Backyard Aquaponics
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Well im not sure about the rest of aus but not in western tut!! tut! tut!!
Noxious Fish
Piranha Serrasalmus spp.
Under the Fish Resources Management Act 1994 a person must not:

keep, breed, hatch or culture any noxious fish;

have in the person's possession any noxious fish;

consign or convey any noxious fish;

release any noxious fish into any waters; or

put any noxious fish into a container or receptacle in which it might remain alive.

Does it say 'must not refer to ones bream as pirahnas'

FP, i'm gonna start thinking you're a DPI double agent

As gnash stated i also think tim was using it as a figure of speach!


Does that mean muzza can put them in his tank (sorry muzz )

oh u was talking about the bream that makes more sense


dpi?? is that like department of fisheries

Yes... figuratively... my 'Bream' are really hungry bastards...


Yeah sorry about the confusion, I must 'try harder' to be more clear. Its all good. I wish you could get piranha though, not the eat the hand that feeds you kind. Speaking of which my Barra bit me today (no blood), had some food residue on my hand and it was a bit too quick for me. He seems to go for anything now.

Bet he wont do that after you pick him up by his lip and tell him ...

"Don't do that again or you're cat food"

He'd never go for it... my cats are too fussy. Yes, you heard right two cats. Not my idea.

Hey does anybody now what is happening when the barra's stripe begins to fade to brown? Before I did my tank clean today, his stripe was almost invisible, then after I cleaned the gravel and sump/filter, it was back to bright white...

I just read today that Black Bream in the moore river are slower growers than the Swan River variety. So the moore river variety can reach sexually maturity at 14.5 cm. My biggest is 16.5 cm long. He/She has really been defending its territory. I also caught it digging a hole by sucking up the gravel in its mouth and spiting it out. It would be awesome, but unlikely if they end up breeding.

Read the stripe thing in Barra was stress related... can't remember who posted it though... maybe Jaymie

Interesting, I will have to do a search for it. He is a bit shunned by the Bream, but they know not to mess with him.

yeah, the stripe is first age related, as they get bigger it fades. Then it is also stress related. When the barra is calm, the stripe fades. Make him clean his bedroom and the stripe is very bright

Just thought I'd put my 2 cents worth in, my goldfish are also known as 'The Piranhas' seems appropriate at feed time, hence 'Savage Goldfish'!

Wondered where you got that from SG... thought maybe it was related to "ill tempered sea bass"