Backyard Aquaponics
A place to discuss aquaponics

Hi, I am a new member and will post an itro later but for the momant i have a question for the members in W.A around Perth, I have had my system runing for some time now but i allways have problems with filamentus alge at this time of year and i have been trying to find a fish to eat it, i have s/perch but they dont eat it in my system so on the weekend just gon i went fishing in the swan river and hapend to catch some yellow tail grunta, i took 4 home and aclimatised them over night and introjused them into the system in the morningand they seem to be doing fine, just wandering if any one els has played with these fish

They would be similar to Black Bream? I cant find any fisheries aquaculture info on yellowtail.

I had one in my tank for a few days but it died eventually. I'm not sure if they can survive in fresh water or perhaps they can just handle flushes of fresh water for a while...

yellowtail grunter ?
also known as yellowtail trumpeter ?
also know as "S%$T not another one of these bloody fish" by every fisherman trying to catch something edible ??

did a little reading and it seems as though they dont like unsalted water at all , and dont live that long either

just thought i would add that these fish started showing signs of stress so i found another home for them.

i would sure love to get my hands on some mozanbeq mouth breeders ( cant spel to save my self)

if any one hase some to spare i,m intrested.

Tilapia?

yes, I would like to try and grow Tilapia just for one summer,

i have rung a few aquarium shops but i have not been able to find any, one place said they had just killed the lat ones they had! because they thought they were GOING to becoum listed as a noxious pest over hear.

just one of those things that sit on your mind untill you have done it just for the experiance, something like that.

i think that if they were going to be a pest over hear they would be by naw, people have had plenty of time to relokate them and i would put mony on the fact that people would have, but it is very dry over hear in the west and the winters get to cold.