Murray cod

[hardb0iled]

I've only heard of em, apparently they are the only natural predators of the largest Crayfish in the world The Murray Crayfish

Well I'm pretty natural and have been known to eat few Murray Crays!

But yeah I think you could be right! I'm not aware of too many other fish capable of downing them! They are also known to eat birds, possums, basically anything that falls in the water and will fit in their mouths! My cat nearly got a nasty fright the other day when he decided to take drink from the tank water through the gap in my cover glass! Little MC was hovering below in attack mode, fins up, doing his little rapid water treading movements he does before striking at a target (in this case the cats nose!) Luckily I was quick enough to shoo the cat away before MC made a strike!

 

[m-codrule]

hahahahahahaha cods have also been known to eat dogs and cats

 

[Stone Like Fish]

Also, carp, the reason there are so many is because as soon as anyone catches a decent native they eat it, these are the main predator of carp and they are the brood fish, i have a freind who used to live in a place so thick with carp they were forced to the surface and he could shoot them, they stocked cod in that water and now there are almost no carp and hundreds of small and large cod, so, the problem is not so much the carp, its the farmers, also, farmers pump creeks so their so low that nothing other then air gulpin carp can survive, then when the rain comes the carp are there with no predators, so, the problem is not so much the carp, but the people, anglers and farmers, doing all the damage.

 

[stotty]

Monster that was caught on a lure

 

[eatbroccoli]

Thank you for all the information, I have never heard of a Murray Cod before. In Las Vegas we get very few Australian fish or reptiles. It is amazing the diversity of fish you have available there.

 

[Stone Like Fish]

hahahahahahaha cods have also been known to eat dogs and cats

i beleive they arn't known to

 

[Opiate]

yeah my mate has 1 in his pond just up the road from me!!! it's such a cool fish...he was feeding it blue acara fry for like 6 months....made it grow into a MONSTER! wierd thing is the pond is in his front yard! =/

 

[Stone Like Fish]

any pics?

 

[hardb0iled]

Just some local aquaculture news, some may find interesting, most wont! :

COD IN - CARP OUT
Members of Carpbusters have released 6,900 Mary River Cod fingerlings into
the Logan and Albert Rivers catchment in their drive to get carp out of the
area. The juveniles were sourced from the Lake MacDonald hatchery at
Cooroy. It's a largely community-run facility taking advantage of
assistance from the Department of Primary Industries and Fisheries. The
fingerlings were supplied under the Mary River Cod Recovery Program.
Source: Beaudesert Times (7/12/2005).

RE-STOCKING PROGRAM IN THE WARWICK AREA
Some 5000 Murray Cod have been placed in Leslie Dam and, over the next few
weeks there'll be further additions in the area. Leslie Dam will receive
90,000 golden perch and 10,000 silver perch. The Connolly Dam will get 200
Murray Cod, 1,500 silver perch and 6,500 golden perch. Some 2,000 Murray
Cod, 2,000 silver perch and 10,000 golden perch will be placed in the
Condamine River. The fingerlings will cost $26,687. The Leslie and
Condamine Dam stockings will be paid for under the Stocked Impoundment
Permit Scheme. The Condamine River stocking will be paid for by Warwick
Fish Stocking Association membership fees, a Warwick Shire Council
contribution, and the Fish Enhancement Program. Fingerlings will be
sourced from the Granite Belt Fish hatchery, Hanwood Fish Hatchery and
Sunland Fish Hatchery.
Source: Dan Imhoff in the Daily News (3/1/2006).

STOCKING CLUB RELEASES THOUSANDS
Over two weekends the St George Fishing and Restocking Club has released
thousands of fingerlings into Thallon, Bollon and Dirranbandi, and into St
George from 'Whyenbah' to Beardmore. Some $15,000 was invested, with first
6,000 Cod fingerlings, then 60,000 yellowbelly fingerlings turned loose.
They were sourced from the Murgon-based company, Hanwood Fish Hatchery.
Source: Balonne Beacon (15/12/2005).

 

[hardb0iled]

Heres a couple of crappy mobile phone pics of an MC I visited yesterday:





This guy is at an aquarium shop in Melbourne (Boronia to be exact) and I'd estimate he'd be around 60-70cm! They can grow to more than twice this size