Backyard Aquaponics
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Entirely acceptable Nocky... as long as the poker table, bar and pool table will fit around the fish tank....

Well Marron are in, well half anyway, have 1 male and 6 females, bit bigger than planned, but couldn't get smaller but will have full stock in tomorrow around beer o'clock, pics of the the little munchies can be FOUND HERE with the rest of the project, page may be a tad slow loading so hang in there, they have come from a dam so look a bit muddy, but they're happy so far

They have survived til know, and pond looks good, if these guys were prisoners on Alcatraz, there wouldn't have been any prisoners left, haven't escaped the tank yet though, they always want to go on the other side of the mesh, they do go back to the correct side and live in the hides I built, will stop them climbing the mesh by putting some 4" PVC pipe across the top, will post a pic when happens, Beer shed is the project for now, and have spent the weekend building a new web site for our Car Club View it Here, let me know what you think

Looks good nocky Might want to turn the pump off when taking photos May need some shade too, algae will take over otherwise.

yeh thanks outback, tank is under cloth all but one side but this will be fixed, is winter coming so not much sun for 4 months, not like Kal, biggest problem for me coming up is frosts

Good to see post is back again, all is still good after a coupla weeks, and my biggest fear, the filter, is working fine, the little munchies are hiding well now, as weather cooling down, have 11 adults living up top and will have to wait til October to see how rest works, have secured 2 more tanks and will try Golden Perch (Redfin) here with a full on vegie garden, so you haven't heard the last of me yet, will follow advice, but as I am, I will try somethings differently, have more pics up soon of some minor modifications I had to make, and why, if your bored check out this site, my project and other passion, CARS.
Beer shed is still next, starting this weekend, man this will be a wicked shed, if I put the goldfish bowl with plant in shed, can i post Pics??
Glad this forum is back, man if everyone had to repost!!!!! or lose a wealth of info
you must be stressed EB

Nocky,
I am sure that EB has a backup routine in addition to the ISP backup system, to ensure that all information remains available.

Tony

Hi nocky. Golden Perch and Redfin are 2 different fish.
Redfin, Perca fluviatilius Linnaeus is an introduced species and a noxious pest, not to be returned to river systems under any circumstances. Characteristically it has 6 or more tapering bands across its body with red caudal, anal and pelvic fins. It devastates native fish populations.
Golden Perch, Macquaria ambigua is a native freshwater fish of the Murray Darling river system. It is this, your friend/contact is prolly referring to. There is a pretty good write up about it in wiki. It is a fast growing beaut eating fish that the industry is trying very hard to farm on a larger scale.
Be interested to see how the marron go.

Spot the difference.....

Subtle as a sledgehammer Rofl

cheers for the pics Rupe. I was looking at the reddies pic thinking they had a fair bit in common with tilapia, apart from the coloured fins. Similar banding, size, shape etc. If i could be bothered looking it up I guess I would know!
Redfin are a perch so I guess that may be where the confusion was.

Hi twin, well I have NFI on river fish, but this guy is a publican in town and is from NSW and he recons that RED FIN are best Eating but golden's seem to be the go then?
Marron are quite boring at the moment, but all is well, a few people hanging in to see if it all works

I would doubt the legality of growing redfin in WA. They are vermin.

One is on the grass and the other is in a tank?
thanks rupe the Golden's look a lot better anyhow

a lot of things are illegal to grow in WA, but we do it anyhow but the live one in rupes pic looks delicious

It's been a while,,but from my memory redfin are very boney and not particularly nice.

P.S The one onthe grass MUST be a grass carp,very common in SE Asia