barramundi

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thesoul2008

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i am about to buy a new house which has quite a large back yard i have been thinking about building a pond which will hold about 2600 gallons and i would like to put a couple nice little barramundi in there and watch them grow :) i do realize it wont take them long to get to a good size...

will a pond 4 meters diameter and 1.2 meters deep be enough for say 3 barramundi?

also need to know what to feed them i was planing on getting a couple hundred guppies in another little pond let the bread like rabbits and feed that to them or possibly convict cichlids or maybe even feeder goldfish not to sure i think goldfish will be the go as they can stay in a pond all year round...

if anyone has any advice it would be much appretiated (if i have to i can make the pond bigger which i probably will do anyway hahaha)

oh yeah do i need filter/pump with barramundi......
i have been looking at electric blue maroon and saratoga jardini im guessing as the barra get bigger they will eat the maroon which isnt a problem but will a saratoga jardini hold its own against a barra if i buy them around the same size?
 
yes for quite a long time in say about 5-7 years they will probably reach 1.2 meters depending on how muh u feed em. imo if u can makie it 2metres wide then that would be perfect.
 
That size sounds good mate.
But yes, you will need filtration for them.
I think you should REALLY work on getting filtration for the pond before doing too much else :)

I wouldn't really bother with Guppies as feeders because the Barras will grow pretty fast and loose interest in them because guppies are small.
Convict cichlids would be good though. (try to get them on pellets aswell)


Ummm, I think that should last you for a bit. :D
 
barramundis are beautiful fish but its sad the first time i saw a live one was on iron chef lol. good luck their slow growers i wanted one for a while but just gave up on trying to find one
 
thesoul2008;2092330; said:
i am about to buy a new house which has quite a large back yard i have been thinking about building a pond which will hold about 2600 gallons and i would like to put a couple nice little barramundi in there and watch them grow :) i do realize it wont take them long to get to a good size...

will a pond 4 meters diameter and 1.2 meters deep be enough for say 3 barramundi?

also need to know what to feed them i was planing on getting a couple hundred guppies in another little pond let the bread like rabbits and feed that to them or possibly convict cichlids or maybe even feeder goldfish not to sure i think goldfish will be the go as they can stay in a pond all year round...

if anyone has any advice it would be much appretiated (if i have to i can make the pond bigger which i probably will do anyway hahaha)

oh yeah do i need filter/pump with barramundi......
i have been looking at electric blue maroon and saratoga jardini im guessing as the barra get bigger they will eat the maroon which isnt a problem but will a saratoga jardini hold its own against a barra if i buy them around the same size?
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Is the pond going to be insulated? Just realised you're from Alice Springs and I understand you have pretty big temperature fluctuations from night to day and vice versa? Being a tropical species, they really don't appreciate big changes and they will get shocked and die if you have a particularly chilly night.

I wouldn't chance putting a jardinii in with a barra of the same size. As aggressive as they are, if there isn't anywhere for it to run, the barra might eat the jardinii. Either that, or the toga will jump out on you and you'll come out the next morning to find a very expensive stick of fish with ants all over it.

As for feeding them, just get them onto pellets or something. Live feeders can be amusing, but they're fairly impractical to keep up on a regular basis. Plus, in a pond, you won't see them eat most of the time if the fish gets away from their first rush. Fresh frozen food's good, but make sure you're buying from a bait store and NOT giving them food for human consumption. The preservatives fishmongers put in their fresh prawns and some of their smaller fish are no good for your pets.
 
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