@fishingcalifornia100 had em a couple years ago. they al died in their adult stage once the temperatures got too hot for them. No chiller, no trout. those were the breaks. it was fun watching and raising them though. they were all clean and safe to eat too. only thing I added to the aquarium was biological bacteria. no chemicals added what so ever, because i planned on eating them after finding them dead one at a time the next morning. All still very fresh!
@fishingcalifornia100 also wanted to point out all the buffer treatment was completely natural with a mix of drift wood and aragonite sand to give it a balance of 7.0 ph. u.v. sterilizer and live plants helped keep the aquarium extra clean crystal clear, oxygenated and healthy.
@fishingcalifornia100 because I wanted to see ow many people will ask me that question later on. No really. I wasn't aware how often I did that until I watched this video. It was just how I expressed my excitement for having such awesome wild caught fish as pets and raising them successfully. Since then, I've found other ways to express my excitement and not let it all go to my brows. thanks for asking. haha!
@fishingcalifornia100 salmon egg on small single hook when they were 3-4 inches each. made sure they were barely hooked on the lip so it was easy to take out and not too much damage and very little handling necessary. the others that swallowed the hook or too difficult to pull out, just got tossed back, sometimes full grown mallards swallowed em whole. made sure I had a couple 5 gallon buckets with lids. Less ammonia build up and less oxygen depletion for the trip home. Bit tricky process.
@winkawak They were fine! plenty of room to chill with plenty of water flow which is what most trout do in the wild anyway, they mostly sit around and seldom move unless feeding or trying to escape from a predator. I've fished in clear ponds and lakes and streams to have observed their behavior in the wild. They had all the oxygen and clean water they needed, just no chiller, which I didn't have the money for.
@beersneers never heard that before. I always thought it was because it pollutes the lakes and streams, or because it wasn't a natural bait or food source. same as you can't use velveeta cheese anymore or gummy worms. unnatural and attracts them to much in comparison and pollutes the waters easier I heard. People feed corn and pees to salt water fish all the time when snorkeling. I'm sure fish can digest it just fine. We used to fish with velveeta all the time before laws were passed.
Can you tell me what name and brand feed pellets they are? It's hard to read the bag with the glare. I'm building a 400 gal. tank and would love to try to raise trout. I will be buying them from a local trout hatchery. I've had large and smallmouth bass, sunnie's, bluegills, perch, and crayfish. Right now, I'm building a water cooler to make the water temp colder than room temp. which should be around 60 degrees.
@Werloc made by Hikari brand I think. Hikari makes good quality food. floating or sinking pellets. also try feeding them krill and larger worms as they get bigger. I'm guessing you'll buy them large already? or at least once the tank is fully cycled with other fish recommended. Sounds like a fun project! be sure to post video once it's up. look forward to seeing it up and running, happy trout and all. Thanks.
I caught the trout in Cottonwood Creek, in the so. Sierra SW of Lone Pine. It was 4.5", and I put it in a 5-gal bottle with a battery-powered aerator & airstone, then put that inside a cooler with ice to keep it cool. It was about a 4-hour drive.
My fantasy is to fish Desert Creek flowing from Lobdell Lake in Mono County into western Nevada for a juvenile Arctic Grayling! Tried once before but only caught a few small brook trout. And yes, my kids think I'm weird!
@petethexman Awesome! you did all the right things to keep it alive! Although I'm sure there still was ammonia spike. keeping it cool I'm sure helped keep the ammonia level down.
In the late 80s, I had a golden trout in a 40-gal tank in my apartment in Long Beach, CA. His name was "Spot"and lived on frozen brine shrimp and red worms, since in their natural habitat they eat scuds. I had a walk-in closet - lowered the ceiling by placing 4' x 8' board on molding 18" from the ceiling and stapled insulation panels. I placed an air conditioner in a window and had my wine collection there too -- 55 to 60 degrees even in summer, high humidity . . . a plus for the wines.
@petethexman A couple questions for you. How did you catch or get the Gold trout? Those are pretty rare and hard to find, even in the mountains. If you caught it, where exactly? How on earth did you transport it all the way to long beach without it dying? How big was it when you received it and how much water volume was it transported in?
Nice,Im 11,Sounds pretty stupid right?But ive got to baby trout.4-5 Inches long.Only got em today.Lol.But Got all I need to raise em.Any Ideas on what to feed them?Or some helpful tips?
@Xbox360inHD first your aquarium should be 60 gallons or larger for that size trout. in a few months you'll need 100 gallon or larger, since they grow 1 inch a month. You can feed them cichlid pellets, worms, corn, flies. they love cichlid pellets I showed in the video. similar stuff they feed them on the hatchery farms. You also want to make sure your aquarium is well established with plenty of water flow and make sure the temperature stays around 50- 70 degrees. no higher no lower. Good Luck!
@Gidenkidenk caught when they were 3-4 inches just a few days after they came from a hatchery into the lake. thousands of them everywhere. practically all that could be caught! lol!
@szkrcd you need at least 100 gallon aquarium to house at the most 2-3 trout since they grow very fast! They grow average 1 inch per month. I would not recommend trying to raise trout unless you've been in the hobby and advanced experience for a while and really know what you're doing. You also need a chiller during warmer weather conditions.
@WTHunter771 go for it! I was saying that to myself several years ago when I was running a salt water and cichlid tank. I made my dream a reality once I moved to where it was colder climate which makes caring for them a lot easier. If you don't live in colder climates, you'll need a chiller and plenty of swimming room and water flow for oxygen.
@hansices was plenty of room before they grew to that size. trout grow very fast. rate of 1 inch per month. I had them since they were juvenile 3-4 inches. they did very well until the Summer heat killed them. I had the temp down between 65-70 the entire time during Spring through Summer. They just couldn't handle the daily temperature fluctuations. pretty much why I've explained a dozen times or so, how important it is to have a chiller for trout. the tank was 120 gallons with extra 40 sump.
@mmmmmarcus Thank you. it all comes down to knowledge and experience. If I had a chiller running on it, they would have lasted longer. Living in an apartment, may have annoyed the neighbors with the constant noise and would have run up my electricity bill during the Summer. Thanks. You can do a lot with very little. I believe the u.v. Sterylizer definately helped keep the water crystal clear and clean, while helping bring more oxygen with powerhead pump and live plants. Trout need lots of oxygen
i probably will siund stupid but what is the difference between a steelhead and a rainbow trout is it just what different regions call them, i am frim north dakota and we call them rainbows, or is it a male female thing?
Steelhead are sea run rainbow. They migrate to the ocean or a large body of water and live there, returning to rivers and streams only to mate. They're called that because they turn silvery.
