Giant Freshwater Prawn

ivansng

Looks like we are all counting of Dagz's adventure to catch something. Might be a good idea for me to stick to yabbies for the time being. Haven't got them yet, but found some feeder yabbies (about 3-4cm) going for $2 each. This is an a pet shop. Tried calling the fish bait shops around my area and none of them have heard of yabbies being used as bait.

KudaPucat

ur in Perth, why not Marron?

They're heaps cheaper if you can find a yabbie farm. som $0.20 - $0.50 ea (as feeders)

Nocky

Free down here :lol:

Dam Maggots :lol:

but tasty
Marron are not the easiest to grow Kuda, they hate tanks so hard to keep them in, any slight changes in water conditions ie Am Ni etc they cark it, pH required is 7.8 - 8.2, they eat 1 marron pellet a fortnight and take 3 years to grow to size, a tank of 3 mt diameter would allow around 10 marron Max, they don't fight like Yabbies but try to escape and die trying.
Brilliant for dams and tasty, but even in dams if the water changes, there off, have seen many walking around paddocks at night, makes them easier to catch :twisted:

but you can't get them to go back to dam they escaped from, they leave in the hundreds, bit like the crabs on xmas island, doesn't happen often but it does happen, other than all of the above they are a good choice :lol:

KudaPucat

damn, and I thought yabbies escaped easily!

grunta · **Joined:** Jun 20th, '08, 21:21 **Posts:** 280 **Gender:**

i am tryaling marron in little cages but i think the draw back will be the time it takes to grow out to a reasonable size.

am going to try macking low profile cages and layer the botom of the fish tank with them and have 1 yabby in each

Nocky

Nah Kuda my yabbies are easy to keep, Marron are Faster than a speeding bullet. More powerful than a locomotive. Able to leap tall buildings in a single bound............... for those old enough to know WTF i'm talking about :lol:

KudaPucat

Nocky wrote:

Nah Kuda my yabbies are easy to keep, Marron are Faster than a speeding bullet. More powerful than a locomotive. Able to leap tall buildings in a single bound............... for those old enough to know WTF i'm talking about :lol:

Some kind of old school paper comic? ;-)

ivansng

grunta, care to share what the low profile cages you are talking about look like and possibly where to get them? I am also considering putting the yabbies at the bottom of the FT to clear the scraps.

grunta · **Joined:** Jun 20th, '08, 21:21 **Posts:** 280 **Gender:**

ivansng, i'l post a picture on the weekend when they are about to go in the tanks.

ivansng

grunta,
Thanks. Look forward to it.

Nocky

Have been negotiating prices for MA at Live Fish they finally have said $4.50ea for 100 or $6 for 50 :shock:

have now given the aqua blue's price to see if they will come down more, at them prices I would be better off flying over and having a weekend with Dagz :lol:

Might happen yet :wink:

grunta · **Joined:** Jun 20th, '08, 21:21 **Posts:** 280 **Gender:**

ivansng, these pics are for you if they work, cant remember how i did it last time.

ivansng

Hi Grunta,
Thanks for your pics. I can't believe that it is that simple. I was possibly overthinking things, but it looks like it is essentially one of those storage boxes with holes drilled into them. A bit of weight from the gravel to hold it down and also for them yabbies to flick around.

I actually went looking around Bunnings for ideas of what I could use, but all I need to do was to "steal" the missus storage boxes.

Thanks heaps.

grunta · **Joined:** Jun 20th, '08, 21:21 **Posts:** 280 **Gender:**

ivansng, your welcome, these clic clac's are $3.oo ea from Red dot,with a bit of scrap Perspex in the middle, i intend to cover the bottom of at least 1 fish tank to start with and see how we go.

good luck.

Nocky

Nice Grunta, you can also make square cages any size you like out of 12 or 19mm square aviary wire it's about $5 per metre for 2.4mt wide so for $10 you can make a few.
On the MA shrimp from Live fish $4-50 is the best price, even for a thousand, so need Dagz who seems to have disappeared :shock:

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