Feeding Sturgeon and koi 3

[Kragoblin]

I've been told Sturgeon can be aggressive. Do they ever mess with the Koi?

[tel51]

@Kragoblin

no never , they may swim into the koi but the koi usually move out of the way, some one once told me their sharp sculets on their back marked their koi, but I thing that was more likely some thing in the pond as the fish were flashing.

[rodododo100]

How fast do diamond sturgeon grow i have a 5 inch baby and wondering how fast it will grow with diet of blood worms brine shrimp and hikari sinking carnivore pellets

[tel51]

@rodododo100

their probably not the fastest growing but on a good diet and plenty of room they will grow very quickly.

[angelEODspartan]

were did you get those sturgeon they are gorgeus

and how much did this pond cost to build please answer

[tel51]

@angelEODspartan

Hi don't know how much ,I did save all the receipts and one day I will add it all up, when the wife is out shopping , A landscape gardener estimated to do it all for me would be in the region of £40,000.

I'm in the UK and have a sturgeon farm not to far from me . some of my fish are from other pond keepers .

there are 12 sturgeon and probably some 35 to 40 koi.

[stalematesibling]

that sturgeon with the white spikes (stellatus?) is gorgeous, and can grow to a manageable size (7 feet?). id like to have that in my pond, along with my paroons and pacu, but can it survive tropical weather?

[tel51]

@stalematesibling

they are cold water fish and require lots of oxygen, provided you cad keep loads of oxygen in the water and give them lots of space, which means they are not happy in aquariums ,

[lopor1004]

Kudos for your wife, mine would cut my man parts off if I build something like that now. Very insperational video , thanks

[tel51]

@lopor1004

thanks, best keep hold of the man parts in that case

[DjLivio]

yamy yamy caviuar :D

[NavyGod777]

Mmm... caviar. =)

[thesturgeonseekers]

Could I get any original footage? I am arranging a video for a traveling sturgeon exhibit and would love to get any original sturgeon video.

Thanks - G.R.fitch

acigifts at yahoo dot com

[tel51]

@thesturgeonseekers

you are welcome to use any of my public videos here, I would appreciate it if you gave me a mention though.

and perhaps send me a link to any you put up , as I'm always interested in new sturgeon vids.

Terry

[FredettaProductions]

so the sturgeons don't mind the kois?

[tel51]

@FredettaProductions

they don't care as long as there is food for all they are happy.

[FredettaProductions]

@tel51 hah, what are you going to do when those sturgeons get too big?



[tel51]

@FredettaProductions

perhaps I'll sell the koi and keep the Sturgs,

[FredettaProductions]

@tel51 How big are the kois?

[tel51]

@FredettaProductions

they are from 6" to 28"

[RobertHHMaxwell]

i was watching monster fish and found out sturgeon can get 20 ft i was like fuck me he pulled a 6 ft one and that was massive

[tel51]

@RobertHHMaxwell

yep and very old to get that size

[TimeSplittersChimp]

My next door neighbour has a cat, if i got a pond with koi fish how can i prevent the cat going for them without putting an ugly cage over it

[kev37davies]

@TimeSplittersChimp go on ebay. and you can buy a low voltage electric fence designed to stop predetor's such as cats and herons :)

[tel51]

@TimeSplittersChimp

hard one if you have a pond already but if building from new it can be made so cats and other predators are put off.

things like build the side up , keep the water level lower so they can not reach the fish easily and keep the water deep even at the edge of the pond

[fwta183]

@TimeSplittersChimp Chicken wires

[melliott3707]

Put in a black ghost or clown knife and a fire eel

[unholysanta]

i love how such an uncolor full fish was so amazing the looks of the two are inspiring the contrast in so awesome to opposits together love it

[tel51]

@unholysanta

thank you.

[billybob42081]

@tel51 oh wow i noticed the whites but didnt notice in your other video you also had at least 1 smooth lake sturgeon,, that is so so so cool did i also see a golden sturgeon as well? i didnt see 1 but do u have a green sturgeon to round it off ? you ever spoil your sturgeon with live ghost or grss shrimp? u know a green if u dont have already, a paddle fish 3 - 5 ft long and 1 of those truly truly giant placosthamuss ive seen would round out your probiscus fish collection nicely

[tel51]

@billybob42081

would love a paddle nose and a plac but water is rarely warm enough

[AllroundVisser]

You have very nice videos :) Are you from holland?