@hklwdr you asked why I constantly raised and lowered my eyebrows when I was talking. So here's your answer. I wasn't really paying attention or aware that I was at the time. I was just excited about having pet trout, feeding them and sharing my experience with others through modern technology. I guess that's how I express my excitement. Haha! Thanks to others asking the same question in the past, I'm more aware of it now and have mostly kicked that habit i was unaware of. I still do it sometime
@Bassmanster9 I never released them because many people recommend not to release them incase they ever contracted any kind of disease or illness while in the aquarium. Mine didn't though. they were pretty healthy the entire time.
@madfishinskillz yes, on a tiny hook with thin string using one salmon egg with power egg above the salmon egg to attract them. Caught all of them when they were 3-4 inches each. Made sure the ones I kept didn't swallow the hook and were caught only by the lip and as little harm and stress to the fish as possible, to Insure survival. Also made sure the tank was fully cycled, correct ph level and temperature.
@bakerfish17 no, had them over 2 years ago. They all lived to adulthood, and were mighty tasty after I cooked them up while they were still fresh the morning after each of them died at seperate times.
@puLse943 no, they died over 2 years ago at nearly full adult size and they were still very fresh the next morning when I found them. good eatin too! lol!
@Leothefisherman Thanks. They are more sensitive to temperature fluctuations than bass and other warm to neutral water fish. I highly recommend you're sure you own a chiller before you try trout. Also have an aquarium atleast 100 gallons or more with no more than 2 trout for 100 gallons. This was a 120 gallon with an extra 30 gallons flowing through my sump and to have four large tout in it was pushing it. No problem when they start out small, but watch, they grow 1 inch per month! Thats fast!
Hey i was wondering what size your 3 trout is now? I caught 2 trout in the river and ive had them for about 2 weeks now and there still alive lol and no oxigen tank thingy lol
@Bowmadness111 I had them over 2 years ago. They each lived to be 11-15 inches long. trout typically grow 1 inch per month if you're feeding them well, taking good care of them and their aquarium in a large enough tank.
@Bowmadness111 I had my trout from September 2008-May 2009 from the time they were 3-4 inches long. just juveniles still, and I raised them in appropriate environments and fed them the same stuff they're fed at the trout farms before they're stocked in the lakes and rivers. Pretty much cichlid pellets. that's all. Good luck on keeping your trout long enough to see them live for a month in the conditions you have your trout in.
@miracoli5 constant removal of water from tank into sump/filter/tank through u.v. sterilizer back into tank with an additional pump flowing water in the tank for flow and oxygen. plus live plants to help reduce toxins while creating more oxygen exchange. tricky, but simple once you've got the hang of it and know what you're doing. The trickiest part was not having a chiller and keeping them cool as long as possible. Trout need (consistent) cold water temp for high oxygen levels as well.
@QuadSpot If and when I try it again, I'll be sure to have a chiller instead of trying to keep the temp around 60. it was a hassle trying to keep it around 60 during spring and summer months using only several 1 gallon frozen jugs constantly cycling them on a daily basis. Thanks for sharing.
@PatrickCha13 very small single hook with salmon egg and power egg above the salmon egg at the neck of the hook. I chose to go fishing right after the lake got stocked with thousands of juvenile trout. Only kept the ones that were easy to take hook out of lip without stressing it out real bad. I was very gentle catching, keeping them in fresh cold 5 gallon bucket of water and transporting 1 at a time home, to ensure more oxygen for higher survival rate.
@hamlintyler I didn't have a chiller at the time. I kept them cool to a temp between 60 and 70 as long as I could using several 1 gallon frozen jugs in the 40 gallon sump/filter I was using. I now have a deep freezer that I'm turning into a chiller by using a couple hundred feet of coiled hose, bulk heads and other stuff for the inlet and outlet of the freezer/chiller. It should work just fine. cheeper than buying a new aquarium chiller, more quite and still gets the job done.
@farkas171 you could try the cichlid pellets like I fed my rainbows. They pretty much feed them the same stuff at trout farms. I've seen people feed their trout, worms, crickets, flies as well. you could try corn, but it won't give them a rounded diet. I fed mine cichlid pellets, because it has all the nutrients they need, and they loved it.
@farkas171 yep, they do eat them and they can be found at any pet shop or aquarium shop that sales fish, cichlid fish especially. Last time I went to a trout farm, they were feeding them the same stuff or similar. The ingredients in cichlid pellets are cornmeal, meal worm and other protein and fiber rich stuff they need in their diet.
@TheChris518 too late, already eaten over 1 year ago. they were good eaten too! hahaha! each reached anywhere from 11" to 15" long fat and healthy too.
@05you2 140 gallons total when you count the extra 20 gallons of water coming and going from the sump filtration tank. the tank it's self is 120 gallons and the trout seemed to do just fine with just 3-4 of them in there. they all managed to respect each others space and there still was room for them to swim around. If I had a larger place and more money to spend, I would have kept them in a larger aquarium, or just 1-2 trout instead of 4. They all did fine though and lived into their adult life
@thelilspokey I thought of doing that, but wouldn't want to put them through that stress. Too late now. they're all gone and eaten, digested and in fish heaven. haha!
@WVlandnwater no. they were outside covered and protected from any possible birds of prey, racoons or any other predator, on an upper solid wall balcony on the second floor of an apartment. Natural sunlight, and no need for any additional expensive lighting or electric bill, minus the heater constantly running during colder winter months. Didn't want them turning into popsicles in a smaller body of water.
@3Deditor you live up north, i remember when i was real young my dad was taking care of one of his farmers and he had trout in tanks in his basement, which id guess would save power on cooling the water and what not
@WVlandnwater sure, I could see that working, but the trout still need natural sun light or full spectrum lighting like all fish. Otherwise they'll become defficient in recieving vitamin D, become very unhealthy, sick and die a lot sooner than normal. What ever money that farmer wasn't spending on cooling, I'm sure he had to spend on lighting.
@3Deditor yea i was real young so i barely remember, this guy had everything even black bears, i wonder if browns would be easier to keep because they tolerate warmer water
@WVlandnwater actually, you're wrong on that statement. Brown trout are less tolerant of warmer waters. They need atleast 60 degrees and below. I looked into it before I decided to raise any trout, just in case I happened to catch a healthy brown. I even asked experts on this and they confirmed rainbows are more tolerant and can handle up to 70 and thats it. Bass, blue gill and cat fish can handle warm water just fine.
@WVlandnwater now that also makes sense why he would raise trout, so he would have fresh supply of food for his bears. That means he would have had to of had huge tanks with hundreds of trout to be able to supply enough for his bears. Do you remember him having huge tanks with heavy system equipment to sustain alot of trout?
