Have you ever put a fish you caught in an aquarium?

Question

If so...how long did it live?
Anything special other than water conditioners used?

Answer 1

Yes I had a Pumpkinseed sunfish in a tank for about 4 years and released him he did well, and needed no special care.

I also had a Madtom Catfish I caught and put in a tank he lived a couple years .

And I had a tiny Common snapping turtle he was the size of a 50 cent peice when I put him in and was about 4 inches long when I released him I had him about 2 years

Answer 2

Last October I caught 4 brown trout in a local creek here in Floyd, Virginia and put them in the 300 gallon in-ground concrete aquarium that supplies the water for my hydroponics shelves in my greenhouse. I fed them minnows I caught in my creek, and this spring when the temperature of the aquarium got over 60 I put them in a pool fed by a spring on my land. Last week one of them got stuck in the drain pipe and died, but the rest are still alive and growing.
I'm planning to put catfish in the aquarium soon and leave them there all year. I don't use conditioners. The plants in the hydroponics shelves act like a filter for the water, and when the water level gets low a valve opens to fill the aquarium. It gets aerated because of the 2 foot waterfall where the water from the shelves drains back into the aquarium after flowing through the shelves.
I also have a few perch in the aquarium, but they are no fun compared to the trout.

Answer 3

Lived for a long time. I normally only do bluegill since most states require you to have a permit to keep fish like bass. (Game Fish)
You can feed them almost anything. Crickets, bugs, worms, minnows etc. Crappie are ok. You do need to have a filter on the aquarium because larger fish will tend to give off a lot of ammonia. You also need live plants that will take some of the waste material. Otherwise they will die from Ammonia Poisoning or from diseases that develop if waste is not taken out of the water.

Answer 4

I personally have not done it, but a friend has. Don't know what gallon the aquarium was, but it was enormous!! Guessta'matin' it was about 15' + in length and bout' 4' deep,
might add that he built it himself! He was a total and dedicated bassman that would bring home small "keepers", plump them up and then return them to his favorite lake for others ta' nail. Ha', remember one time he dared me ta' put my hand up against the glass annnnd I'll tell ya' I actually got the S _ _ t scared outta' me when them bass attacked!! Looked like a couple of them just about knocked themselves out after slammin' inta' the glass. Betcha' no one out there has ever seen a CROSS EYED bass before ; )...

Answer 5

Yes, my brother has but it didn't live very long, only a few days. It just might have been an unhealthy fish though, because most tend to live a lot longer in the right conditions.

Answer 6

No, but I know someone who dose. He has 2 largemouths (6-8 in.) in with a school of shad ( 10-15 ) and some other tropical fish in a 50- 60 gal. fish tank.

Answer 7

when i was a kid (years ago) i caught some 6-8 inch cutthroat trout of the creek that ran close to my parents home. my father had started collecting tropical fish that winter and since i did not know the difference i thought he would appreciate the trout. within 2 days they had eaten all of my father's prize tropical fish. i was in some kinda trouble for that stunt. and to this day he brings it up when he needs the guilt thing.

Answer 8

Yes, caught a 14 inch bass and still living in my tank. Just use Conditioners that you would find in a store. But after awhile don't release it, it is illegal.

Answer 9

yes. if you provide the correct living conditions.
- use water from its original habitat.
- add rocks or mud from the orig. habitat
-you can even take an aquatic plant from its roots and plant it in your tank.
- depending how serious you are about this fish. you can buy the correct food for it or just feed it "goldfish-like" food or breadcrumbs, macaroni noodles etc. some fish are not picky eaters at all
-just make sure you have an aerator to add oxygen to the water.

Answer 10

I put a baby crab in a bucket of water with kitchen salt and sand in it. it died within a day. but freshwater, i would make sure to take some of the lake water and sand and someother stuff with it. and buy some of the stuff they feed fish at fish farms for food. sounds like fun lol ♥