Pet Trout Feeding Frenzy

In this video, it shows me feeding the 3 pet trout I have raised since they were only 3-4 inches each starting in September of 2008. These fish all grew to be 13-15 inches before the passed away in April-May 2009, mainly due to water temperature fluctuations raising and lowering daily, even with careful planning to keep the temperatures colder and below a consistent 70 degrees. Trout can be one of the toughest fish to keep. I was surprised i was able to keep them as long as I did. On average, good, healthy trout will grow 1 inch per month, and that's what these trout did. Even in 120 Gallon cycled aquarium with all the right natural stuff for them to keep the water clean, oxygenated, ph balanced and mostly chemical free, these babies thrived for quite a while. If you really want to know, yes I did eat them the same day they passed away. They were good eatin too. They were free from any diseas or any other kind of exposure to mercury or chemicals most of their lives, which made them even healthier and safer to eat than most wild fish out there. The U.V. sterilizer really helped a lot in this process. Most of all, especially during the warmer months, trout definitely need to have an aquarium chiller.

Category:

Pets & Animals

Tags:

• Trout
• Pets
• Fish
• Rainbow Trout
• 120 gallon
• Aquarium
• Drift wood
• Aragonite
• Natural
• PH
• Buffer
• UV
• Sterilizer
• Live Plants
• clean
• fresh
• water

[Werloc]

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.

[3Deditor]

@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.

[Xbox360inHD]

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.

[3Deditor]

@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!

[WTHunter771]

cool, I wanna do something like this one day

[3Deditor]

@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.

[MabinogiTithe]

amazing..

[lokisgodhi]

@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.

[3Deditor]

@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]

@unwantedguysss funny, that's exactly what my cousin said when he first saw this video over 2 years ago.