Backyard Aquaponics
A place to discuss aquaponics

thats all folks put in 100 corn plants in 2 tubs they are just poking through, very exciting
just started new addiction, bee keeping bought 50 boxes and 12 frame extractor. fresh honey mmmmmmmmmm might make some meed .. i have chickens hatching in the incubator 60 eggs in should get at least 50. mmmm chicken
cheers mizzie45

temp in glass house 35 deg temp in fish tank was 20 deg befor i painted the out side tank so will be interesting to see temp drop.. i noteced it fel a lot colder to touck 10 mins after the first coat of paint

Love it Mizzie, just picturing the comments from my OH as she recalls previous chicken plucking adventures

chicken plucking great stress relief

checked the dam today no red fin, or at least what we could see.. we did catch 2 long shinny things about 1 cm thick, 10 cm long, will try to take a photo, as well we did catch fresh water shrimp,

does any one know what type of fish are these they are very strong livley things, might be good for the system

sorry forgot the photos

Bet its not for the chicken? hehehe

Hi mizzie44,

yeh, they are Flat-Headed Galaxias [Galaxias rostratus] also known as Murray jollytail, flat-headed jollytail.

They are protected native species Commonly grow up to 100-140 mm; up to 150 mm, 25 g.

Along with the other Galaxias they seem to be common in the irrigation system.

Here is a link; http://www.nativefish.asn.au/

God bless froggo.

Kind of looks like fish bait. If there protected put them back on the hook and gently throw back into the river.

Could be froggo but might be the Common Galaxiid.

http://www.mdbc.gov.au/subs/fish-info/n ... axias.html

compare with the flathead

http://www.mdbc.gov.au/subs/fish-info/n ... axias.html

That website the you posted had a picuture of a common galaxiid that look like one of these

http://www.mdbc.gov.au/subs/fish-info/n ... axias.html

So I don't know which one it is.

Anyway I'll be using some in my system because I think they are cute, local, native, and used to be caught around my area around 12" long.

just picked up 100 cod today and so the obsession continues

Hi mizzie44,

get the cod from Glenburn? How did you get them home?

God bless froggo.

hi froggo they traveled home in the boot of the car, i lost about 16 cod, some to the temp chance in the water, and the others got sucked up the chift pist, befor i put a filter in the bottom, they are all good now, i will put 100 silvers in the sump when they are ready, and will get them from glenburn

cheers mizzie

Hi mizzie44,

I was worried about the chift pist pipe also so I used the angle grinder and made slots in mine to prevent that problem.

I'm not far away from getting some fish so it's good to know where other people are getting them from and any issues that arise.

Thanks for the info and God bless froggo.