@3Deditor no this was back in the mid to late 90s im 21 now so i was pretty young, my dad said he fed them dog food, , yea i asked this guy at a hatchery and pay fish lakes place why he didnt sell browns cause i wanted them because they tolerate warmer water but he said brookss and rainbows surprise ya, especially rainbows, but in my trout book it say browns prefer either 60-65 or 65-70 degrees more warmer than other trout, cuttthroats were up there to in tolerating warm water
@WVlandnwater oh ok. maybe I got mixed up on which was which, because I read something similar in a book as well. I just know that any trout can not handle anything over 70 degrees, especially constant fluctuation in temperature can damage their immune system and eventually kill them in a short amount of time.
@3Deditor maryland stocks cutthroat up in the north branch about 45 mins away from where i live, i always wanted to catch some and put em in my creek, i had a cousin that kept trout in a inflatable pool but they had a cold spring coming out of a mtn for water supply, my biggest problem i have in my creek is with blue herons eating my trout, and a large amount of largemouth that moved upstream out of my cousins flood control dam
@WVlandnwater hmmm interesting. i guess that's why you see fish hatcheries have large nets over their ponds and even fences around them. I bet you can use some kind of light weight screen net over your pool or pond. Good luck with that. make sure the pond/pool is already well filtered and cycled, otherwise you'll just keep killing trout.
@farlynest no smaller than 80 g. For 1 adult trout 10-15 inch. I was running a total of 140 g with 4 medium trout just fine, then once they became adult size, 10 inch & more, the amount of bacteria, dirt, live plants, uv wasn't enough to sustain them. 1 croaked 1 month apart, as they grew fast. Water temp, nitrite levels fluctuating often, stress them out. You need atleat 150 g or more for 3-4 trout & follow all my recommendations & directions in comments, to raise them succesfully. Good Luck!
@RennTaPenn it depends if you need a special license or if you can buy them to raise them or just need a regular fishing license. Each state might have different rules. Im not the person to ask when it comes to stocking more than half a dozen or so native species in a home pond. You really gotta know what you're doing too in order to keep them happy and healthy.
Man I live right next to a little stream where I flyfish for the 2-4" rainbow and coastal cutthroat trout that it's filled with and even the odd 8 or 10 incher and I catch a fish on just about every single cast it's about a 5 minute walk up a huge hill (paved road) up to my house I wonder if I could put one in a bucket of water, take him home, show him off a little, replace the water, walk him back down to the stream and release him does anyone think he could survive all that???
@9988noah It's normally not a good idea to catch, bring put in an aquarium and release, especially if the trout is mixed in with other species who may carry different diseases. If you're going to catch and release, do so. If you want to try to raise one/some, check out all my suggestions below.
@9988noah to answer your question, I think it could work, depending on the size of the fish to the amount of water for oxygenation. Also keep in mind if the small body of water stays as cool or cooler than the stream/lake it came from, it has a higher chance of surviving, because in colder water, there's more oxygen. careful that smaller bodies of water cool and warm quicker. you may need a 10 gallon ice chest on wheels to ensure survival and not just a 5 gallon bucket. I used one all the time.
@casualrap95 read all of the feedback I've given others below and on the other comment pages from this video. Im positive you'll find a lot of helpful advice. Good luck with it!
@dutchdutch41 someone already asked that question. It's my 5th answer down the comment thread. Thanks they were gorgeous fish. Wish they could have lived longer. They were still good eaten and fresh. Each one grew between 11-17 inches before they croaked.
@attananightshadow yes of course. I believe I've explained a lot of details on how to take care of trout in this video pretty thoroughly to a lot of people asking. There might be a few other places in the comments thread where I said it needs to be below 70 degrees. it's best to keep the temperature running at a consistent 60-65 if you can. During the winter the temps got down to 50 degrees even with a heater constantly running on it. they did fine outside during the winter, Summer's difficult
@oickler I no longer own it, but the main aquarium housing the fish was 120 gallons long and taller than wider for obvious reasons to give the trout more room to swim and places to hide. The aquarium was accompanied by an overflow box transferring water into a 40 gallon aquarium/sump/filter which was all home made into separate chambers and worked awesome! The the water was then pumped back in the aquarium through a pond u.v. sterilizer back into the main aquarium for extra clean healthy water.
@FearCee I appreciate the kind words, even if it's just for the sake of having pet trout. In all fairness, everyone is at the place they need to be and experience in life and it's not always going to be smelling the roses and eating candy. It takes a lot of hard work, time, patience and study for anyone to achieve their goals and dreams. Raising trout was just one of mine even if it wasn't perfect. It still came with its trials. Thanks for watching. Glad you enjoyed it.
@tseveree Why don't you try asking next time if they ever jump out or why weren't they jumping out? Then my answer to you would be, "the trout I raised" have been trained since juvenile stage that there's an invisible barrier that will only allow them to go so high. I had made a clear plexiglass lid cover that was over the top of the tank most the time. anytime they tried jumping for their food, their noggins would bump the top, so they learned over time not to jump too high. I had them trained.
@zay123455432 trout can be anywhere from semi aggressive to aggressive, depending on how long you've had one of them compared to the others, how much individual space they have in the aquarium, male female relationships while showing their dominance etc. Since it's hard to tell which ones are male and female in trout, your safest bet is to make sure there are plenty of hiding places, dwelling for each of them, and make sure there's plenty of room. never overcrowd a tank. Basic rules for all fish
At this time, I will no longer answer anymore questions that haven't already been answered in previous posts. So before you decide to post a question or comment that refers to taking care of trout or the size of the aquarium and equipment used and food etc, please refer to previous answers I've already given. If you can not find an answer to your question in any of the posts, please feel free to question or comment, and I'll do my best to point you in a good direction. Thank You!
@r3dhaz32 not sure on their weight. they were very well fed and each of them were 11-15 inches when they died. I only kept a total of 4 in a 120 gallon aquarium. The first one that died was around 12 inches. then the second one to go was 11 inches, the third to go was around 15 inches and the last was 13. Makes me wonder if I had only kept one the entire time it would have lived even longer if the water temperature conditions were right. I did everything right except no chiller.
@3Deditor The temperatures were fine until Summer temperatures kicked in. it needs to be a "consistent" 60-70 degrees no more extreme fluctuation than that, otherwise their immune system will crash and then they eventually get sick and die.
@r3dhaz32 well thats extremely crucial with trout. they're kinda feeble little creatures and they're temp. sensitive. i know when i fish they follow the flop, so i change spot when it warms. what season did they die?
@r3dhaz32 between mid to late May and Late June, early July. I tried to keep the temperatures down by placing 4 gallons of frozen water jugs in the sump and keeping them under shade during the day. It helped keep the temperature down to at least 65-70 most the day, but not for long. You really need a chiller and plenty of room for them to swim during warmer months if you ever plan on keeping trout. Using frozen jugs of water just doesn't cut it and a huge hassle to upkeep.
