Stocking
21
Nov
Traumatising the Kids
When we recently hosted Dr Michael Hutchinson for his presentation on Jungle Perch Recovery I expected a lot of facts and figures, what I didn’t expect was a lesson in fish psychology. It seems that Jungle Perch raised in captivity do not have a natural aversion to predators such as a big hungry mangrove jack. So how do you teach
20
Nov
Jungle Perch – Notes on the Breeding Process
During the presentation by Michael I noted down some of the key elements of the breeding process. As with Bass and Barramundi hormones are used to stimulate the production of eggs and sperm Spawning can be performed anytime between November and May dependant on the availability of the right feeding pond for post spawning. Northern Jungle perch breed at