Mangrove Jack Fresh?

[arvicanthis]

Oh and when an aussie answers you about aussie fish, he or she is the one to listen to. defo, local knowledge pal.

Ta ta

 

[happymidgetpaul]

Thankyou for all the answers :]

 

[SAIL]

Where to get them? In located in Singapore.

S.A.I.L

 

[fugupuff]

Where to get them? In located in Singapore.

S.A.I.L

you can fish for them with a bait and hook near your harbors and river inlets

 

[fugupuff]

thanks for speaking the truth, many Americans cannot handle it, the idea goes against what they've learned in school about how science should work and cannot wrap their mind around the fact that science is not concrete, and life science adapts and changes constantly.

It is the Australian freshwater display tank at Under Water World in Maloollaba in Qld, Aus.Every fish in there can be found in the fresh water stretches of our northern rivers and sometimes land locked waterways.
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Mangrove Jacks have been kept successfully in fresh for many years. It is nothing new. It has been so successful that the Department of Primary Industries and Queensland fisheries started stocking a number of our Fresh water dams and impoundments with Mangrove Jack fingerlings several years a go. Catches 50cm and larger are reported often now and the Jacks are getting bigger.
See video of a Jack from one of our freshwater impoundments.

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[fugupuff]

Hey HappymidgetPaul, The old mangrove jack can definitely be fresh all its life. It is a really adaptable species, there is no scientific evidence to support the belief that they have to spend their adult life in salt. if you have the space mate get it. they are just fab. if you wanna see a hobbyist with a complete fresh jack look at fugupuffs tank. He even has a completely fresh queensland grouper. E. Lanceolatus. Oh and it is lush!!

best of luck

arvi

haha...the grouper got to 20 pounds I had to move him to a larger tank, but he died during the move unfortunately. I've decided I will not do that to a giant fish in the future, so I don't keep them anymore, but while I had him he was a great pet. He even ate a 10" new guinea datnoid and spat it out 2 days later partially digested!

For the mangrove jacks, absolutely one of my favorite fish, smart as heck, smarter than any freshwater fish, but also very aggressive! I will keep some again in the future, I need more tanks!!!