[tel51]

@AllroundVisser

no from the UK

[IR0NXi0NG]

the food I feed my sturgeon are all frozen food from my local pet shop.but I'll try some different food.another question.I notice that most of the tip of my sturgeons fin are turning a bit white.why's is that.thankx a lot.subscribing forsure.

[tel51]

@IR0NXi0NG

do you know the Latin name for your Sturgeon, or is it a Sterlet, as some Sterlet have white tips to there fins.

Is you fish in a pond or an aquarium and are there other fish present .

[IR0NXi0NG]

I've been feeding him everyday on a regular diet of blood worms and brine shrimp.should I change it's diet.

[tel51]

@IR0NXi0NG

I would say try and get some good quality Sturgeon food , but I don't know what you have available over there.

you could try feeding some small pieces of fresh fish as well .

it seems you are feeding live food but are you sure he is actually eating it, good luck..

[IR0NXi0NG]

hey.do you know anything about sturgeon.cause I can't find any info on them.cause my sturgeon's been acting strange lately.had it for about 2 months now and it's been acting fine since but just today he's been swinging his head side to side at times.and forming his body into a U shape.my sturgeons 10 inch long.it's a common sturgeon.

[tel51]

@IR0NXi0NG

Hi there, sadly this is a very common problem, your fish is starving and will if not already, start to dissolve its own liver and kidneys , its what happens to thousands of young sturgeon all over the world , you need to feed the right food and be sure they are getting it, depends on what fish are in the pond with it as all fish love sturgeon food as it has to be very high in protein and oils.Best try feeding him with live worms water snails, chopped prawns shrimps raw fish pieces.

[DigitalFrost42]

Fancy coming to build me a pond like that? I absolutely love it. I'd spend my days swimming with the sturgeon :-)

[tel51]

@DigitalFrost42

sure, could get expensive though :)

[DigitalFrost42]

@tel51 I was thinking that... I don't know if I could afford to pay you for four years! The best I could offer is free food and accommodation, and tours of the Peak District.

[tel51]

@DigitalFrost42

very tempting, but unfortunately I have a mortgage to pay, so keep doing the lottery

[tel51]

@RICKYOH730228

well under way I see, are they for fishing sport or caviar or what and can you tell me the Latin name .

[anthonybarrett79]

your pond is class love the set up aswell 12 out of 10 i give it..was thinking of adding sturgeon to my pond.would they eat any young fish???ples check out my pond i built last summer

[tel51]

@anthonybarrett79

Hi thanks for that , regarding the Sturgeon I dont think they will catch a health fish they feed on worms, snails, and any small pond insect thay find but they will need to be feed with a proper Sturgeon food ,this will sink as I'm sure you know Sturgeon are bottom feeders.

[anthonybarrett79]

@tel51 thanks tel51.wat would be the best breed for my pond.dont want them to big

[tel51]

@anthonybarrett79

hi if you dont want them to grow to fast stick with the sterlets , you can get the normal dark colour, silver shaded, or an albino variety.

[TheGirlRocker2]

@anthonybarrett79 they dont it other fish, get the sturgeons as babys and they wil happily grow up with the others

[Gargarensisspire]

better keep the sturgeon well fed or they will brutally attack and eat the other fish

[samsoninthepit]

@Gargarensisspire your retarded

[tel51]

@Gargarensisspire

ummm !!!  ok then

[TomekKogutah]

In our shop we have western sturgeons. They are like pets! one of them like to swim near surface of water to scratch his head, or back :) sweet...

[tel51]

@TomekKogutah

sounds great, mine now come up to feed from my hand , I'll put a new video up in the summer. cheers , 

[nytwinskoi]

May I know what is your pond size or gallons of water? What do you do with sturgeon eggs?

[tel51]

@nytwinskoi

hi the pond holds 8520 uk gls or 38,732 lts. the sturgeon have never laid eggs and are unlikly to, they need to be a lot older 12 even 20 yrs before they are ready to spawn

[themaleauthority]

What temperature do you have to keep the water? And is it hard to keep them in good health? AWESOME pond by the way!

[tel51]

@themaleauthority

hi and thanks , there is no heating in the pond , aslong as you keep good water the fish will be fine, except if they should damage themselfs some way, I have treated them for all sorts of problems cuts and grazes and various parasites.

[themaleauthority]

@tel51 Thats pretty cool. I live in Miami, do you think it would be impossible for me to have a sturgeon pond, whats your average water temp? And where did you get them? They are really interesting fish.

[tel51]

@themaleauthority

thanks  the main problem you would have would be high temps, and oxygen lvls. at the moment my water is down near 3ºC fine for Sturgeon but not good for the koi, the highest is just over 20º .

they came from people with to smaller ponds and a near by dealer . Good luck.

