Keeping Brown Trout In A Tank

[huntingman13 3]

Does any 1 no how to keep brown trout In a tank do you need a cooler or special filtration system

[BIGLURKS 874]

What like raising from young

[J Darcy 5,871]

I wouldn't advise it...

[russ2012 328]

wont work there a wild fish

[nothernlite 18,077]

why

[bobcullen79 1,495]

wont work there a wild fish

Why? Ive seen carp, roach, tench and perch all kept in living room set ups. As a rule of thumb though, the bigger and better your kit, the happier and healthier your fish.

I wouldnt try eating them though as I was speaking to a fish keeper who has some really big tropical fish, he`s having problems trying to rehome and when I suggested knocking them on the head and feeding to the cat, he told me the nitrates build up in the flesh and make the fish inedible.

[THE DEMON 93]

my grandad done it years ago with small brown trout caught from a river and they lived for 3 mths then died

[leegreen 2,153]

You'll need lots of oxygen and preferably water between 12-15 degrees. A good filter system and if you can create some flow that would be good.

Don't take fish from the wild, farmed fish are cheap and readily available.

[mattybugeye 884]

If put in large tank as fry wouldn't see it been a problem

I'd put large powerheads running airline to them for a lot of flow and airiation and a decent external filter.

Never kept one myself but kept a perch as a kid for ages with no problems.

Edited July 28, 2014 by mattybugeye

[J Darcy 5,871]

 

wont work there a wild fish

Why? Ive seen carp, roach, tench and perch all kept in living room set ups. As a rule of thumb though, the bigger and better your kit, the happier and healthier your fish.

I wouldnt try eating them though as I was speaking to a fish keeper who has some really big tropical fish, he`s having problems trying to rehome and when I suggested knocking them on the head and feeding to the cat, he told me the nitrates build up in the flesh and make the fish inedible.

 

With all due respect, you cannot compare a brown trout to those fish mentioned. IMO.

[mattybugeye 884]

Just done a bit of googling it can be done you will need a tank around 6ft to keep 1 or 2 a cooler a big filter and a lot of flow sounds a expensive set up but if got it right would be great to watch them

[BIGLURKS 874]

Why not just get a tropical or marine tank seems a lot of hassle and expensive too keep just 2 fish

[russ2012 328]

i know a few people who tried it but it never seemed to work they always died very quickly i just think there wild fish so containing them in a small tank IMO just wont work that,s probably why you cant buy them in every pet shop like other tank fish

[Tiercel 6,986]

You have to have a bacteria tank separate so that you can adjust the balance between nitrates and nitrites. Or a stream out side the back door where you can pump the water in through the kitchen window, though the tank and out through the living room window back into the stream. Ideal situation that.

 

TC

[bobcullen79 1,495]

 

 

wont work there a wild fish

Why? Ive seen carp, roach, tench and perch all kept in living room set ups. As a rule of thumb though, the bigger and better your kit, the happier and healthier your fish.

I wouldnt try eating them though as I was speaking to a fish keeper who has some really big tropical fish, he`s having problems trying to rehome and when I suggested knocking them on the head and feeding to the cat, he told me the nitrates build up in the flesh and make the fish inedible.

 

With all due respect, you cannot compare a brown trout to those fish mentioned. IMO.

 

Thats a fair enough comment John, but I also said, "bigger the better.." I have kept a few sorts of fish over the years and this really does apply. I could have gone into depth about keeping fish, but I thought it would have went over the OPs head and thought it best not to bother. If he`s anything like myself, I like to learn by my own mistakes..