A species of Cichlid{looks like G. braziliensis} have been found in a small waterway in Perth.

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http://www.perthcichlid.com/pcs/modules.php?name=Forums&file=viewtopic&t=4744&postdays=0&postorder=asc&start=0

http://www.fish.wa.gov.au/docs/pub/IMPFeralFish/index.php?0506

No good at all, why can't people think before they act. This sort of thing can ruin it for others.

:evil:

Frenchy

Man thats a big disaster! Im glad its pretty much too cold for cichlids to live over here it would be a disaster to see them cruising around and eating trout etc..

wadda mean.

Trout are the biggest disaster ever added to our waters in NZ.

And done and supported by the Govt.

Yeah they make the tourist dollars and also those stupid NZers that want to stand around in water cold enough to immobilise them if they fell over, spend heaps too.

But what about our own ecology??

Oh !!

Almost forgot another brainwave by the govt. of the day, lets put some gambusia in our streams etc.

Yeah.

Alan 104

Trout are not a noxious fish if they are such are problem why are they so hard to catch theres hardly any around and they don't eat other fish.

They aren't hard to catch if you put an inanga on the hook, and that blows your last statement out of the water jason.

Alan 104

If they are hard to catch. Doesnt that mean that there going to be growing in numbers faster than we are taking??There for there numbers are increasing??

I think there could of been alot more in the old days. I remember going to CHCH muesum as a kid. Photos of trout for as far as the eye could see caught by fisherman, like 40 plus I remember in one photo.

Look at what the Nile Perch{cousin of the Barramundi} did to Lake Victoria in Africa, bastards....its all a roll on effect

http://www.american.edu/ted/PERCH.HTM

Frenchy

Trout numbers have been decreasing over the last 20 years at a rapid rate that is why they are hard to catch They are not a pest if they are a pest what other fish have they killed off or how have they affected the waterways.

The trout may not have killed off any species completely, but they sure have decimated the numbers, as well as the human kind taking out the natural vegetation and pollution.

Have you ever had a look into the tailrace at Tokanu and seen the huge schools of smelt suddenly part into a huge circle as a monster trout rises up into their midst.

If you have, and I have, then you will realize that the trout are predatators.

Oh yes, I do know of a species cleaned out by trout, and then the trout numbers fell out of the bottom.

It was goldfish in lake Taupo that fed them for years until they, the goldfish, were wiped out.

Alan 104

I never excused the low numbers either.

They are probably on the decrease as of lack of food, over fished, developed more smarts...

Probably also turning on themselves especially if it is the first reason. Common trend amongst predators.

ps; Alan, I haven't forgotten by the way. Brad is away in Sydney this weekend, so I will see him within the next few days & get back to you. & I will try to find some killie fanatics, hmm thats a mission & a half lol.

Frenchy

Alan says in his best practicing Ozzy drawl - -

"Thanks Mate" (brushes a flight of flies from of my face.)

Alan 104

Alan.. don't waste the flies.

Feed em to your killies :lol:

Hey Wok, ya found Jin???

What are ya feeding her.

Trust me not to think of feeding the flies to ma kilies, duh!!

Alan 104

I read in the Herald today "Trail is getting 'otter for Jin", was sighted by a kayaker and live traps are being laid. I looked at the birds eye map of it's journey, I predict I was driving right over the Auckland harbour bridge as it was swimming directly underneath. I think it's heading for Hollywood fish farm for some tasty treats of the exotic Amazonian variety.

Well, at least trout are a tasty pest, freshly caught and crumb pan fried...dayam can't beat that. And I discovered discus like eating their eggs too. Nothing like caviar.

Flies, nah you have to go bush to find them in plague numbers, or down in Melbourne

Just watch out for the snakes, spiders, mozzies, ticks..... :lol:

Frenchy

Ahhh bless New Zealand. Yea we did let some dumb things in though. Statement for the last couple of centuries: "whoops"