@longwanghung you can find answers to all of your questions through all the answers I provided already to others interested in the same thing. thank you for watching and your interest.
dats very gud man. im just after '' obtaining '' a small brown today. its only about 3 1/2 inches long and seems to hav settled down very well in my tank. hav you any tips that might help in raising it??
@Somerandomdude69 yes, read all of my replies to all of the questions I provided on this video and you'll find all kinds of helpful information on raising your trout properly. I raised mine since they were 3-4 inches and they did very well for the most part. Good luck with that!
@jaime8907 Hahaha! yep! that's eventually the idea, once they reached over 12 inches. All of those trout reached over 11 inches before they died. They were still very fresh for cleaning, cooking and eating since they all passed away over night. sad, but it happens eventually to all living creatures.
@AiDaN2005 no, because I had lids on top most the time. I only took it off completely to to show the top of the inside of the tank while feeding them. they got used to not being able to jump out. so it was like an invisible barrier to them.
Nice do u still have em?
fishingcalifornia100 19 hours ago
@fishingcalifornia100 had em a couple years ago. they al died in their adult stage once the temperatures got too hot for them. No chiller, no trout. those were the breaks. it was fun watching and raising them though. they were all clean and safe to eat too. only thing I added to the aquarium was biological bacteria. no chemicals added what so ever, because i planned on eating them after finding them dead one at a time the next morning. All still very fresh!
3Deditor 19 hours ago
@fishingcalifornia100 also wanted to point out all the buffer treatment was completely natural with a mix of drift wood and aragonite sand to give it a balance of 7.0 ph. u.v. sterilizer and live plants helped keep the aquarium extra clean crystal clear, oxygenated and healthy.
3Deditor 18 hours ago
y do u keep raising ur brows
fishingcalifornia100 4 days ago
@fishingcalifornia100 because I wanted to see ow many people will ask me that question later on. No really. I wasn't aware how often I did that until I watched this video. It was just how I expressed my excitement for having such awesome wild caught fish as pets and raising them successfully. Since then, I've found other ways to express my excitement and not let it all go to my brows. thanks for asking. haha!
3Deditor 4 days ago
@3Deditor Anyways very nice video. WHat did u catch the trout with?
fishingcalifornia100 3 days ago
@fishingcalifornia100 salmon egg on small single hook when they were 3-4 inches each. made sure they were barely hooked on the lip so it was easy to take out and not too much damage and very little handling necessary. the others that swallowed the hook or too difficult to pull out, just got tossed back, sometimes full grown mallards swallowed em whole. made sure I had a couple 5 gallon buckets with lids. Less ammonia build up and less oxygen depletion for the trip home. Bit tricky process.
3Deditor 3 days ago
rais your focka
nokas123cat 2 days ago
bigger tanks?
winkawak 6 days ago
@winkawak They were fine! plenty of room to chill with plenty of water flow which is what most trout do in the wild anyway, they mostly sit around and seldom move unless feeding or trying to escape from a predator. I've fished in clear ponds and lakes and streams to have observed their behavior in the wild. They had all the oxygen and clean water they needed, just no chiller, which I didn't have the money for.
3Deditor 6 days ago
I thought that corn was not good for trout bc they can't digest it...I may be wrong, but I was told that's why it is illegal to fish with it...
beersneers 2 weeks ago
@beersneers never heard that before. I always thought it was because it pollutes the lakes and streams, or because it wasn't a natural bait or food source. same as you can't use velveeta cheese anymore or gummy worms. unnatural and attracts them to much in comparison and pollutes the waters easier I heard. People feed corn and pees to salt water fish all the time when snorkeling. I'm sure fish can digest it just fine. We used to fish with velveeta all the time before laws were passed.
3Deditor 2 weeks ago
Ok, nevermind. I saw it posted below....;)
Werloc 2 weeks ago
Can you tell me what name and brand feed pellets they are? It's hard to read the bag with the glare. I'm building a 400 gal. tank and would love to try to raise trout. I will be buying them from a local trout hatchery. I've had large and smallmouth bass, sunnie's, bluegills, perch, and crayfish. Right now, I'm building a water cooler to make the water temp colder than room temp. which should be around 60 degrees.
Werloc 2 weeks ago
@Werloc made by Hikari brand I think. Hikari makes good quality food. floating or sinking pellets. also try feeding them krill and larger worms as they get bigger. I'm guessing you'll buy them large already? or at least once the tank is fully cycled with other fish recommended. Sounds like a fun project! be sure to post video once it's up. look forward to seeing it up and running, happy trout and all. Thanks.
3Deditor 2 weeks ago
I caught the trout in Cottonwood Creek, in the so. Sierra SW of Lone Pine. It was 4.5", and I put it in a 5-gal bottle with a battery-powered aerator & airstone, then put that inside a cooler with ice to keep it cool. It was about a 4-hour drive.
My fantasy is to fish Desert Creek flowing from Lobdell Lake in Mono County into western Nevada for a juvenile Arctic Grayling! Tried once before but only caught a few small brook trout. And yes, my kids think I'm weird!
petethexman 3 weeks ago
@petethexman Awesome! you did all the right things to keep it alive! Although I'm sure there still was ammonia spike. keeping it cool I'm sure helped keep the ammonia level down.
3Deditor 3 weeks ago
In the late 80s, I had a golden trout in a 40-gal tank in my apartment in Long Beach, CA. His name was "Spot"and lived on frozen brine shrimp and red worms, since in their natural habitat they eat scuds. I had a walk-in closet - lowered the ceiling by placing 4' x 8' board on molding 18" from the ceiling and stapled insulation panels. I placed an air conditioner in a window and had my wine collection there too -- 55 to 60 degrees even in summer, high humidity . . . a plus for the wines.
petethexman 3 weeks ago
@petethexman COOL STORY BRO....
xDIRTYSOUTHx 3 weeks ago
@petethexman great idea, thanks for sharing
3Deditor 3 weeks ago
@petethexman A couple questions for you. How did you catch or get the Gold trout? Those are pretty rare and hard to find, even in the mountains. If you caught it, where exactly? How on earth did you transport it all the way to long beach without it dying? How big was it when you received it and how much water volume was it transported in?
3Deditor 3 weeks ago
Nice,Im 11,Sounds pretty stupid right?But ive got to baby trout.4-5 Inches long.Only got em today.Lol.But Got all I need to raise em.Any Ideas on what to feed them?Or some helpful tips?
Thanks.
Liam.
