Staplez Posted January 11, 2005 Report Share Posted January 11, 2005 Over the years iv'e heard abit of talk about people catching wild guppies at the small lake next to lake pupuke. Also heard of people finding them in a stream at the back of the Takapuna golf course. Has anybody else heard these stories or has anybody caught them in these places? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
livebearer_breeder Posted January 11, 2005 Report Share Posted January 11, 2005 well if there are some it would be gambusia or leapord fish not guppys Shae Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan Posted January 11, 2005 Report Share Posted January 11, 2005 LB is on the right track. Guppies wouldn't survive an Auck. winter They will be gambusia, and are to be treated as a noxious fish. It is illegal to have them alive, sell, give, take, or transfer these beasties. Alan 104 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caryl Posted January 11, 2005 Report Share Posted January 11, 2005 wild caught fish for feeders run the risk of unknown disease. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lynz Posted January 11, 2005 Report Share Posted January 11, 2005 They are gambusia. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staplez Posted January 11, 2005 Author Report Share Posted January 11, 2005 Guppies wouldn't survive an Auck. winter Yeah thats what I thought But I had to ask because people that have told me about these fish have been very sure of themselfs that they were guppies. If there are places with wild guppies I'm very interested. I'm a rather big fan of guppies and I'd like to see how they get along in the wild. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kylefish02 Posted January 11, 2005 Report Share Posted January 11, 2005 there are a few guppies in the wild in nz there mainly in the waikato and apparently have been found in lake taupo where all the sailfin mollies,swords and plecos are Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ira Posted January 11, 2005 Report Share Posted January 11, 2005 Plecos? *Perks up* Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan Posted January 11, 2005 Report Share Posted January 11, 2005 SAME ?????????? Alan 104 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
livebearer_breeder Posted January 11, 2005 Report Share Posted January 11, 2005 Are you thinking what im thinking Ira and Jodey? Shae Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lucid Posted January 11, 2005 Report Share Posted January 11, 2005 !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!ROOAADDTTRRRRRIIPPP!!!!!!!!!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ira Posted January 11, 2005 Report Share Posted January 11, 2005 If you're thinking of buying a bunch of redspots and yellow black eyed bristlenoses and going for a roadtrip...Yeah. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
livebearer_breeder Posted January 11, 2005 Report Share Posted January 11, 2005 !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!GRAB THE SNORKLE GEAR AND HUGE NETS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Im driving 8) Love the new name Ira although i cannot stand the queer eye program!! UGKK those men give me the kreeps id never let them touch me like thye thos guys on the program!! My mum loves the program!!! UGGKK Shae Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
livebearer_breeder Posted January 11, 2005 Report Share Posted January 11, 2005 :-? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carriej Posted January 11, 2005 Report Share Posted January 11, 2005 When I was deep sea fishing I used to work with a guy who lives in Indonesia. he has rivers running through his property where the plecs are commonly up to six foot, he sees clown loaches over a foot long and he occasionally goes fishing for oscar, a good table oscar can rach up to two foot, enough to feed the family, although not his family cause he has got something like 24 kids, no more than two of them to the same mother....... He reckons that clown loaches taste ok, and oscars are pretty good, but a big spitroasted plec was a real treat and made a great centrepiece at a smorgasboard. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ira Posted January 11, 2005 Report Share Posted January 11, 2005 I'm skeptical of 6 foot plecos and 2 foot oscars. But easily a lot of 6 foot catfish. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
somethin fishy Posted January 11, 2005 Report Share Posted January 11, 2005 http://www.niwa.co.nz/rc/freshwater/fis ... /other.htm Of interest.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
suphew Posted January 11, 2005 Report Share Posted January 11, 2005 Many years ago I saw what looked like guppies in a stream out the back of Johnsonville in Wellington. We were looking for eels but the guy I was with was a fish keeper (I wasn't at the time), he caught some and put them in his tank. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carriej Posted January 11, 2005 Report Share Posted January 11, 2005 I'm skeptical of 6 foot plecos and 2 foot oscars. But easily a lot of 6 foot catfish. I have read that plecs will get up to six foot in the wild as well. If oscars can get up to 12" in a big tank, I see no reason that they couldn't get alot bigger in the wild, they live for a long time. not sure about 2 foot, but the only way to be sure is to go to bali, and poke around a bit. Koolies! Where that stream? lol! I doubt that they are guppies, if they are in the wild they are probably a pest fish (gambusia) and it will be illegal to have them. if you did get some, you could get yourself into trouble if the wrong person saw them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
suphew Posted January 11, 2005 Report Share Posted January 11, 2005 It was the stream the runs along side the road out to Makara, but right at the start of where it was just a trickle. Not sure if the farm land is still there since it was a few years (20 odd) and the houses have expanded a bit since then. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CatBrat Posted January 12, 2005 Report Share Posted January 12, 2005 Where have you read that Pleco's can get up to 6 foot Carrie? The largest pleco's that I know of are Acanthicus adonis and Acanthicus Hystrix, which can both get around a meter. I would be interested to have a read of the info you mentioned. Cheers, CatBrat. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David R Posted January 14, 2005 Report Share Posted January 14, 2005 He reckons that clown loaches taste ok Who the hell would eat a foot long clown loach!?!?!?!?!!?!?!! :evil: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HummingBird Posted January 14, 2005 Report Share Posted January 14, 2005 Someone who was hungry. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caryl Posted January 14, 2005 Report Share Posted January 14, 2005 Many of the fish we keep are food fish elsewhere. I am told discus are very tasty too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HummingBird Posted January 14, 2005 Report Share Posted January 14, 2005 They'd probably make fillets just the right size to be a burger too 8) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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