i know this is pointless, but i thought i would tell you all about my new pets. The pet store in the next town has what they call the native tanks in the fish section. so i picked up the only two walleyes they had. costed $14 a piece but i think it was worth it. when i get a camera i will take a picture of them and post it.
Does that count against your possession limit?
shoot me a pm me when you see them feeding aggressive!
Ya know, this is a great thread, I have a fish tank just sitting around, empty, waiting for a good idea of what to do with it, I thought I’d do some Saltwater, but it’s expensive and semi high maintence. Thought about doing a tropical tank, but again it’s a bit of work, and trying to make it really cool like I’d want to would be a bit on the spendy side too, but a native tank would be super easy and neat, this option never crossed my mind until now!
Thanks, the wife’s going to be really happy to see the tank finally going, now I just gotta round me up some fish 
It’ll be funny I got a 58 gallon reef ready tank, so I’ll be running a wet/dry filter and everything, it’s really a kick butt set-up and I’ll just be keeping some walleye and such in it 
see i don’t know if they do count on the limit or not. the lady at the pet store said they might. she isn’t sure either
glad i could help nick 
that’s what i do
One thing you must remember while possessing these type of game fish the owner must have present with the fish the original receipt of purchase..Right cb2!!!! Might want everyone to know this cause it is illegal to take them from the lake for your aquariums…
oh yes, thanks Glenn, almost forgot, if the pet store hands you a signed receipt telling what you bought, don’t lose it. you can get 
by the DNR. Big Trouble. i have my receipt sitting next to the tank.
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One thing you must remember while possessing these type of game fish the owner must have present with the fish the original receipt of purchase..Right cb2!!!! Might want everyone to know this cause it is illegal to take them from the lake for your aquariums…
Didn’t know that! Does the same hold true for WI? Last summer I threw a few perch and gills into a small landscaping pond I put in the backyard. Is that legal?
i am not sure about wisconsin??? 
I just talked to Cade about this. Here is regs for WI and I have no idea about MN. If it is a panfish or any other fish than a game fish it counts against your limit. If it is a game fish like walleye, bass, northern, trout. It has to meet the regulation lenght and also counts against your bag limit.
hmm well mine are about 3 1/2 inches now. I just bought them last week so…already have gone through a dozen rosey reds 
for 2 years I had a crappie, a sunfish and a bullhead and they were way better than any otther fish I have ever had. I got all but the bullhead from a pet store on University and made the mistake of putting my minnows in there and they had some disease and killed my fish so I learned that is a no no.
My sunfish was a brute he accually killed other fish before I got a bigger tank. He was the size aof a crappie minnow when I got him and was 6 inches when he died.
And yes I miss that fish 
my aunt suggested going to the bait shop to feed the walleye, but i got advised to avoid doing that. so i guess i will stick with the rosey reds
Check page 11 in the MN regs. Must be under 16 years old and the fish had to be leaglly caught. Also walleys are not on the list to keep in a tank unless bought from a dealer. Then you can be over 16 but need to carry the recipt. 
really? then i am legal. nice.
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my aunt suggested going to the bait shop to feed the walleye, but i got advised to avoid doing that. so i guess i will stick with the rosey reds
Yes stay away from putting minnows in your tank, generally minnows are fairly diseased and they will eventually get your fish sick and kill them, stick to the rosies
(I worked at a tropical fish store for years)
I got a great deal on a used 50 gallon tank I just set up. I was originally thinking about keeping some game fish in it, but figured it was illegal. Glad I didn’t.
I’ve got 7 tropical fish in it now, waiting for it to ‘cycle’.
i plan on moving up to a bigger tank, when the walleye’s get bigger. now they are ok in the 10 gallon
Nick, you could wheel it outside and go ice fishing 
there ya go
So the DNR has actually got regs on what you have to do to legally keep gamefish in an aquarium? Lord Minnesota is truly a fudged-up state! Do the CO’s carry little minnow nets in their holsters?
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You are going to need atleast 200 gallons for those fish when they mature. Another good thing to keep in mind is to feed them a variety of foods not just live minnows. This will ensure that they get a ballaced nutrition and aid in their development and it will also be eaisier on your bioload. Make sure you have lots of places for them to hide as the light will be very stressful to them and in an aquarium stress leads to disease and death. Start them on other food young so they get used to it. Your pet shop should sell special food for predatory fish. I would use this with feeder fish supplements. If you take care of them right it wont be long and they wiil be devouring chubs and shiners
Please anybody keeping fish as pets do not release them into any body of water after they have been kept in captivity even if they are native. If anyone has any fish that they do not want pm me and I will mkae arrangements for them. Please dont flush them thats just rude.
Really I just eat them when they are too big 
i plan to keep these guys until they die, hopefully of natural causes and not for a while.
I’m no fish expert, but I thought that fish will only grow accordingly to their environment. Put em in a small tank and they shouldn’t get too big
that’s what i thought, but Glenn is telling me different. i don’t know. i will just keep an eye out and if they get to big, i will get a new tank. only thing i can do
A very good friend of mine has a 75 gallon bowfront. He’s got a couple of nice gills, a crappie, a bullhead, channel cat, 2 eyes, creek chub, LMB and a couple of Pleco’s to keep it clean. He feeds them pond pellets and a treat of fatheads every now and then. They have lived happily together for over a year now.
He tried to keep a mudpuppy in there once, but that didn’t work to good
sounds like a full house in there 
Thats is a myth. Thats like saying if you put a little boy in the closet and feed and water him he will stop growing at a certain point. What will happen if you keep fish that get big in a small tank is they will get aggressive and fight to death, their growth will be stunted but they will continue to grow, and eventually the bioload will get to be to much and ammonia and nitrate will kill them. Big fish in small tanks have been known to bust tanks. Big fish in small tanks will never be healthy and is unethical in my opinion. Might as well get dog and let it live in the closet its whole life.
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