Xbox360inHD 4 weeks ago
@Xbox360inHD first your aquarium should be 60 gallons or larger for that size trout. in a few months you'll need 100 gallon or larger, since they grow 1 inch a month. You can feed them cichlid pellets, worms, corn, flies. they love cichlid pellets I showed in the video. similar stuff they feed them on the hatchery farms. You also want to make sure your aquarium is well established with plenty of water flow and make sure the temperature stays around 50- 70 degrees. no higher no lower. Good Luck!
3Deditor 4 weeks ago
did you catch these or get them from a hatchery?
Gidenkidenk 4 weeks ago
@Gidenkidenk caught when they were 3-4 inches just a few days after they came from a hatchery into the lake. thousands of them everywhere. practically all that could be caught! lol!
3Deditor 4 weeks ago
Yeah, because Trouts are Cichlids...
Zeke8762 1 month ago
@Zeke8762 did not know that they were categorized in the cichlid family.
3Deditor 1 month ago
@Zeke8762 i believe you are misinformed sir
jhammaR18 4 weeks ago
@jhammaR18 Its called sarcasm sir. I said that because he should be feeding them Trout food, not African Cichlid food lol.
Zeke8762 4 weeks ago
@Zeke8762 his eyebrows twitching shit scares me
twostickmapex 4 weeks ago
@twostickmapex Lol I didn't realize this was you. I was like who is this random fuck saying that to me lmfao.
Zeke8762 4 weeks ago
very cool. Now i have to get rid of all my guppies and get some trout. By the way, where did you get the trouts?
szkrcd 1 month ago
@szkrcd you need at least 100 gallon aquarium to house at the most 2-3 trout since they grow very fast! They grow average 1 inch per month. I would not recommend trying to raise trout unless you've been in the hobby and advanced experience for a while and really know what you're doing. You also need a chiller during warmer weather conditions.
3Deditor 1 month ago
nice i didnt no u could raise trouts in a tank, do u have to keep the water cold all the time?
SixFootEightTao 1 month ago
@SixFootEightTao yes around 60-70 degrees no higher. and no lower than 50 degrees.
3Deditor 1 month ago
Yep I lifted my eyebrows a lot in this video, someone must have glued fishing string to my eyebrows and kept lifting them up as I was talking. haha!
3Deditor 2 months ago
cool, I wanna do something like this one day
WTHunter771 2 months ago
@WTHunter771 go for it! I was saying that to myself several years ago when I was running a salt water and cichlid tank. I made my dream a reality once I moved to where it was colder climate which makes caring for them a lot easier. If you don't live in colder climates, you'll need a chiller and plenty of swimming room and water flow for oxygen.
3Deditor 2 months ago
they look good in my frying pan! nice trouts btw!
unwantedguysss 2 months ago
@unwantedguysss funny, that's exactly what my cousin said when he first saw this video over 2 years ago.
3Deditor 2 months ago
thats way to small to keep these fishes
hansices 3 months ago
@hansices was plenty of room before they grew to that size. trout grow very fast. rate of 1 inch per month. I had them since they were juvenile 3-4 inches. they did very well until the Summer heat killed them. I had the temp down between 65-70 the entire time during Spring through Summer. They just couldn't handle the daily temperature fluctuations. pretty much why I've explained a dozen times or so, how important it is to have a chiller for trout. the tank was 120 gallons with extra 40 sump.
3Deditor 3 months ago
The length you kept them alive is actually impressive for such a small tank. Impressive aquaculture skills.
mmmmmarcus 3 months ago
@mmmmmarcus Thank you. it all comes down to knowledge and experience. If I had a chiller running on it, they would have lasted longer. Living in an apartment, may have annoyed the neighbors with the constant noise and would have run up my electricity bill during the Summer. Thanks. You can do a lot with very little. I believe the u.v. Sterylizer definately helped keep the water crystal clear and clean, while helping bring more oxygen with powerhead pump and live plants. Trout need lots of oxygen
3Deditor 3 months ago
i probably will siund stupid but what is the difference between a steelhead and a rainbow trout is it just what different regions call them, i am frim north dakota and we call them rainbows, or is it a male female thing?
InZaNePrEcIsIoN 3 months ago
@InZaNePrEcIsIoN I'm not sure. it could be a type of trout or a full grown rainbow. Not sure. Google is a good resource.
3Deditor 3 months ago
@InZaNePrEcIsIoN They are different kinds of trout. Where I fish we have browns and rainbows.
pmuellerblue22 3 months ago
@pmuellerblue22 no there rainbows
comandegree 1 month ago
@InZaNePrEcIsIoN
Steelhead are sea run rainbow. They migrate to the ocean or a large body of water and live there, returning to rivers and streams only to mate. They're called that because they turn silvery.
lokisgodhi 2 weeks ago
@hklwdr you asked why I constantly raised and lowered my eyebrows when I was talking. So here's your answer. I wasn't really paying attention or aware that I was at the time. I was just excited about having pet trout, feeding them and sharing my experience with others through modern technology. I guess that's how I express my excitement. Haha! Thanks to others asking the same question in the past, I'm more aware of it now and have mostly kicked that habit i was unaware of. I still do it sometime
3Deditor 3 months ago
@3Deditor hahahahahahahha
hklwdr 3 months ago
A coupple of werks before u release them u should feed them live food flys and worms
Bassmanster9 3 months ago
@Bassmanster9 I never released them because many people recommend not to release them incase they ever contracted any kind of disease or illness while in the aquarium. Mine didn't though. they were pretty healthy the entire time.
3Deditor 3 months ago
This video is OPEN comments once again. Have at it, ask all the questions you want. Enjoy.
3Deditor 3 months ago
did they fight?
05you2 4 months ago
@05you2 yes, once in a while, especially after they reached adulthood. which is around 8-10 inches. before that, they got along just fine.
3Deditor 4 months ago
did you catch the trout yourself
madfishinskillz 4 months ago
@madfishinskillz yes, on a tiny hook with thin string using one salmon egg with power egg above the salmon egg to attract them. Caught all of them when they were 3-4 inches each. Made sure the ones I kept didn't swallow the hook and were caught only by the lip and as little harm and stress to the fish as possible, to Insure survival. Also made sure the tank was fully cycled, correct ph level and temperature.
3Deditor 4 months ago
How did you keep the temp. in the tank cold
bakerfish17 4 months ago
@bakerfish17 no, had them over 2 years ago. They all lived to adulthood, and were mighty tasty after I cooked them up while they were still fresh the morning after each of them died at seperate times.
3Deditor 4 months ago
are they still alive?
puLse943 5 months ago
@puLse943 no, they died over 2 years ago at nearly full adult size and they were still very fresh the next morning when I found them. good eatin too! lol!
