teflon Posted May 3, 2005 Share Posted May 3, 2005 Im just wondering who has kept Silver perch as i am thinking of buying one Are they very active? Good personality? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ant Posted May 3, 2005 Share Posted May 3, 2005 I have had a little bit of experience with them. If you give them enough room they can be quite active. They are especially active when they are young. As for personality.... hmmmm...i've noticed they're nothing like our other natives from my limited experience with them. Anthony Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
teflon Posted May 3, 2005 Author Share Posted May 3, 2005 Thanks for the reply Its just that Australian natives would probably be my favourite type of fish after cichlids and all my barra does is sit around. Might have to get him a girl Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ant Posted May 3, 2005 Share Posted May 3, 2005 Your barra just sits around???? I find them to be the most curious and inquisitive fish around. Whilst i admit there not the most active fish, they usually swim around a tank slowly and often follow you around a room. I've noticed that Murray Cod are very lazy fish but i would never have imagined a lazy barra. Perhaps yours is spoilt and too fat......like myself . Anthony Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
teflon Posted May 3, 2005 Author Share Posted May 3, 2005 Your barra just sits around???? I find them to be the most curious and inquisitive fish around. Whilst i admit there not the most active fish, they usually swim around a tank slowly and often follow you around a room. I've noticed that Murray Cod are very lazy fish but i would never have imagined a lazy barra. Perhaps yours is spoilt and too fat......like myself :blush: . Anthony ← I only got him yesterday so maybe hes just trying to give the impression he dosent usually do anything except sit around and eat I have caught him a few times swimming around when the light is off but as soon as it comes on hes right back at the bottom of the tank HMMMMMM maybe just a real smart fish Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
junek Posted May 3, 2005 Share Posted May 3, 2005 when your barra settles in you'll see its a great fish, really interesting. give it a week or two Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ant Posted May 3, 2005 Share Posted May 3, 2005 lol....they can be sooks at times. One other thing is that they seem to sook if the water conditions are acidic. He'd just be settling in. They are a fantastic pet fish, except when they grow out of every tank you own and then you need to get him a large pond or swimming pool. Anthony Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gargamel Posted May 3, 2005 Share Posted May 3, 2005 Silver perch are particularly aggressive. much more so than any cichlid i have ever owned. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
teflon Posted May 3, 2005 Author Share Posted May 3, 2005 Thanks for the replies guys I really appreciate it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dark Morelia Posted May 3, 2005 Share Posted May 3, 2005 I definitely agree they can be little terrors. All the ones i've had were. Good luck getting a female Barra, unless you have a VERY large tank Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tricky Posted May 3, 2005 Share Posted May 3, 2005 I definitely agree they can be little terrors. All the ones i've had were. Good luck getting a female Barra, unless you have a VERY large tank ← What Dark Morelia is saying (if you didnt read between the lines) that all barra are born male and turn female once they mature. Ive had both silver and golden perch, The silvers were quite active until they all got eaten by the goldens! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
teflon Posted May 5, 2005 Author Share Posted May 5, 2005 yeah i know about the sexing problem Every living thing is female in the embrio stage Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaz1986 Posted May 5, 2005 Share Posted May 5, 2005 yeah i know about the sexing problem Every living thing is female in the embrio stage ← Ummm... teflon... I think you will find that is not true at all... but i am not going to give a bio lecture here... I will just state that barra are MALE from embryo until approx. 5 kg... at which stage they become females... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
teflon Posted May 5, 2005 Author Share Posted May 5, 2005 Well looks like science got it wrong You tell the many Fact/Medical books i have read about this new break through Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaz1986 Posted May 5, 2005 Share Posted May 5, 2005 Placental mammals are the only forms of life that all start as female... and they change into male if required... even while in embryo stage as their organs develop... 16 weeks for human babies... But for any life that is not placental... they do not have their mothers hormonal input... so they can be whatever their genetics determine... i would suggest instead of correcting the writers of the text books... you re-read the textbooks... Well looks like science got it wrong You tell the many Fact/Medical books i have read about this new break through ← Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
teflon Posted May 5, 2005 Author Share Posted May 5, 2005 Im pretty sure my reading is spot on Maybe you should have a skim through one of them Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaz1986 Posted May 5, 2005 Share Posted May 5, 2005 Your welcome to come over and browse through my girlfriends obstetrician text books... you can even call my mum (pre-natal physio)... you could come to uni and argue with my genetics lecturer, my animal science lecturer, and my reproductive biology lecturer if you really want to... or you can decide that you are going to stop for a second and go and re READ whatever books you have picked up this from...or if the book really did say that then find another book that is actually a credible text for study... or call the Australian Natural History Museum if you wish... and ask to speak to a specialist on vertebrate reproduction... As for Barramundii being MALE first and then becomming female at larger sizes... you are welcome to argue with nsw fisheries and qld dpi... but the facts are against you... TRUE... in placental mammals, where the mothers hormones are in direct contact with the developing embryo until their own organs are produced (again... 16 weeks in humans) they are female... but check out chickens for example... at uni... (i am doing ag science) we can detect by laser if a chickens egg is to be male or female at 5 days after laying... But teflon... i gather you are not going to accept any of this... so you are welcome to continue with your misinformation if you wish... I on the other hand am going to drop this becuase i do not need convincing of these facts... BTW... inline with the topic... silver perch are beautiful fish... i have two of them in together... they can be quite destructive of delicate plants tho... so be careful with them... As for stocking other fish with them... makesure the other fish is of similar size... and that the other fish is equally tough... Cheers Im pretty sure my reading is spot on Maybe you should have a skim through one of them ← Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
teflon Posted May 6, 2005 Author Share Posted May 6, 2005 Yeah i might Just do that We can do lunch afterwards Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
23Skidoo Posted May 9, 2005 Share Posted May 9, 2005 Maybe i'll try and get back ON topic. Silver perch i've found to be nasty, quite messy and hyper-aggresive, more so than cichlids. But without the personality. The best Native personality-wise that i've kept is Sleepy Cod, these are almost puppy like once they are familiar woth you, mine (now in a pond) will still come to the surface for worms, and when in the tank wasn't very active but was always hungry. But ultimately i'd recommend any of the gudgeons for personality. I've ben told the various grunter species have great personality as well. But most of these larger growing cod, basss, grunter, perch species are really aggresive and many are unlikely to tolerate tank mates even of their own species (unless you get a monster tank for them) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ant Posted May 10, 2005 Share Posted May 10, 2005 Yes i love sooty's, barras and togas. I find murry cods, silver perch, and salmon catfish a bit boring. Just my oppinion about the Aussie tankbusters. Anthony Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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