Aussie natives Stocking.

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aussiemonsters;4206583; said:
How big are the cod and barra ?
Feed your feeders as much as they can eat add some shrimps and crays
and anything you can get variety in a live diet is the go.
Good luck getting the cod off live the barra will eat pellets eventually but hard to do with them together.
when i 1st bought them they were both same size but now after 3 weeks the barra is almost twice the size as i worked out teh barra grows alot faster

the cod is around 5 inch's teh barra is about 8 inch the cod atm is not very aggressive but his aggressiveness does show every now and again while feeding the barra is in charge of the tank for now having a few arguments with the cod but nothing serious yet

as for crayfish i have a 3 inch cray in there atm and neitehr of them pay much attention to it also have a freshwater mud crab about the same size and they get a bit curious but just swim away after a few secounds

im hopeing to get anouther 4ft by 2 ft wide tank this week end off a mate comes with hood /stand and filters and rocks for $120 bucks just dont have 120 spare on me atm so going to see if i can give him 50$ a week for it

if taht happens the barra will go in a 4 ft the cod will go in a 4 ft and ill transfer my synphlilum to the 3ft as id rather have native then hybrid cross breeds
 

Aussiebum

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aussiemonsters;4206578; said:
Your Barra will pretty much outgrow/kill/eat anything you put in with them unless the fish are much larger than your barra .
Thanks Aussiemonster. I am aware of this and would just like to know if they can be kept together for in the future.
 

aussiemonsters

Piranha
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Aussiebum;4207838; said:
Thanks Aussiemonster. I am aware of this and would just like to know if they can be kept together for in the future.
If the size differences are not to great go for it :)
 

Aussiebum

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aussiemonsters;4208218; said:
If the size differences are not to great go for it :)
Yeah i really want to get a successful native tank up and running in the next few months. Thanks for the help.
 

masone

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Realistically they are illegal to sell, only way to obtain them is through "trading" with a fellow hobbyist. Get in touch with ANGFA peeps in your area, they are probably going to be your best bet for getting P. mellis.
 

Danzig86

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masone;4222279; said:
Realistically they are illegal to sell, only way to obtain them is through "trading" with a fellow hobbyist. Get in touch with ANGFA peeps in your area, they are probably going to be your best bet for getting P. mellis.
Thank you kindly, Cam pointed out they're not up for sale. bummer ill try Angfa and few native guys around here.
 
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