3Deditor 5 months ago
your fish are Wonderful looking great job on them i enjoy rock bass my self seeing this makes me wana take on trout as well haha
Leothefisherman 6 months ago
@Leothefisherman Thanks. They are more sensitive to temperature fluctuations than bass and other warm to neutral water fish. I highly recommend you're sure you own a chiller before you try trout. Also have an aquarium atleast 100 gallons or more with no more than 2 trout for 100 gallons. This was a 120 gallon with an extra 30 gallons flowing through my sump and to have four large tout in it was pushing it. No problem when they start out small, but watch, they grow 1 inch per month! Thats fast!
3Deditor 6 months ago
Nice
Xeneon99 6 months ago
Hey i was wondering what size your 3 trout is now? I caught 2 trout in the river and ive had them for about 2 weeks now and there still alive lol and no oxigen tank thingy lol
Bowmadness111 6 months ago
@Bowmadness111 I had them over 2 years ago. They each lived to be 11-15 inches long. trout typically grow 1 inch per month if you're feeding them well, taking good care of them and their aquarium in a large enough tank.
3Deditor 6 months ago
@Bowmadness111 I had my trout from September 2008-May 2009 from the time they were 3-4 inches long. just juveniles still, and I raised them in appropriate environments and fed them the same stuff they're fed at the trout farms before they're stocked in the lakes and rivers. Pretty much cichlid pellets. that's all. Good luck on keeping your trout long enough to see them live for a month in the conditions you have your trout in.
3Deditor 6 months ago
how do you manage to keep them alive, as they require streaming water for survival?
miracoli5 6 months ago
@miracoli5 constant removal of water from tank into sump/filter/tank through u.v. sterilizer back into tank with an additional pump flowing water in the tank for flow and oxygen. plus live plants to help reduce toxins while creating more oxygen exchange. tricky, but simple once you've got the hang of it and know what you're doing. The trickiest part was not having a chiller and keeping them cool as long as possible. Trout need (consistent) cold water temp for high oxygen levels as well.
3Deditor 6 months ago
@QuadSpot If and when I try it again, I'll be sure to have a chiller instead of trying to keep the temp around 60. it was a hassle trying to keep it around 60 during spring and summer months using only several 1 gallon frozen jugs constantly cycling them on a daily basis. Thanks for sharing.
3Deditor 6 months ago
how did u catch them?and how did u make them stay alive when u caught them?PLZ ANSWER!thank u
PatrickCha13 7 months ago
@PatrickCha13 very small single hook with salmon egg and power egg above the salmon egg at the neck of the hook. I chose to go fishing right after the lake got stocked with thousands of juvenile trout. Only kept the ones that were easy to take hook out of lip without stressing it out real bad. I was very gentle catching, keeping them in fresh cold 5 gallon bucket of water and transporting 1 at a time home, to ensure more oxygen for higher survival rate.
3Deditor 7 months ago
@PatrickCha13 @PatrickCha13 Once home, they aclimated very well in my "established" aquarium. The rest is knowing how to care for fish.
3Deditor 7 months ago
what do you use for a water chiller?
hamlintyler 7 months ago
@hamlintyler I didn't have a chiller at the time. I kept them cool to a temp between 60 and 70 as long as I could using several 1 gallon frozen jugs in the 40 gallon sump/filter I was using. I now have a deep freezer that I'm turning into a chiller by using a couple hundred feet of coiled hose, bulk heads and other stuff for the inlet and outlet of the freezer/chiller. It should work just fine. cheeper than buying a new aquarium chiller, more quite and still gets the job done.
3Deditor 7 months ago
make a good meal 1n day
casyo1 7 months ago
@casyo1 they were yummy!
3Deditor 7 months ago
i have a question. what is best too feed wild brook trout with? something that is easy to find or you already have at home, like corn or something
farkas171 8 months ago
@farkas171 you could try the cichlid pellets like I fed my rainbows. They pretty much feed them the same stuff at trout farms. I've seen people feed their trout, worms, crickets, flies as well. you could try corn, but it won't give them a rounded diet. I fed mine cichlid pellets, because it has all the nutrients they need, and they loved it.
3Deditor 8 months ago
@3Deditor ok where can i buy these cichlid pellets? i live in sweden so i dont know where to go? and wild brook trout will eat this? :)
farkas171 8 months ago
@farkas171 yep, they do eat them and they can be found at any pet shop or aquarium shop that sales fish, cichlid fish especially. Last time I went to a trout farm, they were feeding them the same stuff or similar. The ingredients in cichlid pellets are cornmeal, meal worm and other protein and fiber rich stuff they need in their diet.
3Deditor 8 months ago
@3Deditor thank you very much! :) helped alot!! :D
farkas171 8 months ago
@farkas171 welcome
3Deditor 8 months ago
they'd look good in my frying pan, mmmm
TheChris518 8 months ago
@TheChris518 too late, already eaten over 1 year ago. they were good eaten too! hahaha! each reached anywhere from 11" to 15" long fat and healthy too.
3Deditor 8 months ago
ow big is the tank?
05you2 8 months ago
@05you2 140 gallons total when you count the extra 20 gallons of water coming and going from the sump filtration tank. the tank it's self is 120 gallons and the trout seemed to do just fine with just 3-4 of them in there. they all managed to respect each others space and there still was room for them to swim around. If I had a larger place and more money to spend, I would have kept them in a larger aquarium, or just 1-2 trout instead of 4. They all did fine though and lived into their adult life
3Deditor 8 months ago
bit small but cool tank
Jakeanatorable 8 months ago
thought so...thats neat
abbycici 8 months ago
how do you keep the water cool enough?
abbycici 8 months ago
@abbycici you need to invest in a chiller if you want to be more successful at keeping the temp down to a consistent 60 degrees year round.
3Deditor 8 months ago
ever feed them gold fish/ minnows?
chickendoodoo 9 months ago
@chickendoodoo no
3Deditor 9 months ago
read all the questions, comments and replies to everyones questions on this video. You'll find all the answers to your questions there. Best Fishes!
3Deditor 10 months ago
is it hard to keep them as pets? How big is your tank? i'd love to do this!
JAMMAN1701 10 months ago
did you ever try to feed them by hand?
colinf94404 10 months ago
@colinf94404 yes, and they did eat out of my hand a few times. but their bite kind of hurt a little with their rough teeth. mostly tickled though.
3Deditor 10 months ago
they are pretty
woshigepro 10 months ago
haha they taste good
thelilspokey 10 months ago
put a hook and a worm then tape to see how they bite worms
thelilspokey 11 months ago
@thelilspokey I thought of doing that, but wouldn't want to put them through that stress. Too late now. they're all gone and eaten, digested and in fish heaven. haha!
