mangrove jack eating

[natho]

I think it would stress a wild fish to go in to a tank thats why i got a small one he is starting to get an "attitude "now he will bite me if i move his cave and bites at my fingers against the glass .A wild fish would take along time to tame and it would need live food ,when it gets over the stress of being pulled out of a river!. Jacks are not hard too find in shops they may be expensive .But if u ask me are worth every dollar

[Nico.d.R]

here's another vid of jack nailing 9 feeders


cheers nico

[Nico.d.R]

natho , he has attitude already i put 2 mullet in there that are twice his size and he is trying to eat them pretty funny to watch i also put a few with my barra and he tried to eat one that was the same size as him , he got the head in his mouth and then spat him out .

cheers nico

[natho]

nico ,did he kill the mullet ?my jack likes the heads of em . barra seem to eat just about anything that moves even a finger .Im beefing my barra up on on herring chunks at the moment he loves em.I'll try to get a video on here of my old jack that was about 20cm eatin a large feeder gold fish .had to sell him when i moved and he needed a bigger tank too ,I was not too happy about that .u'll have too watch because he is quick as u know!!

[natho]

this is what you will have in a few years time Nico!!

[Nico.d.R]

i carnt wait till its that big , the jack is still trying to eat the mullet and the barra killed about 10 last night but didnt eat them . i have some baby mullet i will feed him later they are perfect size for him (about 3cm long) . i really want to get the 5ft tank upstairs he will love it in there . natho how big was the tank that the 20cm jack was in , is it the same tank your new jack is in?

cheers nico

[natho]

Its was a 2ft tank i had him in .he was a really shy fish when i first got him he was about 10cm or so and really thin. he was fed nothing but the best mainly small shrimp ,herrring,whitebait and glassies .Remember the quicker the livies the better the show !heres a quick video of my jack and barra(when i first got him) eatin some krill and pelletshttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fg6dSO7DSyw

[Nico.d.R]

thats a beutiful red in his fins mine is more a orangey red . im going to get a 1500mmx460mmx460mm tank for upstairs when i start holidays .

cheers nico

[Nico.d.R]

well i finally got my finger out and got a update video of jack in his new tank , if he keeps growing this quick i might need a new tank by next xmas . he is eating 6cm mullet now (when i have them ) and still looks for more food , he had a mullet and some guppies before i took this vid but he is camera shy and wont take them if he see's the camera and if he has them he will spit them back out .

cheers

[BrandonH]

I couldn't see your video mate?? I have re-posted it for you though, I think this is the one you wanted posted??



cheers
Brandon...

[mangrove rat]

hey nico, where'd u get him, none of the shops around here i been too havent had jack in ages, smiths, pine rivers, none had had any, pine rivers had a nice one about 35, thats it....

[Nico.d.R]

wow 35cm jack , how much was on him ? i got mine at smiths and i have not seen any since . they get them from the dpi maybe try getting hold of the dpi breeding people i think its at bribie or ask smiths to chase one up or find out how long till the next batch will be ready . They eat so much i have to spend a few hours a week getting food for him , well he eats pellets but he loves the feeders .

cheers

[mangrove rat]

yeah, it was a good looking fish, apparenty they were holding it for the original owner or something while he moved. seen one around the same size few years ago at zillmere, had $450 on him! yeah, ill ask next time im in there, most natives and fish like that are only in supply in the warmer months, so might be the only ones for the summer, who knows,
cheers mate

[Didley]

Boys, is there anything wrong with catching a wild fish and converting it to fresh, or is that a no no?

[Nico.d.R]

i thought about it , but apart from that being illegal (in qld) , there would be a chance of killing it while converting to fresh so i didnt bother . i have seen them about the size off my jack(now) for up to $350 .

cheers nico