daleyboy Posted August 13, 2008 Author Share Posted August 13, 2008 (edited) If you fed them prawn and thy are imported don't put them back in the waterways. There is a huge concern about introducing disease into out waterways from imported prawns. This is why no fishing bait prawns are imported into Australia. When the experiment is over - on the compost heap not back into our waterways. Yea im aware of that and its all good, i've got some frozen hawkesbury school prawns i bought from the fish markets ... just tried giving them some tiny pieces which they werent interested in, however theres a fair bit of flow in the tank so the pieces flew past em and were on the bottom in a matter of seconds. Will try some again on the weekend, they still look fine tho Think i might turn the 2nd pump off next time i feed em as well Tank Size = 2ft Wide, 1ft Deep, 15inches high Edited August 13, 2008 by daleyboy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Ben75 Posted August 14, 2008 Share Posted August 14, 2008 Gday daleyboy are the yakas still going strong ? Cheers Ben Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frizzy Posted August 14, 2008 Share Posted August 14, 2008 Maybe you need to use a bit of burley to get them on the bite? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brendong Posted August 14, 2008 Share Posted August 14, 2008 In the end the crab had shed it's shell, the shell was in one piece, amazing that a hard shelled animal can flip up the underbelly flap up and then crawl out leaving the shell still intact. On a similar note, I got sick of stocking Little Poddy's goldfish tank with Goldy's that would eventually die off.....so we went for Fresh Water Yabbies and they are so dead easy to look after...feed every couple of days...they too shed their shell and then promplty eat it again....we only have two in the tank but they look very healthy and watching them amble around the tank is far more exciting than the text book goldy's, particularly when they compete in their own version of WWF. I highly recommend if you are looking for an alternative.... Text book names though - Chomp and Snap's - no guesses for who named them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daleyboy Posted August 14, 2008 Author Share Posted August 14, 2008 Gday daleyboy are the yakas still going strong ? Cheers Ben yep Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kit Posted August 15, 2008 Share Posted August 15, 2008 (edited) On a similar note, I got sick of stocking Little Poddy's goldfish tank with Goldy's that would eventually die off.....so we went for Fresh Water Yabbies and they are so dead easy to look after...feed every couple of days...they too shed their shell and then promplty eat it again....we only have two in the tank but they look very healthy and watching them amble around the tank is far more exciting than the text book goldy's, particularly when they compete in their own version of WWF. I highly recommend if you are looking for an alternative.... Text book names though - Chomp and Snap's - no guesses for who named them. I've got a recommendation for this too.. If you are thinking of keeping them, don't goto the aquarium and buy them for whatever they cost.. I think normally its like $5 for a tiny one, or $20 for a big one... or its like $50 for a marron.. I just goto the fishmarket and buy the liveliest ones I can find and put them in the tank.. they cost like $2 each for a redclaw yabby the size of a $20 aquarium bought one; and marron cost $40/kg or something. its really cool watching them eat frozen bloodworms .. its amazing how they can use their legs to pick up the worms without even looking.. and they eat really quickly. warning about keeping yabbies with fish... the yabbies will eat your fish.. and they will usually choose the most expensive one and when the yabbies shed their shells, the fish will get their revenge and eat the yabby or at least peck it to death while their new shell is still soft. Edited August 15, 2008 by Kit Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daleyboy Posted August 15, 2008 Author Share Posted August 15, 2008 Still swimming ... and i havent changed the water Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dreamtime Posted August 15, 2008 Share Posted August 15, 2008 Maybe we could start a poll. Guess how long before any yakkas kark it - if at all. Will they last 1 month and beyond. My estimate is 12 to 14 days before a fatality occurs. If they go beyond 2 weeks then they will live forever. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Ben75 Posted August 16, 2008 Share Posted August 16, 2008 Gday daleyboy Still kicking ? Cheers Ben Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
