This might sound daft at 3500 gallon, but I don't want to give myself an overstocking headache years later. The 6 ghosts can hit 15-20lbs fully grown and I've not even got any koi in it yet;)
 
mrunlucky07;2963347; said:
Looking good. You have me reading up on sturgeon now:D Not nearly as many people keep them over here.
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A,

Long time hope you and misses are well, I've noticed your recent additions to the garden, looking good.

They are really fun when they get bigger, they swim around with their noses pointing out of the water looking for food. I've got a video I took at an Aquarium last year I'll dig it out. Hope you get one:D
 
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