[xxfinisherxx]

@tel51 what kind of sturgeon are their in the tank?

[tel51]

@xxfinisherxx

Sterlet (Acipenser ruthenus) , Siberian Sturgeon (Acipenser baerii) , Diamond Sturgeon (Acipenser gueldenstaedtii) , and my favourite Stellate Sturgeon (Acipenser stellatus)

[tel51]

@MonstaPops

Yes it is .. we know him as uncle pete. :)

[tel51]

@MonstaPops

hi in the wild they can reach 2.3m and over 100kg but in a pond they are unlikly to grow over 1.2m and 15kg take a look at the sturgeon web for the best sorce of info on stergeon and sterlets .

[FGxKarmaa]

0:03 LOL

[omesok]

nice koi fish and clear water

gtz budgetkoiproducts.nl

[tel51]

@omesok

thanks.. yes it works well..

[shuwukong]

the sturgeons look like water mouse, the whiskers, the tail

[GenesisCrisis91]

That thing is totally amazing!

[tel51]

@TheAnimalEnthusiast

Slowly, is the answer to that question. it took me 4 years working a full time job I could only work on the pond evening and week ends, I was lucky too with free tipping of the 200 + tons of soil to dispose of . a lot of materials I bought 2nd hand but the most important part of all this is a very understanding wife, who I'm happy to say is still with me :)

[MrCptGonzo]

We had two sturgeons in our garden pond. Now I know they say they are peaceful but the one Sturgeon kept killing the seconf one we put in (we repeated that...) so we decided to leave him alone and he was completely happy afterwards. Normal?

[tel51]

@MrCptGonzo

hi never heard of sturgeon killing each other unless the size difference was so great that the larger fish could eat the smaller, perhaps the fish died and then other fish might try eating the dead one.

unlike koi sturgeon will live on their own happily

the main thing is to give them the correct food, high protein with no wheat germ or Cereal based content , try sturgeon-web for some great info,

Terry

[itsmefredrogers]

@tel51 cannot get my 14inch diamond sturgeon to eat pellets,have tried 4 brands,it wll only eat earthworms or at a push frozen bloodworm, any ideas thanks

[tel51]

@itsmefredrogers

Hi, I don't feed any live food apart from what is naturally in the pond, the sturgeon love the pellets, I expect if you stopped feeding the worms long enough they would eat them. try the food from the guys at Sturgeon-web they are the best.

Some so called sturgeon foods are rubbish, so be careful.

[spudsssy]

Wow!! amazing pond you got there... One day im gonna get a stergeon, At the moment i have a pond full of minnows.. i gotta start somewhere haha!

[louthesz9]

These 2 species of fish are known for their longevity. The sterlet may not attain the same longevity as the beluga or white sturgeon, but they can live for decades. A few exceptional koi have been known to live over 200 years and may even outlive these small sturgeon.

[oOoRandomnessoOo]

How did u get those sturgeon? i thought they were an endangered species. Also, how big IS that pond? It looks like a f***in public aquarium

[tel51]

@oOoRandomnessoOo

some species are but we are allowed to keep Siberians, stellatus,Diamonds and some sterlets, The pond is about 7 X 8 mtrs. by 1.7mtr deep , and holds 8500,gls.

[05lukfre]

youre strgions and koi are great i have a sturgion and wold be very greatfull of advice anyone could give regarding feeding

i am woried hes not gettin enough even though ive had him 2 years i feed my koi first with thiere food then when they are busy eating that i feed the strgion but they get distracted and eat his food is there anyway i can encorage or prevent this

[tel51]

Hi if you have had him 2 years he's not doing to bad, you could try using a tube to get the Surgeon food to the bottom of the pond the koi will still eat it but it dose stop them eating some while it's sinking, apart from that and feeding in different places to the koi there's not much else you can do. good luck

[05lukfre]

@tel51 thank you very much for yore reply and advice it is very much apreciated

many thankes 05lukfre

[azn115454]

lol "can't say in case the wife sees." and yeh i love the fish in here i heard sturgeons are very freindly with koi.

[tel51]

Sturgeon and koi get on fine, the only thing to try and monitor is in the feeding as the koi (aquatic pigs) will eat the sturgeon food as well as their own if they can.

[Bronzecop]

How expensive is this fish tank to maintain??

