New venture. - European perch (perca fluviatilis)

[esoxlucius]

These guys have been with me for less than two weeks now and you honestly would never have thought that they were wild caught.

The initial uncertainty and hiding in structure soon passed and all 10 are always out in the open now and constantly glass surfing.

They are insatiable. They are currently on a diet of compost worms, crickets and mealworms. The crickets are being gut loaded with my old tropical fish food so, in a way, my perch are getting nutrient from fish food without feeding it directly, which I doubt they'd take if I tried to feed directly anyway.

Below is a feeding video filmed from the top. I couldn't film from the front viewing window because of the glare from the outside window. These are mealworms and, as you can see, they are going down a treat!

 

[ken31cay]

Looks good to me.

 

[jjohnwm]

Very nice! But...I originally thought that your perch were virtually identical to ours here in Canuckistan, just based on pics I'd seen.

I've changed my mind; ours are nicer!

 

[cockroach]

These guys have been with me for less than two weeks now and you honestly would never have thought that they were wild caught.

The initial uncertainty and hiding in structure soon passed and all 10 are always out in the open now and constantly glass surfing.

They are insatiable. They are currently on a diet of compost worms, crickets and mealworms. The crickets are being gut loaded with my old tropical fish food so, in a way, my perch are getting nutrient from fish food without feeding it directly, which I doubt they'd take if I tried to feed directly anyway.

Below is a feeding video filmed from the top. I couldn't film from the front viewing window because of the glare from the outside window. These are mealworms and, as you can see, they are going down a treat!

Oh I like them. So much.

 

[esoxlucius]

I've changed my mind; ours are nicer!

Challenge excepted! Get some of your yellow perch in a tank and we can compare notes on the two!

The yellow perch are quite nice to be honest. I'll sit on the fence and be uncharacteristically diplomatic here and say they are both equally pleasant on the eye.

 

[danotaylor]

uncharacteristically diplomatic

 

[jjohnwm]

Challenge excepted! Get some of your yellow perch in a tank and we can compare notes on the two!

Can't do that, unless I plan on sending you the pics from my prison cell. Removing a native fish alive from the water where it was caught is an offence here. You don't even need to put it into an aquarium; just carrying it to your car and driving away is already breaking the law.

The yellow perch are quite nice to be honest. I'll sit on the fence and be uncharacteristically diplomatic here and say they are both equally pleasant on the eye.

Well, I will display my typical magnanimous largesse at this point and just say..."Sure!"

 

[fishhead0103666]

Can't do that, unless I plan on sending you the pics from my prison cell. Removing a native fish alive from the water where it was caught is an offence here. You don't even need to put it into an aquarium; just carrying it to your car and driving away is already breaking the law.


Well, I will display my typical magnanimous largesse at this point and just say..."Sure!"

What’s the reasoning behind a…. Interesting… law such at that?

 

[esoxlucius]

What’s the reasoning behind a…. Interesting… law such at that?

It's Canada Brian! It's full of wacky laws....and even wackier people!!!

 

[jjohnwm]

What’s the reasoning behind a…. Interesting… law such at that?

"Reasoning"???

We're Canadians; we don't got no reasoning...we don't need no stinkin' reasoning...

Seriously, the Powers That Be up here like to make all kinds of noise about preventing the spread of invasive species and diseases, blah, blah, blah. Just as an example, they make a big production out of banning by name things like all gar species, bowfins and many others. News flash; the Red River flows up into Canada from the US. It empties into Lake Winnipeg, which in turn feeds the Nelson River that flows all the way up to Hudson Bay. But the Red begins south of the border in 'Murrica, and is actually connected at one point to a lake that feeds the Mississippi River. People have canoed from Winnipeg to the Caribbean, no portages required. So...there is nothing stopping all those species of sunfish, bass, gar, bowfins, etc. from making their way into Manitoba...except, of course, the water temperature. No need for officious nonsense, but...hey, rules are rules...

It's the gummint; it doesn't have to make sense...