shayne

thats my info on target fish. I consider myself a newbie/rookie but im going to stick my neck out. For the biotype your aiming for i would have kept the barra     and learned to like salmon tails { very robust dither fish,not aggressive unless it fits in their mouth} thrown 2 or 3 young ones in,totally change the dynamics in the tank and then continued my search for whatever. Would draw the line at theft,bodily harm or murder for the N.Ater But would consider walking over hot coals or broken glass for them. Have 2 of them and 6 tandanus spread around different tanks  and the aters are much cooler.Scats will smash most plants but can be so cool, have heard they can be aggressive but i had 1 almost big enough to eat, no aggro to the younger ones i introduced and hand fed by my grandkids, as gentle as a lamb

love your signature, yours and Malbones " dont treat the earth like dirt " make me smile

Some great photos and fine looking fish. Damn i regret not making the long trek and grabbing your oscars when you were selling.

new signature is a good chuckle jason

i want a toastie and an apology  , you cant unread that sort of nonsense.It does however, confirm what i always thought of him. [kanye that is]

Big thank you to aquotix and Mattia, for the use of some glass suckers, made a heavy job so easy!! Will be eternally grateful.

Very AWESOME!! Good find,tfs. Good luck in the hunt for N.Ater, seem hard to come by great fish though if you like catties.

Reveling in the rain but didnt expect so much of it. Have tubs,baths,old eskies over flowing and precious daphnia,mossie larvae and a couple of types of seed shrimp pouring onto the ground. What a waste of live food.Was out there dealing with it and just got smashed by hail. NICE to see some proper rain though.

my tandanus,n,ater and salmontails have no problem accepting floating pellets but competition can be a problem. I use a lot of ap pellets but presoak some occasionally and they sink readily,i supplement this with snails[ common brown garden ones and the white coastal type,lightly crushed so they sink] earthworms and fresh fish scraps from my own table.Have tandanus in both warm water and others on the patio [temp right now 15 degrees but goes lower] eating with great enthusiasm

I was thinking it was an attempt at buying old folks votes, but if you want to be pedantic about writing styles you should pay a little attention to your spelling [ im teasing, no malice]

What type of catfish?

other than eel tail it wasnt stated have to imagine it was tandanus tandanus 

Thanks for doing that humbug, im a last century man i really need to find someone to teach me how to use this machine.

An article in The Herald 6/615 claims 1000,s of catfish removed from Lake Marmion and 4/6/15 fisheries minister announces it has been stocked with western pygmy perch and western minnow. Wow! a step in the right direction. Herald can be viewed on line at  www.fremantleherald.com

WOW!! What a great read, Humbug and a very exciting project. Love that Bakehouse, nice bit of history and a fabulous feature to have in your backyard, am trying hard not to be envious. Bummer about the arthritis mate, im a sufferer to. A life time of pain and fatigue that few can understand. Hope that you have it under some sort of control. Methotrexate and prednisilone have been my new best friends for about 12 years now. Good luck with your project!     

Well done MM  really enjoyed those vids, thanks for making the effort,

Ive got a pun just bursting? bubbling? out of me but cant be arsed posting it as it wont get through anyway.