austwave Posted August 16, 2008 Share Posted August 16, 2008 Interesting Post, I keep and breed tropical fish. I have often wondered about taking the live bait home and setting up a saltwater tank. Or perhaps a baby bream or snapper. Salt does appear to be a bit more involved though. I will be watching intently to see the Yakka Project progress Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daleyboy Posted August 17, 2008 Author Share Posted August 17, 2008 (edited) Yesterday arvo when i got home one was half dead - floating upside down on the bottom - looked like he had a fungal or bacterial infection, redness around the tail etc The other 3 were fine and i took them out for a fish this morning .. as you'd expect though i had one out all day under a float for not even a touch thats bought 3 home this time, 2 of them were the ones i had caught last week so interesting to see if they last another week. did find some fresh ones while i was out but most of em were absoute horses .. one of em was the biggest yakka i have seen by far so spongy took that one home to try for eating Edited August 17, 2008 by daleyboy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kit Posted August 17, 2008 Share Posted August 17, 2008 Interesting Post, I keep and breed tropical fish. I have often wondered about taking the live bait home and setting up a saltwater tank. Or perhaps a baby bream or snapper. Salt does appear to be a bit more involved though. I will be watching intently to see the Yakka Project progress You can keep bream in freshwater. I once tried "converting" a bream to fresh water over a period of 2 days.. it died after a week. Next time I didn't bother with the conversion and just put them in my freshwater tank.. they lived in my freshwater tank for over 6 months.. not sure why they eventually died.. could be due to overcrowding of the tank. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spongy Posted August 18, 2008 Share Posted August 18, 2008 Yesterday arvo when i got home one was half dead - floating upside down on the bottom - looked like he had a fungal or bacterial infection, redness around the tail etc The other 3 were fine and i took them out for a fish this morning .. as you'd expect though i had one out all day under a float for not even a touch thats bought 3 home this time, 2 of them were the ones i had caught last week so interesting to see if they last another week. did find some fresh ones while i was out but most of em were absoute horses .. one of em was the biggest yakka i have seen by far so spongy took that one home to try for eating Well I salted and grilled that horse yakka.... Eating wise, Definitely eatable, but not a JohnDory.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daleyboy Posted August 18, 2008 Author Share Posted August 18, 2008 Just took out one of the yakkas that i caught last week as it was lying on its side at the bottom of the tank. Gave him a spike in the brain and threw him in the freezer for bait. 2 yakkas left, 1 i caught last week and 1 i caught on saturday. For a tank my size i reckon 3 yakkas will last a week without changing the water without too many problems at all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zrealist Posted August 24, 2008 Share Posted August 24, 2008 any updates daleyboy? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daleyboy Posted August 26, 2008 Author Share Posted August 26, 2008 Still got the two yakkas and there going strong and looking healthy as Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daleyboy Posted September 11, 2008 Author Share Posted September 11, 2008 Still got the two yakkas, still look fine ... havent changed the water once Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pelican Posted September 11, 2008 Share Posted September 11, 2008 About time to give em names?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daleyboy Posted September 11, 2008 Author Share Posted September 11, 2008 Already did that B1 & B2 Who can guess what they stand for? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jewgaffer Posted September 11, 2008 Share Posted September 11, 2008 B1 & B2 Who can guess what they stand for? I would think BI stands for Bait1 & B2 stands for Bait2 Cheers jewgaffer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daleyboy Posted September 12, 2008 Author Share Posted September 12, 2008 (edited) I would think BI stands for Bait1 & B2 stands for Bait2 Cheers jewgaffer Spot on the money ... as usual jewgaffer And hopefully they'll both be fulfilling their destinies early tomorrow morning Edited September 12, 2008 by daleyboy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brickman Posted September 12, 2008 Share Posted September 12, 2008 hey daleboy i know this may sound silly but with budgys they give them red dye in there water and they go orange in colour maybe you could feed them somthing with fluro green in it and they would glow in the dark Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dreamtime Posted September 12, 2008 Share Posted September 12, 2008 Well it's been over a month now and one question remains unanswered. Do they have tongues still in tact? Obviously in their natural habitat these "doctors" could possibly provide some alterior motive for them to remain in the fishes mouth. Just wondering with the habitat removed, if they can still sustain life without a tongue, in captivity. Are you feeding them flakes or "solid" food? Why is it so?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daleyboy Posted September 12, 2008 Author Share Posted September 12, 2008 no idea if they still have or ever had doctors and i've been feeding them a small peeled prawn broken up into small bits every few days .. i never see them eat it .. but i also cant notice any leftover prawn in the tank either Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daleyboy Posted September 18, 2008 Author Share Posted September 18, 2008 2 yakkas still kickin ... i still havent changed the water (or cleaned the filter) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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