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I used a birdnet drag in that way. I used straight poles but still found the trout found the gaps around the sides. I bent the poles twice, once to extend the net evenly out to the sides of the tank, once to ad a ski jump at the bottom which scars the fish back into the main part of the net. Worked a treat and i caught the petrified trout that got away with stright pole dragging numerous times after one go.

yeh tried similar last year bonsa, was looking for a quicker way, have switched air off for 24 hours now, water 22 and they are still swimming, will post in fish thread the story, but is bullshit about trout and air

Not necessarily... you're running a few trout (10)...in 2500L of water... with water return from the grow beds providing oxygenation... at temps that might be stressful... but not fatal...

Most people would be stocking 50-70 fish... or more... in a tank that size... and THAT would be a different story....

Yeh there were more rupe but they have succumbed to been eaten, just was after easy way to get last few out so I could move SP in, but have decided to see if they will go another season and have some trout whales next Xmas

Well just had a week in Albany, King River to be exact, only rained for 2 days out of 7 but saw more rain in those 2 days than I did all last year
Got home on Saturday to the wildest storm I have ever seen, I liken it to a cyclone (I have been in cyclones, yes) we only got 11mm of rain but winds up to 150kmh, our bowling club was destroyed and 5 houses deroofed near me, mega damage done to houses and cars from falling trees and farms have lost many sheds.
We were lucky really but plants in grow beds are a mess and we lost a couple of smaller trees and most of our fruit on trees, Rick also said his GB's are a mess. You can see some pics here and my story http://www.waweathergroup.com/forum/vie ... =34&t=1227 pics were taken in 1 minute roughly, all the time I had
As for the trout making it through..........whilst we were away the temps were over 40 a couple of times and water was at 25.5c when I got back and trout were sleeping, one survived for a couple of days and I netted 2 others and lost 7
Silvers are doing great, can't stop them eating, they must shit a lot as they are not growing as fast as they eat but they are growing

Hey Nocky - hope you're well

Yeah, the SPs love this heat and eat shiploads. Make the most of it as they certainly slow down over the winter.

Glad to hear the storm didn't do you any damage.

Hi Nocky,

Ive been very interested in reading about your system but I havent come across some of the answers within all of the information.

1st of all, Which mussles did you use in your system, and where can you get them from?

cheers for now

Hi all, I'm Back, well sort of, have been flat out with my real life, mainly with work, have relocated to Margaret River and have 2 mortgages for now, we are selling our Narrogin house so if interested in a house in a great location in country WA then please contact me, I will through in a AP system, if you want to buy just the system then here's the details
2 x 3000lt Tanks Joined
3 x 500lt Backyard Aquaponic Grow Beds and Stands
1 x 12,0000 Litre Per Hour low watt pump
1 x 8,000 Litre Per Hour Low watt pump
1 x Battery Back up Otto Air Pump
2 x Digital Electric Timers
40 x 2nd season Silver Perch
Quantity of Blue Marron
Approx 30 Freshwater Mussels
15kg of food
$4,000-00 ONO
Over $5,500 of gear priced to sell due to moving towns and smaller block, email me for more info, will assist with dismantling, need a container to transport fish, located in Narrogin, best emailing nocky50@gmail.com if interested, find pictures of system on first few pages of the thread

Good luck with all that , Nocky

I'm just up the road from Margeret River , feel free to drop in if ya need an aquaponic fix Sure you can't find enough room somewhere ???

If you end up needing to rehome you're blue's and mussel's there is one here if you can deliver

Cheers

Mate, I'm just happy to hear you're alive and well (and hopefully T as well).

Margaret River - wow - still with GreenLine ?

Hope it works out well for you and bummer to hera you gotta sell the system.

Maggot creek? Nice, there are some worse places to live....

Hope it all goes well for you Nocky...

And hope to see ya back with another "kickarse" system...

Thanks Guys, sorry haven't been in but things pretty hectic over last 12 months, Matthew if I can save a couple of blues I will, I travel around a bit with work (John Deere Witchcliffe) so may find out where you are and call in, R'Oz I will build a smaller system in the future, may get C1 to check things out, CD still well and truly kicking, pissed about selling system, new house has a big party area though (Alfresco Area it's called down here)
EB it's only Maggot Creek to the people that want to live here :-p
Surfs up, better get some Mushroom soup

Cheers Nocky , keen as to get hold of some blue's and some of your mussel's. When I tried to get some sent over , it was nothin but a hassel so it didn't happen.
You're most welcome to call in anytime (with or without fish) we're 1/2 way to Busso from Marg's.

Hope all goes well with the shift and settling in

Cheers

Hi all again, I have sold my system and so comes to an end this thread, sadly i must say, the guy who bought my system is ready to learn about this wonderful hobby we have, when he jumps in and intro's himself, i have no doubts he will be made welcome