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Gambusia

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I'm thinking of putting some trout in my 150 gallon stock tank.

The water temp now is 55 degrees.

I've got two florida gar and 1 pumpkinseed sunfish in there but I will release the sunfish back into the lake it came from.

I've got a powerhead and a foam filter running 24/7 and am going to install a bigger pump filter soon for better filtration.
 

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I live in the mountains of NC and might be able to get some rainbow trout fingerlings locally.
 

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You'll need strong currents and lower temps than that IMO. I know trout are happiest when temps are in the 30's and low 40's. Try to duplicate a stream enviornment as closely as possible. I was thinking about doing the same thing.
 

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Do you think it would be viable to keep some trout in my stock tank over the winter?

Or are they hard to keep in aquaria?
 

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Very hard to keep in aquariums. Size is the big issue--but they are also very territorial. Our fisheries biologists have a display tank, a 150, and they will not even try putting trout in there--it just won't work for very long. They can tolerate the warmer temps, but the nitrogen levels frequently are just too high (even in a cycled tank--0 ppm doesn't mean no ammonia, just less than .1 ppm) for long term survival.
 

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I tried to keep a 10" brown trout I caught last year outdoors but he jumped to his death out of the pond. :(

I figured fingerlings would be easier.

I would be keeping these with two gar.

The temp is ranging from 56-61 degrees but no higher since I set up the tub in September.
 

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Oh yes I would be harvesting and eating these trout when they get 8-10" and feeding them fish pellets that I feed my gar.
 
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I have heard of it being done before. However, I think they are one of the more difficult natives to keep. I can't recall the exact place I read that, since I have never had a desire to keep them.
 

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I can't imagine a 150 being nearly big enough for trout. Trout are excellent jumpers and like a whole lot of swim space.

A single rainbow by itself might work until it gets to around 8 - 10 inches. Brown trout require cool, well oxygenated water and are aggresive and territorial. This is why most overseas trout farms are stocked with non-native rainbows. When I lived in Scotland there was a rainbow trout farm connected to this small river and during a flash flood, a half million of them went into it. lol they were so tame we could catch them on shiny hooks.
 
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