3Deditor 10 months ago
neat stuff, did you have em in a basement?
WVlandnwater 11 months ago
@WVlandnwater no. they were outside covered and protected from any possible birds of prey, racoons or any other predator, on an upper solid wall balcony on the second floor of an apartment. Natural sunlight, and no need for any additional expensive lighting or electric bill, minus the heater constantly running during colder winter months. Didn't want them turning into popsicles in a smaller body of water.
3Deditor 11 months ago
@3Deditor you live up north, i remember when i was real young my dad was taking care of one of his farmers and he had trout in tanks in his basement, which id guess would save power on cooling the water and what not
WVlandnwater 11 months ago
@WVlandnwater sure, I could see that working, but the trout still need natural sun light or full spectrum lighting like all fish. Otherwise they'll become defficient in recieving vitamin D, become very unhealthy, sick and die a lot sooner than normal. What ever money that farmer wasn't spending on cooling, I'm sure he had to spend on lighting.
3Deditor 11 months ago
@3Deditor yea i was real young so i barely remember, this guy had everything even black bears, i wonder if browns would be easier to keep because they tolerate warmer water
WVlandnwater 11 months ago
@WVlandnwater actually, you're wrong on that statement. Brown trout are less tolerant of warmer waters. They need atleast 60 degrees and below. I looked into it before I decided to raise any trout, just in case I happened to catch a healthy brown. I even asked experts on this and they confirmed rainbows are more tolerant and can handle up to 70 and thats it. Bass, blue gill and cat fish can handle warm water just fine.
3Deditor 11 months ago
@WVlandnwater now that also makes sense why he would raise trout, so he would have fresh supply of food for his bears. That means he would have had to of had huge tanks with hundreds of trout to be able to supply enough for his bears. Do you remember him having huge tanks with heavy system equipment to sustain alot of trout?
3Deditor 11 months ago
@3Deditor no this was back in the mid to late 90s im 21 now so i was pretty young, my dad said he fed them dog food, , yea i asked this guy at a hatchery and pay fish lakes place why he didnt sell browns cause i wanted them because they tolerate warmer water but he said brookss and rainbows surprise ya, especially rainbows, but in my trout book it say browns prefer either 60-65 or 65-70 degrees more warmer than other trout, cuttthroats were up there to in tolerating warm water
WVlandnwater 11 months ago
@WVlandnwater oh ok. maybe I got mixed up on which was which, because I read something similar in a book as well. I just know that any trout can not handle anything over 70 degrees, especially constant fluctuation in temperature can damage their immune system and eventually kill them in a short amount of time.
3Deditor 11 months ago
@WVlandnwater I also didn't know that bears ate dog food. haha! You'd think they'd enjoy more solid raw meaty foods like in nature.
3Deditor 11 months ago
@3Deditor maryland stocks cutthroat up in the north branch about 45 mins away from where i live, i always wanted to catch some and put em in my creek, i had a cousin that kept trout in a inflatable pool but they had a cold spring coming out of a mtn for water supply, my biggest problem i have in my creek is with blue herons eating my trout, and a large amount of largemouth that moved upstream out of my cousins flood control dam
WVlandnwater 11 months ago
@WVlandnwater hmmm interesting. i guess that's why you see fish hatcheries have large nets over their ponds and even fences around them. I bet you can use some kind of light weight screen net over your pool or pond. Good luck with that. make sure the pond/pool is already well filtered and cycled, otherwise you'll just keep killing trout.
3Deditor 11 months ago
how big of a tank do you have cause now i want trout
farlynest 1 year ago
@farlynest no smaller than 80 g. For 1 adult trout 10-15 inch. I was running a total of 140 g with 4 medium trout just fine, then once they became adult size, 10 inch & more, the amount of bacteria, dirt, live plants, uv wasn't enough to sustain them. 1 croaked 1 month apart, as they grew fast. Water temp, nitrite levels fluctuating often, stress them out. You need atleat 150 g or more for 3-4 trout & follow all my recommendations & directions in comments, to raise them succesfully. Good Luck!
3Deditor 1 year ago
@farlynest my tank was 120 gallons, running extra 20 gallons sump, filtration tank system, so total 140.
3Deditor 1 year ago
due eat them nice trout dinner
tyzilla1100 1 year ago
thats so cool, it reminds me of my little bass i had and grew so big in the 10 gallon tank i let him go
visualkeirockstar 1 year ago
soo... if u had a pond and stocked it with trout u can eat them right?
RennTaPenn 1 year ago
@RennTaPenn it depends if you need a special license or if you can buy them to raise them or just need a regular fishing license. Each state might have different rules. Im not the person to ask when it comes to stocking more than half a dozen or so native species in a home pond. You really gotta know what you're doing too in order to keep them happy and healthy.
3Deditor 1 year ago
Man I live right next to a little stream where I flyfish for the 2-4" rainbow and coastal cutthroat trout that it's filled with and even the odd 8 or 10 incher and I catch a fish on just about every single cast it's about a 5 minute walk up a huge hill (paved road) up to my house I wonder if I could put one in a bucket of water, take him home, show him off a little, replace the water, walk him back down to the stream and release him does anyone think he could survive all that???
9988noah 1 year ago
@9988noah It's normally not a good idea to catch, bring put in an aquarium and release, especially if the trout is mixed in with other species who may carry different diseases. If you're going to catch and release, do so. If you want to try to raise one/some, check out all my suggestions below.
3Deditor 1 year ago
@9988noah to answer your question, I think it could work, depending on the size of the fish to the amount of water for oxygenation. Also keep in mind if the small body of water stays as cool or cooler than the stream/lake it came from, it has a higher chance of surviving, because in colder water, there's more oxygen. careful that smaller bodies of water cool and warm quicker. you may need a 10 gallon ice chest on wheels to ensure survival and not just a 5 gallon bucket. I used one all the time.
3Deditor 1 year ago
@3Deditor just get a bait bucket and a bubbler
PLASTICPOPCORN4 1 year ago
what do you need to set up a trout tank?
casualrap95 1 year ago
@casualrap95 read all of the feedback I've given others below and on the other comment pages from this video. Im positive you'll find a lot of helpful advice. Good luck with it!
3Deditor 1 year ago
@3Deditor Alright, Thanks for answering me back =]
casualrap95 1 year ago
@casualrap95 welcome
3Deditor 1 year ago
nice fish..... so when are you gona eat em?...
dutchdutch41 1 year ago
@dutchdutch41 someone already asked that question. It's my 5th answer down the comment thread. Thanks they were gorgeous fish. Wish they could have lived longer. They were still good eaten and fresh. Each one grew between 11-17 inches before they croaked.
