Observation on the domestication of wild Chinese Sturgeon in an aquarium

A wild mature Chinese Sturgeon(Acipenser sinensis),caught from the Yichang section of Yangtze River was kept in an aquarium in Beijing in 2005.It was the first practice to domesticate Chinese Sturgeon in China.The food items taken by the Chinese Sturgeon was recorded from April 3 to July 31.The results showed that the mature Chinese Sturgeon could take food from the trainers' hands.The food items had been added to 6 kinds.The quantity of fish ate by the sturgeon a day was gradually increased from 120 g to (2 000 g),and became stable soon after.It indicated that the environment of aquarium was suitable to domesticate the wild Chinese Sturgeon.