Wow, what a day.
Took off for Glenwaters Native Fish Farm today to fill the second tank,
When i pulled up it was a very very hot and gusty 35DegC and a lot of nervous people out there I can tell you that. It may be the 4th anniversary of King Lake fires, but the memories of such a tragedy still linger.
I meet some very nice people who have been in the business a very long time who were kind enough to take the time out from loading a car with 25 (!!!) boxes of live fish (!!!) for a customer!!! Huge! Hundreds and Hundreds! :-)
But as for me, I came away with twenty nice dark coloured Tandus cats and 10 Murray Cod Fingerlings! I am a little apprehensive at my first time with these fish, however i came away well assured that if i kept them well fed and housed that i (and they) would be fine....!
It was a HOT trip back home, 37DegC and blowing a gale when i pulled up, and although the car is climate controlled, very anxious for my new charges. But, all present and accounted for.
With only a cursory acclimatising in the tanks, because the bags were already imploding from the heat, in went the fish.
15 Tandus should be a match for the 15 Perch and 5 'sacrificial' Tandus went into the cod tank, the second tank. (I really want to see if i can get them to share!)
SO! all'a well that ends well......
.........You would think that to be a well enough day, but ooooh no, not by a long shot!!!
When i got home and put the Cod bag into the other tank, i saw a fish.
huh!?!?
Yes...a Perch was in tank 2.
So, i looked in Tank 1....nothing. empty. not one fish.
It appears that every one of them made it UP the water return en mass, and into the sump, and that is where i found them swimming merrily in very small circles.
So, out goes the perch back to where they were meant to be, mesh over the pipes and in went the cat fish.
And what of the lone ranger that made it to the other side.....he remains there.
To darn small to catch!!!!