3Deditor 1 year ago
do you remember what the water temps were?
attananightshadow 1 year ago
@attananightshadow yes of course. I believe I've explained a lot of details on how to take care of trout in this video pretty thoroughly to a lot of people asking. There might be a few other places in the comments thread where I said it needs to be below 70 degrees. it's best to keep the temperature running at a consistent 60-65 if you can. During the winter the temps got down to 50 degrees even with a heater constantly running on it. they did fine outside during the winter, Summer's difficult
3Deditor 1 year ago
how many gallons is that?
oickler 1 year ago
@oickler I no longer own it, but the main aquarium housing the fish was 120 gallons long and taller than wider for obvious reasons to give the trout more room to swim and places to hide. The aquarium was accompanied by an overflow box transferring water into a 40 gallon aquarium/sump/filter which was all home made into separate chambers and worked awesome! The the water was then pumped back in the aquarium through a pond u.v. sterilizer back into the main aquarium for extra clean healthy water.
3Deditor 1 year ago
i wanna be you man T^T
FearCee 1 year ago
@FearCee I appreciate the kind words, even if it's just for the sake of having pet trout. In all fairness, everyone is at the place they need to be and experience in life and it's not always going to be smelling the roses and eating candy. It takes a lot of hard work, time, patience and study for anyone to achieve their goals and dreams. Raising trout was just one of mine even if it wasn't perfect. It still came with its trials. Thanks for watching. Glad you enjoyed it.
3Deditor 1 year ago
They can jump out. avoid such risks buddy
tseveree 1 year ago
@tseveree Why don't you try asking next time if they ever jump out or why weren't they jumping out? Then my answer to you would be, "the trout I raised" have been trained since juvenile stage that there's an invisible barrier that will only allow them to go so high. I had made a clear plexiglass lid cover that was over the top of the tank most the time. anytime they tried jumping for their food, their noggins would bump the top, so they learned over time not to jump too high. I had them trained.
3Deditor 1 year ago
I want to put a trout in my tank and was wondering what to feed it now I know but were do you get the ciclet pelets
JakeTheSnake0908 1 year ago
Are you gonna eat them later?
caileeecaileee 1 year ago
@caileeecaileee already did. no longer have the fish or tank as of over a year ago.
3Deditor 1 year ago
that is so interesting! it shows how trout take flys (as in fly fishing) thanks alot :P
imacamelsnipe 1 year ago
do they fight a lot???????????
zay123455432 1 year ago
@zay123455432 trout can be anywhere from semi aggressive to aggressive, depending on how long you've had one of them compared to the others, how much individual space they have in the aquarium, male female relationships while showing their dominance etc. Since it's hard to tell which ones are male and female in trout, your safest bet is to make sure there are plenty of hiding places, dwelling for each of them, and make sure there's plenty of room. never overcrowd a tank. Basic rules for all fish
3Deditor 1 year ago
cool video man! didnt know those things could survive in a tank!! right on tho trippy!!
stylesmcjay 1 year ago
At this time, I will no longer answer anymore questions that haven't already been answered in previous posts. So before you decide to post a question or comment that refers to taking care of trout or the size of the aquarium and equipment used and food etc, please refer to previous answers I've already given. If you can not find an answer to your question in any of the posts, please feel free to question or comment, and I'll do my best to point you in a good direction. Thank You!
3Deditor 1 year ago
Thats so badass!:)
Masxed 1 year ago
@3Deditor hahahah good stuff. good video tho. really nice quality trout. what did they end up weighing when they passed
r3dhaz32 1 year ago
@r3dhaz32 not sure on their weight. they were very well fed and each of them were 11-15 inches when they died. I only kept a total of 4 in a 120 gallon aquarium. The first one that died was around 12 inches. then the second one to go was 11 inches, the third to go was around 15 inches and the last was 13. Makes me wonder if I had only kept one the entire time it would have lived even longer if the water temperature conditions were right. I did everything right except no chiller.
3Deditor 1 year ago
@3Deditor The temperatures were fine until Summer temperatures kicked in. it needs to be a "consistent" 60-70 degrees no more extreme fluctuation than that, otherwise their immune system will crash and then they eventually get sick and die.
3Deditor 1 year ago
@r3dhaz32 well thats extremely crucial with trout. they're kinda feeble little creatures and they're temp. sensitive. i know when i fish they follow the flop, so i change spot when it warms. what season did they die?
r3dhaz32 1 year ago
@r3dhaz32 between mid to late May and Late June, early July. I tried to keep the temperatures down by placing 4 gallons of frozen water jugs in the sump and keeping them under shade during the day. It helped keep the temperature down to at least 65-70 most the day, but not for long. You really need a chiller and plenty of room for them to swim during warmer months if you ever plan on keeping trout. Using frozen jugs of water just doesn't cut it and a huge hassle to upkeep.
3Deditor 1 year ago
i fed my bass the same pellets and he loves it more than live food lol
m1k3ydud3 1 year ago
@m1k3ydud3 I think krill and cornmeal are the number one ingredients that get fish hooked on these pellets instantly.
3Deditor 1 year ago
That is so cool. Whats the pH level and whats the water temperture. Did you use lake water.
longwanghung 1 year ago
@longwanghung you can find answers to all of your questions through all the answers I provided already to others interested in the same thing. thank you for watching and your interest.
3Deditor 1 year ago
cool trout big too
lizardboy57 1 year ago
Thats amazing
vetle42 1 year ago
dats very gud man. im just after '' obtaining '' a small brown today. its only about 3 1/2 inches long and seems to hav settled down very well in my tank. hav you any tips that might help in raising it??
Somerandomdude69 1 year ago
@Somerandomdude69 yes, read all of my replies to all of the questions I provided on this video and you'll find all kinds of helpful information on raising your trout properly. I raised mine since they were 3-4 inches and they did very well for the most part. Good luck with that!
3Deditor 1 year ago
Awsome! Now there is a pet I could totally eat!
jaime8907 1 year ago
@jaime8907 Hahaha! yep! that's eventually the idea, once they reached over 12 inches. All of those trout reached over 11 inches before they died. They were still very fresh for cleaning, cooking and eating since they all passed away over night. sad, but it happens eventually to all living creatures.
3Deditor 1 year ago
what size tank is that?
eryman17 1 year ago
@eryman17 120 gallon
3Deditor 1 year ago
like piranhas :D
maarc71 1 year ago
daam tht a beast ass fishes u got there
BIadeRecords 1 year ago
did they ever jump out of it?
AiDaN2005 1 year ago
@AiDaN2005 no, because I had lids on top most the time. I only took it off completely to to show the top of the inside of the tank while feeding them. they got used to not being able to jump out. so it was like an invisible barrier to them.
3Deditor 1 year ago