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Thanks VB, let me know if you have any ground breaking discoveries

PS, sorry for the thread hi-jack, monya

I'll move it

Funny you should say thaty Steve, I am putting aside some quality time tomorrow to check out Polyworld up here - round water troughs and long trench feeder troughs (for my next system), so interested in the replies also.

Les

Les, keep us posted on prices please, the ones i'm looking at are about $265 i think. Take a digital picture if you can do they have outlets in VIC?

See what I can do, here is the addresses straight off there web site, both on my side of the river:

Polyworld Factory
Lot 5 Robson Street
Clontarf QLD 4019
Australia
Ph: (+617) 3889 5300
Fax: (+617) 3284 6612
Email: info@polyworld.com.au
Website: www.polyworld.com.au

NEW! Polyworld Water Tank Centre
670 Gympie Road
Chermside QLD 4032
Australia
Ph: (+617) 3350 5888
Fax: (+617) 3350 5877
Email: shop@polyworld.com.au
Website: www.polyworld.com.au


I did a google for water and feed troughs and come up with these, and spent a bit of time looking at all their products:
http://www.polyprotanks.com/index.php?f ... roughs/ptw
http://www.spacepac.com.au/index_rapidplas.htm
http://www.tilkey.com.au/listing_browse.php
http://www.nrrbs.com.au/animalhealtroug ... dwater.htm
http://www.polyworld.com.au/aquaculture.htm
http://tankmastacomau.ozstaging.com/ruralProducts.aspx

Having read all of VB's woeswith the tidal two ponds linked together, with it pumping out of and into the same tank, I made a small incision in my pipe work tonight and have tee'd off the return line with a pipe into the 2nd tank with a tap on it to vary the flow back into both tanks. Hope this solves any future problems of DO, and if I get duckweed and yabbies going in there, I will just turn it right down or off. Fish soon!

The weather seemsto havechanged here,so I am goingto give barra a go. I am going to get around 200. Anyone wantto share a pickup from West Beach? Possibly on Monday next week or Friday this week?

No thanks, ill need to orgainise heating if i was to get barra........maybe another time

no worries, if I changemy mind, I'lllet yas know

yeah, im thinking im going to just pick up 30 or so silvers from soladome (if they have them in) and then when i find a place cheaper i will just get more....

Yah, that's a pretty good idea, I'm searching for a smaller tank now, and a heater that's suitable, so I can put them into a "hospital environment until the weather warms up. I think I will end up with another 2nds poly tank, depending on what's available, and a blue barrel converted into a biofilter with gravel and shells, and then transfer themover to the big system when water temp hits 23 or 24.

Dan, If you are thinking silvers from Soladome, have you considered golden perch? The guy there reckons they are better suited (and I want to see how they go too!)

I'll go check that post on golden perch around here somewhere now.

If they are around the same price, and omnivirous then yeah, especially if they are better suited

Do they have them at soladome too?

Translation: Dan, be the guinea pig for me and get golden perch MATE

EKB- you're a smartcookie- exactly!

Dan, they did have themwhen I was there a coupleof weeks ago.


www.ausyfish.com/golden_perch_aquaculture.htm

yeah, thats how i read it too

Hey, I made no attemptto conceal my motives, but I think the outcome would be good!

Yeah, im just hoping my liner holds up. Callop and silver perch both have sharp bits, be it operculums or dorsal fins.......

I will look into them more tomorrow, but they do sound easier to breed then silvers