Backyard Aquaponics
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Thanks Steve .. I will give them a ring.

measure you summer time temps in the dam, Fireant.

OH .. god there ugly aren't they .... from Koi to .... umm... THAT ... errr ... perch might be on the list again :-)

A man with taste! (or good eyesight). I agree with ya fireant

but do you think of a cows arse when your eating rump?...you old folk dig ox tongue n tripe heylol.....I'd rather the catfish lol.

Being biased though, if mine were bigger I'd take some piccies too

Its a good thing I read the rest of this thread

thats later tonight

but i wont get the tape measure out

eeek! prolly best if you don't supply numbers

LOL .. no .. I agree .. if your eating them you don't care ... BUT .. I have to look at the buggers when I am rasing them .... and I might not sleep for a few days after looking in the pond . :-)

So .. back to square one .. perch ... or trout ???????????

but they eat basket balls.................

Are trout very fussy about dams ?

The main problem with trout in your dam will come from water temps during summer. If you can maintain the dam at 3 - 4m deep throughout summer the water should be cool enough down there for them to survive.
I recon your best bet would be to stock the dam with 9 month old trout in April (usually cost $1.10 each at that time of yr) when the temp has cooled down a bit. You could then start harvesting them in the spring when they would be a pan sized fish. The other thing to watch for trout is that they love flowing water so if you have an overflow or creek flowing in they may disappear into the creek at times of strong flow.

From my experience trout dont do that well in muddy dams as they largely rely on sight for feeding so if your dam muddies up the Silver Perch would be the better option. They also can handle water temps up to 28 -29c so will survive the summer months ok.

heheheh my next door neighbour came around asking if I had seen her dog....oops I left the lid off my AP tank too :O

Fish feeding well BK

Did you remember to clean the mincer ?