Samity Sam Vidler Posted August 26, 2013 Report Share Posted August 26, 2013 lfs said it was a milkfish? dont know how to even look after him so anything would help i thought they were only salt water fish but yeah any advise would be awesome Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Donny@ageofaquariums Posted August 26, 2013 Report Share Posted August 26, 2013 Where was it caught? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Samity Sam Vidler Posted August 26, 2013 Author Report Share Posted August 26, 2013 i bought it from a lfs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Samity Sam Vidler Posted August 26, 2013 Author Report Share Posted August 26, 2013 well not local capalabar Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Donny@ageofaquariums Posted August 26, 2013 Report Share Posted August 26, 2013 So its Australian? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Samity Sam Vidler Posted August 26, 2013 Author Report Share Posted August 26, 2013 yeah it is as far as i know Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Samity Sam Vidler Posted August 26, 2013 Author Report Share Posted August 26, 2013 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hareysfish Posted August 26, 2013 Report Share Posted August 26, 2013 Looks like a very starved tarpon, Aussie native in both fresh & salt water. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
litigator666 Posted August 26, 2013 Report Share Posted August 26, 2013 I saw that in PetSuperstore the other week. They are milkfish (aka bangus). They are staple food source and are grown on fishfarms overseas. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Samity Sam Vidler Posted August 26, 2013 Author Report Share Posted August 26, 2013 yeah and there rare in aus apparently anyone know what to feed them or what not Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
john22 Posted August 26, 2013 Report Share Posted August 26, 2013 Drop some feeders n there looks hungry how big is it?how big does it get? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Samity Sam Vidler Posted August 26, 2013 Author Report Share Posted August 26, 2013 10cm is not real big dont think it has the mouth for feeders but i fed it today n it was in with the toga but it had a chew on it so i moved it in with the birchis Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Samity Sam Vidler Posted August 26, 2013 Author Report Share Posted August 26, 2013 as in the toga bit it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
john22 Posted August 26, 2013 Report Share Posted August 26, 2013 Holy so he was nearly a feeder hey, maybe try small garden worms. Wat did u feed it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Samity Sam Vidler Posted August 26, 2013 Author Report Share Posted August 26, 2013 bloodworms geting 300 feeder fish tomoz for the toga n then il through it back in if it gets eaten its for the best cuz the birchis hates it haha Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Samity Sam Vidler Posted August 26, 2013 Author Report Share Posted August 26, 2013 more money fed to the toga onces again Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brodie-S/A-C Posted August 26, 2013 Report Share Posted August 26, 2013 The only Australian Milk fish i know of is the one they get up in Darwin. They are massive everyone feeds them bread off the piers, they take it right out of your hand. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Samity Sam Vidler Posted August 26, 2013 Author Report Share Posted August 26, 2013 well it appears i have one in brisbane hahaha Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ROAR99 Posted August 26, 2013 Report Share Posted August 26, 2013 The only Australian Milk fish i know of is the one they get up in Darwin. They are massive everyone feeds them bread off the piers, they take it right out of your hand. wow thats a flashback,,, i grew up in darwin and use too fiish and net for prawns where they now feed the milk fish,, and yeah the buggers would come up for berly but could never catch em... anyways back to thread lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Samity Sam Vidler Posted August 26, 2013 Author Report Share Posted August 26, 2013 if you want it 45 thats what it cost me haha Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
litigator666 Posted August 26, 2013 Report Share Posted August 26, 2013 10cm is not real big dont think it has the mouth for feeders but i fed it today n it was in with the toga but it had a chew on it so i moved it in with the birchis With its size, your bichirs can easilly deathroll it like what crocodile do. You better isolate it to get more mass on the body. There are very nice and shiny when they are big similar to the bala shark without the blackends on the fins. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Samity Sam Vidler Posted August 26, 2013 Author Report Share Posted August 26, 2013 have no room have a toga in one tank a coal grunter in anouther and a birchis in the other Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Samity Sam Vidler Posted August 26, 2013 Author Report Share Posted August 26, 2013 i got him to live with the toga Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Samity Sam Vidler Posted August 26, 2013 Author Report Share Posted August 26, 2013 moved it on its own so it can grow a bit hopfully it will live with the toga some day Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sclero p Posted September 1, 2013 Report Share Posted September 1, 2013 Pic is not good but Elops not Chanos Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
