rainbowrunner Posted December 16, 2014 Report Share Posted December 16, 2014 .Caught some teewah creek rhads a few months ago with [MENTION=9288]buck[/MENTION], they were quite young so they went in the pond to grow and maybe breed next summer, put a couple in for display yesterday and Im quite impressed as they are not even full size or colour yet. One goes almost all orange at certain times these pics are still shots from HDvideo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ancalimon Posted December 16, 2014 Report Share Posted December 16, 2014 Now that's a nice Rhad! Ta Graeme Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
warren63 Posted December 16, 2014 Report Share Posted December 16, 2014 Very nice! You have some great natives Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Craigo Posted December 16, 2014 Report Share Posted December 16, 2014 wow man. wow Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grubby Posted December 16, 2014 Report Share Posted December 16, 2014 I was breeding the red morph, was up to the 2nd Generation, put em in one of my ponds and lost all but one to the extreme heat. Will need to get some more from Leo me thinks. Bummer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rainbowrunner Posted December 17, 2014 Author Report Share Posted December 17, 2014 (edited) I was breeding the red morph, was up to the 2nd Generation, put em in one of my ponds and lost all but one to the extreme heat. Will need to get some more from Leo me thinks. Bummer. your welcome to some of these when they breed, Ill see after new year how they go as I thought they might be too young, but by the looks of these two. . . . Edited December 17, 2014 by rainbowrunner Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grubby Posted December 17, 2014 Report Share Posted December 17, 2014 Thanks Pete, I don't know how I could lose 20 Rhads in one pond with a fountain on it 24/7, all I can assume is that the heat got em. Yet I have other ponds with Rhads and no issues that are unaerated. Go figure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeterH Posted December 18, 2014 Report Share Posted December 18, 2014 Beautiful rhads. Fantastic colours. grubby, the only thing I could think of is that the fountain spread the heat throughout the pond faster than tanks without aeration. Were there any issues with any other ponds with aeration ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grubby Posted December 18, 2014 Report Share Posted December 18, 2014 Beautiful rhads. Fantastic colours.grubby, the only thing I could think of is that the fountain spread the heat throughout the pond faster than tanks without aeration. Were there any issues with any other ponds with aeration ? No. .... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ancalimon Posted December 18, 2014 Report Share Posted December 18, 2014 I suspect that it was low oxygen that got them Grubby. While you have a setup that shouldn't result in that, I suspect that local conditions (perhaps an algae bloom??) may have just tipped it over the edge. I've had a similar instance with Rhads (Seary's Crk). One day good - next day, lots of dead bodies. Fortunately managed to retrieve some survivors. How to fix it - not sure as an airstone/aeration should work. Maybe put a sun-shade (shade cloth) over it (I've being doing that since the heat wave last year wiped out a lot of my PNGs outdoors...) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grubby Posted December 18, 2014 Report Share Posted December 18, 2014 Yeah no corpses though. I now suspect that a kingfisher or heron may be the cause. I have shade clothed the tub now. Thanks, Phil Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ancalimon Posted December 19, 2014 Report Share Posted December 19, 2014 Ah - good point especially no bodies. Either way, a bit of shade cloth can't hurt. Let us know how it all goes. Ta Graeme Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TED Posted December 19, 2014 Report Share Posted December 19, 2014 ah yes, the good old king fisher. a friend of mine had a pond for one reason, the king fishers. he use to stock it with feeder gudgeons just for the king fishers. theyll clean a pond out in a matter of days if the conditions are right for them. nice rhads by the way rainbowrunner. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hareysfish Posted December 19, 2014 Report Share Posted December 19, 2014 Also crows ,kookaburras ,cane toads and rats will take fish from a pond If given the chance of a easy feed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grubby Posted December 19, 2014 Report Share Posted December 19, 2014 Does anyone know if the location where Leo caught his "Praecox" Rhads at Poona is still top secret ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grubby Posted December 19, 2014 Report Share Posted December 19, 2014 Ah - good point especially no bodies. Either way, a bit of shade cloth can't hurt. Let us know how it all goes.Ta Graeme Well that bunnings bin is now empty of Fish, I will be throwing some Honeys in there now that it has 50 % shade cloth on 3/4 of it. For the remaining quarter I am going to put cable tie "spikes" around the rim similar principle to what people put on their skid lid to deter magpies, I figure it will put the birds off and will keep some light available for plant growth . If that doesn't work I might shoelace weave fishing wire across the surface of that remaining 1/4 through the holes that I will drill for cable ties. Just a theory at this stage, keep you posted. Phil Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grubby Posted December 19, 2014 Report Share Posted December 19, 2014 I might put some styro around the sides of the bin to insulate it seeing is it is nothing but black plastic, just incase its an issue of heat/oxygen loss. Or bubble foil. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
