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Author:  Jackfrost [ Jan 14th, '12, 15:27 ]
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Anyone know where to grab some? I tried Golden Ponds but they want $6.50 per fish :shock:
Author:  earthbound [ Jan 15th, '12, 15:18 ]
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Your starting to run out of time for them if you are just thinking about them now... do they would want to be well advanced and as such will cost a lot more..

Remember we are only about 3 months off trout time..
Author:  RupertofOZ [ Jan 15th, '12, 18:25 ]
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Yep, really needed to get them before December.... or buy big now... and be prepared to cull and/or heat...
Author:  Jackfrost [ Jan 16th, '12, 22:41 ]
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earthbound wrote:
Remember we are only about 3 months off trout time..

:headbang: I think I'll just keep things ticking over with my 4 SP and rip out my tomatos and capsicums and replace them with leafy veges
Author:  Matthew [ Jul 28th, '12, 12:26 ]
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Picked up a doz. barra from Golden Pond on Thurs.
Every thing there was looking great and smelt good too. No deads to be seen.
A lot more water moving thru the retail section , big improvement.
Impressed , good job Herman.
Author:  Freebz [ Jul 28th, '12, 18:15 ]
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still too cold for Barra i would have thought, my tank is struggling to stay above 8c
Author:  Matthew [ Jul 28th, '12, 20:37 ]
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:laughing3:
Yep your probably right there freebz , your tank is to cold
The barra tank a nice balmy 25 :D
Check out my album , I've managed to bumble my way thru to get one or two fish the table :thumbright:
Cheers buddy
Author:  Edgewateraqua [ Jul 28th, '12, 22:50 ]
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How much did the bars cost and what size?
Author:  Matthew [ Jul 29th, '12, 16:11 ]
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$1.90ea at 3/4 in
Author:  Jackfrost [ Sep 6th, '12, 23:14 ]
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Time to revisit this one guys. Any suggestions for putting in an order for 15 barra in the next couple of months?
Author:  gazza [ Sep 7th, '12, 07:11 ]
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count me in :cheers:
Author:  Troutman [ Sep 7th, '12, 08:43 ]
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I think Golden Ponds may be your only option this year as last time I spoke to Freo TAFE they were not expecting to have any fingerlings available until October which wont give you enough time to get them up to edible size before April.
Author:  PLJ [ Sep 7th, '12, 08:55 ]
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I'm confused, Troutman. I was under the impression that growing barra from Oct/Nov through to April and then swapping over to rainbows for the winter months was what a lot of APers did, on a regular basis. Is this not the case? Or are you saying that the barra need to be larger than fingerling size in order to grow them on in six months to be a reasonable eating size?
Author:  RupertofOZ [ Sep 7th, '12, 09:25 ]
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It's not just that the fingerlings need to be both available, and reasonably sized in October... but the tank temperatures have to be at least above 20 degrees.. preferably above 22... just so that they'll feed... and begin to grow....
Author:  chillidude [ Sep 7th, '12, 09:46 ]
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PLJ wrote:
Or are you saying that the barra need to be larger than fingerling size in order to grow them on in six months to be a reasonable eating size?

That's generally correct PLJ - there has been the odd exception reported on this forum, but for the majority of the time it's just not enough time from fingerling size.

I assume it's one of the reasons that Troutman has his apllication in with Fisheries to be able to sell Jade Perch here, as they do grow fast enough in that time frame, which would give us a summer option with similar growth rates to trout.
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