Barramundi question

[Piscineidiot]

link dont work

Well, if the 'boof' is enough to make you happy, then go for it.

Go to google, and type in 'fishbase'.

When you get there, in the spaces for genus and species type:

Genus: Siniperca

Species: chuatsi

That should work.

 

[Hao]

hey 1 question would 80-82 F work for perch/barramundi?

 

[Dudzy]

hey 1 question would 80-82 F work for perch/barramundi?

Yes that would work, expect a big appetite though.

 

[JOSH R]

hi i was wondering if anyone could tell me how to teach a 10cm Barramundi to feed from my hand and

 

[Dudzy]

hi i was wondering if anyone could tell me how to teach a 10cm Barramundi to feed from my hand and

Okay, well the way I did it was pretty simple.
Slow down their feeding, so they get hungry, then you just put the tip of the food in the water and let them take it(you may have to drop it for them sometimes, just until they get used to your hand being close to them).

Once they are snatching it from the surface of the water you can slowly start to put your hand into the water with them.

Hope that helps.

 

[JOSH R]

thanks man but what can i use as food

 

[JOSH R]

thanks what can i use as food i cant use pellets because thay are to small

 

[Dudzy]

thanks what can i use as food i cant use pellets because thay are to small

Hmmm, is there no where that sells large pellets near you?
If not pellets then use fish fillets that you can get from markets or even the seafood section at a shop.
Raw prawns aswell.

 

[Hao]

would barra or chinese perch accept mealworm,market prawn? and are they easy to convert to pellets?

 

[cichlaguapote]

would barra or chinese perch accept mealworm,market prawn? and are they easy to convert to pellets?

Both will accept market prawn. Barra will more easily. Mealworm unless you're feeding a whole bowl a day is pretty much useless. Both can be converted to pellets.

Honestly unless you got a 2ft wide tank at least or are close to one and you don't mind even going bigger in the future I wouldn't suggest one. They grow really fast, and before you know it you have a 2ft+ barra.

Growth rate is going to be a little over 1" a month. And they will injest anything that fit. Mine ingested a 12" royal clown knife and 5" flagtail at 18" and at 16" or so he ate a 8" pima. Both were while he was well fed. So you kinda have to know what you're getting into with large perch and that is a fish that unless your other fish are pretty big he's gonna eat them.

Chinese perch aren't very aggressive at all except with their own species. They are though the gulper cats of the perch world as they will eat and eat and eat and their stomach will just stretch to fit it all in.

There are also some types of african lates that stay smaller or to similar size of the chinese perch.

Yes that would work, expect a big appetite though.

Yep and you're upping their metabolism which means you're upping their growth rate.