blueether Posted January 14, 2011 Report Share Posted January 14, 2011 Oh so cute :love: About 10-15mm caught about 10, 1/2 went in the 400l native tank (under 20deg) the rest went in with a newly morphed green & gold bell frog (about 23deg). Didn't want to put them all in one tank as the inanga/smelt might eat them (and have*) or I was afraid the frog tank might be too warm, although the stream where they came from was well above 20 deg DSC_8130 by nzbeeman, on Flickr Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stella Posted January 14, 2011 Report Share Posted January 14, 2011 aw cuteness! :love: At that size, you are probably right If you got them near the coast or in a lake it might be questionable, and being up there the only non-diadromous bullies you have are Cran's (or land-locked commons). I suspect these guys might be a bit more tolerant of temperature than some other species, or indeed of their own species when older. They hang out in the shallows (they are so wee they would bet washed away otherwise) and those areas can heat up quite a bit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blueether Posted January 14, 2011 Author Report Share Posted January 14, 2011 *(for above post that I forgot to add) Stella, in your book you wonder about the heimlich maneuver, one of the inanga got a bully stuck and I couldn't catch said inanga. Some 18 hours later, four attempts to catch it and it looks like it has managed to get it down - or it has died under a bit of drift wood Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Insect Direct Posted January 14, 2011 Report Share Posted January 14, 2011 nice one. must of been a good day for it. i spent an hour or so on the edge of a river today. saw lots of baby fish, a male redfin and a few upland bullies. came home with a male & 2 females regards to temp of water. in the river it was amazing the little currents and warm rocks under the water in parts. was so much variance in temp (took thermometer and temp gun, forgot to use them :roll: ). was almost like someone was taking a slash upstream :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stella Posted January 14, 2011 Report Share Posted January 14, 2011 Stella, in your book you wonder about the heimlich maneuver, one of the inanga got a bully stuck and I couldn't catch said inanga. Some 18 hours later, four attempts to catch it and it looks like it has managed to get it down - or it has died under a bit of drift wood :lol: awesome! Amazing what fish can manage to swallow. Though not so great for the bully. (I am so loving hearing these little bits of how people are finding my book, really makes my day! ) Insect - I have never done that before, would be really interesting! You should take a whole lot of readings in a short reach and report back (disturbingly vivid analogy....! :sick: ) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Insect Direct Posted January 14, 2011 Report Share Posted January 14, 2011 Please call me Insect if you like lol :lol: I will do that at some stage for sure. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Insect Direct Posted January 14, 2011 Report Share Posted January 14, 2011 heres some pics of the ones i saw today. great camouflage. probably uplands, but found a redfin in the same area, and crans may also frequent that river. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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