[tel51]

can't say in case the wife sees .

no actually its not to bad the cost was in the build which took 4 years , running it is the cost of running 4 grundfos circulation pumps then an extra 1 for a skimmer which runs some 8 of24 hours and a larger pump for a waterfall in the summer months. 2 large uv lamps , food is the main expense as they can eat a lot in the summer.

[BrettBarnett10]

where did u get your beautiful sturgeons.

[tel51]

Hi I was lucky with four of the eleven that I now have as they were given to me after out growing their owners ponds, the other seven I have purchased over the years from a Sturgeon farm not to far from where I live.

Oh apart from one albino sterlet I bought from someone closing their pond down.

[Terryhodges08]

wow that is a great pond, the sturgeon you have look massive id say around 3-4 ft long i have a dimond back around 2ft . do you know if they will grow to the size of your pond or just keep growing

[tel51]

they will out grow their pond but eventually it will restrict the amount they can grow. Diamonds grow at a good rate as do the Siberians,in a small pond you may be better off with Sterlets.

[XoxL1S4xoX]

wow ur pond is amzing its like an aquarium XD i'd lvoe a pond that big.

ours is circular and about 2 meters across, n we have a load of goldfish n a couple of platinum koi ;]

[tel51]

Thanks it took a lot of work to biuld but its great to sit out there in the summer and the fish just get bigger and bigger

[SporeTycoonDude123]

haha on a warm day you could go snorkelling in there. ah you can dream to be other people XD

[SORRYurNOTaWINNER69]

wow how many types of sturgen do u have ? . awsome pond buy the wat looks very clean too 5 stars

[tel51]

Thanks, when I made this video there were 3 Siberian, 2 Stelatus Sturgeon and 1or 2 Sterlets.

Since then I have added 3 Diamonds,and an albino Sterlet.

I 'll do a new video soon.

[dustin253]

this is so gnarly dude!

[MongyMan23]

i have a sturgeon in my pond outside and i feed him blood worms will he grow fast?? Thank you!!

[tel51]

Blood worm are excellent food but he will need a balanced diet , it depends on what other food is available, over here we can buy pellets developed for Sturgeon and I'm sure you can there, take a look at Sturgeon-web for some great info.

[MongyMan23]

ok will do thanks man!!

[raywoolshy]

r they predators

[tel51]

if it fits in their mouth then they will eat it ,

[dingdongjl]

what material is it inside the pond? do you think bricks are any good for a pond interior? and i live in australia so its much hotter here.

[tel51]

I used 9" hollow concrete blocks with reinforcing steel rods and lots of concrete, its all about strength when you go down deep, bricks are OK but it depends what you ground is like and how deep you want to go, you will need to make sure there are no sharp edges or coat with some thing fish friendly, mine is rendered with sand and cement then fibre glassed, I wish I lived there now winter is just around the corner. Terry

[mnxmnx07]

There is no chance of your sturgeons to outgrow koi and eat them?

Do you keep more fish in your pond apart from Koi and Sturgeons?

[tel51]

it hasn't happened yet :)

[rickhorror]

do you harvest Caviar? or however its spelled

[tel51]

No , I believe they kill the Sturgeon when they take the eggs,

[jomoma2507]

Is this your tank?if it is its really cool '..Do you happen to know anythink for crayfish?

[tel51]

This is my garden pond with a viewing window, sorry I don't know about crayfish.

[laxmonkey123]

do the sturgeons bite, if yes i would snorkel with them

[tel51]

No but they give you a nasty suck ! been snorkelling in with them , the koi are not so keen but the sturgeon just try to swim straight through you.

[noobdestroyer12]

very nice and u hav some amazing fish

[tel51]

Thanks you got a nice tank of tropical's there yourself

[noobdestroyer12]

thanks watch my pond video i made one recently. it's nowhere near as ggod as yours

[pimpinisanart]

Could you tell me the names of those two breeds of sturgeon you have, the small dark one and the big grey one.

[tel51]

Hi the largest greys are Siberian Sturgeon (Acipenser baerii) the black & white are Stellate Sturgeon(Acipenser stellatus) and the smallest ones are Sterlet (Acipenser ruthenus) these can also be found as albinos and I have just bought one and its a real beauty.

[rcww92]

yo those fisgh are sick

[dogchain65]

no there not

[spygal1996]

realyrandomboy: i diddnt think u could mix up the different fish types like that

[tel51]

they get on fine, the koi will pig out on all the sturgeon food if they can though

[BBOYCONVICT]

man where can i find a sturgeon?

i have 6 koi and i'm looking for a sturgeon for a long time.

[tel51]

plenty for sale in the UK don't know about Greece