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About 32...

But salting... and acidicy <6.5 over time.... eventually nails them anyway...

Water was a touch over 30 degrees there, maybe 32.

They died first in my small system, it had no salt in it at the time but the water went weird and I dint realise it was the mussels that caused that. Fish got sick becuase of that, then I salted and all was OK.

Then I lost them in the big system when the temp was just over 30, but I had salted that because the barra had ich.

Dont think I will go the mussels again, they did a good job of taking out fine particles but them dying was a real PITA and a bit of an expensive exercise.

Not sure if the eastern states mussels handle stuff differently, these ones came from WA.

couple vids of the barra having a chew

Hey great vids Roo, I missed this one.

Have you done a harvest yet? How about a system update?

Happy looking barra and a good size too.

Whats up Roo? Must be time for you to stick your beak in again coming up to barra season!

Did you manage to eat any of last years?

Hi all

Update time i guess!!!been away from the site for a bit.

Barra were harvested one very cold day we had, still getting through them! Found they freeze well, actually the meat was better after freezing!

Some were monsters too iirc 45cm long.

Didnt do trout this winter, had too much nutrient and not enough plants so waiting for barra time, ststems are growing ok and about to plant heavy shortly(seeds in soil atm)

Mostly grew toms, celery broc and silverbeet lately. Put in corn but caterpullars or snails smashed them, grrr


Hatched some epekin ducks n have 6 more eggs incubating that are ready to go under a clucky hen as they be hatching in a weeks time