parsons483
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Hello looking for anyone with experience with keeping brook Trout as pets? What can I feed it?
Sorry if wrong group
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In many states it is illegal to keep any type of trout in captivity . check your local laws
If you get them young enough you can get them to eat blood worms. Might take a bit of time to get them to eat a flake or pellet food. If you know the trout are stocked from a fish hatchery you may get away with pellets right away which is usually the feed at hatcheries.
Definitely need to create a bit of turbulence and keep the water temp in the mid 60's tops. Brookies are even more picky about high temp than rainbow, browns, or common bigger lake trouts.
In my area I've never seen a Brook trout over 12 inches. Mostly between 6-10 inches. I've also seen them live in small stream's two feet wide and 12-18 inches deep. You're right, hard to keep a low enough temp and I think the biggest challenge. Your rainbow, browns and cutbows can live in temps of 70 degrees to just above freezing.You are going to need a large tank like 100g at the lowest and really you should keep it in something like 200g. These fish can get up above 2 feet in length. You are also going to need to buy a chiller to keep your temps down. Frozen water bottles is not going to work in the long run. I'm sure you are having or will have inconsistent temps without a chiller. Your country may not have laws against keeping trout but it comes down to what's truly best for the fish and not laws or your wants. Personally I think you should release the fish, buy all the equipment needed and read more on keeping trout. All in all you will probably be looking at spend over $1000 for a proper setup for this fish.
It's going to die.. it's a bad idea.. there are smaller cold water/fast water fish out there. If you want free fish than just set up a trap in the stream you'd be catching the trout from. Furthermore.. gather all the sand, rocks and sticks from said stream and make a native tank. That's what I'd do anyways.. assuming it's all on the up and up with your state's wildlife/fish and game dept.
You are going to need a large tank like 100g at the lowest and really you should keep it in something like 200g. These fish can get up above 2 feet in length. You are also going to need to buy a chiller to keep your temps down. Frozen water bottles is not going to work in the long run. I'm sure you are having or will have inconsistent temps without a chiller. Your country may not have laws against keeping trout but it comes down to what's truly best for the fish and not laws or your wants. Personally I think you should release the fish, buy all the equipment needed and read more on keeping trout. All in all you will probably be looking at spend over $1000 for a proper setup for this fish.