Backyard Aquaponics
A place to discuss aquaponics

hey guys so my system is set up and working ...I think...lol..... I will post some photos soon have a few questions tho

I don't want to feed marron pellets what else should I use?

and my local pet store (that sell marron for fish tanks) said I should feed them fish 1-2 a week I would like for live fish to be in the tank so what could I put in there that not all of them would get attacked by the marron but a few may fall to them if you no what I mean ?

Hey Ryan, would love to see how you set up a marron system.

Regards, Martin.

On Sunday mate ill post some photos just I go to work in the dark and come home in the dark lol

No problem. Sounds like you need a torch.

I have a flood light to set up there so I can check on it all but that won't be up till Sunday and yeah that's how I'm looking atm

Cool man. No problem. I have subscribed to this thread so when you get to it I will be able to check it out.

Regards, Martin.

Just remind me on Sunday if I haven't lol

Ok will try. Might have to set a reminder! Kids keep me busy on weekends.

Yeah I no what umean no probs ill be out there any way doing ph test and water top up

My brother put a marron in a tank full off minnows from the creek when we were kids. The marron seemed to catch a regular feed from them

Yeah that's a good idea ...from what I have read they prefer plant matter and only eat meat to remove it from the water but in saying that they need meat about once a week and been told to make it fish coz red meat clogs them up

Marron are omnivores as are yabbies, gilgies, koonacs and redclaw. Omnivores eat a wide variety of organic matter. These species in their normal habitat actually take their nutritional value mostly from invertebrates which are normally found around pond/dam floors.
When kept as pets or in AP they prefer foods like shrimp pellets, marron/yabbie pellets, pig breeder mixes or various vegetables, but will also eat tropical fish food, regular fish food, algae wafers, and even small fish that can be captured by their claws. Their disposition towards eating almost anything will also cause them to explore the edibility of aquarium plants in a fish tank.

Supplementary pellets that farmers use, like mentioned previosly, contains a low-protein, high carbohydrate pellet diet in combination with organic matter. The organic matter stimulates productivity of the detrital food chain. The supplemental pellets are either ingested directly by the critter or are broken down by bacterial, fungal or protozoan decomposers and are subsequently consumed by other invertebrates. These larger invertebrates make up a substantial proportion of the diet of freshwater crays in earthen ponds.

There we go Charlie saves the day lol what type fish would u recommend Charlie some thing cheap and small

I wish they could be trained to walk around my grow beds and eat the snails slugs and caterpillars.

Yea, something cheap and small mate.