Backyard Aquaponics
A place to discuss aquaponics

what sizes are they talking for the SP at $2.50, I would not buy fingerling SP at $2.50 But I would not buy fingerling SP at any price........

You guys are way to spoiled.. 6-8 years ago in Perth there were bugger all available unless you had contacts in the indusry, my silvers 7-8 years ago cost about $5-6 or more for piddly little 5cm things from an aquarium shop.

In WA also known as Wait Awhile its not uncommon to have to pay more for anything useful and if its anything that might be beneficial to someone its usually opposed heavily (late night trading is a good example and recycled waste water at the moment is another one coming up).
As frustrating as it is i still love it here and dont mind having to pay that bit extra

Might be a very good idea to dose them with salt to help with transplant- I mean stress due to transport.

They came out of the big tanks out the back.

Yep, big tanks are the go...

ive only ever got fisdh out the the front of the shop, do you have to ask to get em from the back?

Dunno..... Just have always had them from out the back... Perhaps quantity, I think the smallest order I have got from them was 50, generally 100 or more for most orders..

Yes, I think most people who had issues with bad stock got their fishes from the front. I think the fishes in front are held in tanks with insufficient filtration.

Many aquarium shops only have aeration running most of the time, they move canister filters around from tank to tank, plugging them in to filter the water... And they use the same filter for banks of different fish...

I've seen this at at least 2 aquarium shops before.. Next time you go into one, have a close look at the banks of aquariums, often there is no pumping, no water flow except the air..

IMO, that is essentially how GP run their front of store tanks.. hence most fishes don't do well, and why they get a bad name from those who buy smaller quantities from them.

I haven;t looked closely at their set up inside, this was a couple of other well known big shops in Perth... For all I know, all shops may do this...

i have seen that in a heap of aquarium shops... good way to spread disease too wouldnt you think?

Whoo Hoo. . . . .
I might have to go see the cod, I have a tank just suited for one or two of the lazy old buggers, then I can set about reducing the population of mozzie fish in the local ponds!
A.J

Didn't get a price there did you A.J. ??