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Post by richardpuller on Oct 18, 2011 9:54:33 GMT 11
Hi everyone. On a recent trip to Lake Awoonga, I caught a 110cm barra, which I thought would look cool in my 4ft tank. Some people said it was too big for the tank, but I pointed out that as a 4ft tank is around 120cm, that the barra would still have 10cm to spare. Geez, some people just don't understand logic. I put the boat on the trailer, flooded it with water, threw the barra in, and drove back south through the night to get it in the tank before the oxygen ran out. Well, to cut a long story short, I got it in, but it died. I think the 50 pound murray cod that was already in the tank didn't like the company, and it killed the barra overnight. My question is this. Would I be better off with one single 110cm barra, or would two 55cm barra be a better option to share the tank with the murray cod? Or, should I just eat the cod, go back to Awoonga and get another 110cm barra?
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Post by firthy13 on Oct 18, 2011 12:50:15 GMT 11
yes, a 110cm barra would fit in to a 120cm long tank. now the question is how wide it your tank?? i would assume it would be no wider then 60cm 2ft.. how is a 110cm barra going to turn around in a 60cm wide tank??? now where is the logic in that??
when keeping fish you need to provide them enough room for them to behave as if they were in their natural environment. would a barra sit in the one spot, never swim for its whole life and let its food come to him. clearly not.
also think about filtration a fish over 1 meter long would produce more waste then commercially available aquarium filter would be able to process. you would need a sand pool filter to be able to manage the ammonia.
they need to room to swim and turn around.
if you were serious about keeping barra an 8ftx2.5ftx2.5 foot would really be the minimum. and once he reached about 60cm he would have to be moved to a pond.
for the sake of the fish i really hope your are joking!
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Post by velvetsicklid on Oct 18, 2011 13:34:59 GMT 11
puller, you have struck again.
I believe you guys have been trolled.
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Post by firthy13 on Oct 18, 2011 13:41:31 GMT 11
i thought as much, surely no one that knows anything about fish would try and do something so stupid and cruel.
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Post by richardpuller on Oct 18, 2011 13:46:49 GMT 11
Of course I'm serious. And why would the barra need to turn around? There's nothing interesting behind her. I kept the TV in front of the tank, tuned in to iFish, just to remind her that if she played up or complained, then it's the frying pan for her. Besides, I sought advice before tanking the big girl, and Dean reckoned it would be OK, so I went for it. As far as the barra behaving in its natural environment, I gave it a new one. My lounge room. It seemed to be enjoying it right up to the point where the cod went mediaeval on its arse. I've never believed in filtration or oxygenation by the way. As far as I'm concerned, if a fish can't evolve in a day or two to breathe air, then it doesn't deserve to pass natural selection 101. That's why I love Lungfish.
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Post by Admin on Oct 18, 2011 13:55:56 GMT 11
ROFL thats a great read Richard i hope she doesnt take offence at the handling skills of the ifish presenters
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Post by velvetsicklid on Oct 18, 2011 13:58:33 GMT 11
Get ya hand off your first name mate.
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Post by richardpuller on Oct 18, 2011 14:04:04 GMT 11
Dean, as you know, I was in line to host iFish, but I turned them down, because I wanted to be paid in leeches, and they only wanted to pay me money. I told them that I didn't care how many million a week they were willing to pay, I only wanted leeches. I find that when i let them attach to my bobby dangler, I remain even more virile and sexually vigorous for days afterwards. How did it work out for you after the Barrington Tops leech incident on your wang on Saturday? Still got the blood blister? Perhaps if Rex Hunt were still on TV, he would step aside and I could host his show and be paid in leeches. PS. Anyone know where I can get a tank that is just big enough to house a Grey Nurse shark? I know a place just south of Merewether Beach that has one, and I'm sure it would prefer to live in my lounge room away from those nasty surfers.
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Post by erro on Oct 18, 2011 21:12:20 GMT 11
Richard; A couple of questions? Do you have a fondness for baked beans and there subsequent gatrointestinal effects? Are you the 7 time and current reigning champion of the coveted 'Mark Berg of Mark Bergs Fishing Addiction Look-a-like Competiton?
I could be way off but just a stab in the dark?
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Post by Admin on Oct 19, 2011 8:20:53 GMT 11
Beans... I didnt see him eat any but the intestinal track was definately on the ball, you just have to fish up wind of him. I found this picture of him recently, sort of looks like a cross between Mark Berg and Dirk Diggler. Maybe his user name should have been Richard Diggler
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Post by oldmate on Oct 19, 2011 9:51:17 GMT 11
There is one thing about reading this thread it's far funnier then deans jokes.
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Post by richardpuller on Oct 19, 2011 10:21:50 GMT 11
Erro, yes, I do like eating baked beans, but I prefer your mum. In fact, a recent survey shows, that 9 out of 10 mums prefer Richard Puller. I look nothing like Mark Berg... Mark Berg looks like me, and bloody grateful of it he is too.
Dean. Now that you have seen my giant rock, that means we are married. You are now my biatch.
Old Mate. On the weekend I found a dead wombat. Admittedly, it wasn't dead until i stabbed it, but even that was funnier than Deans jokes.
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Post by richardpuller on Oct 19, 2011 10:24:41 GMT 11
I could be way off but just a stab in the dark? How much fun is stabbing things in the dark! Nuns are friggen tough, because they blend into the darkness. So do penguins.
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Post by Admin on Oct 19, 2011 14:34:28 GMT 11
I've heard you were a bit of a wombat Richard you know Eats Roots and Leaves...
Most things are funnier than my jokes except when i steal them from SWFF
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Post by bimbo on Oct 19, 2011 16:33:37 GMT 11
First off congrats on getting a barra over the 100cm and to be able to take her home as a living trophy is great. I am thinking of going to darwin barra fishing next year. If I did catch a big one do you think I would be able to bring it back as check in or hand lougage, I have heard native fish can be out of water for some time without too much drama cause they are used to droughts so a short flight should be fine, although I couldn't catch and bring home one as big as your barra as my spare tank is only 90cm.
Grey nurse sharks only nibble and don't bite but surfers are sissys anyway and you would be doing them a favor by taking it home, but I seen this thing on one of them tourist shows where you pay money to stick your feet in a scummy pond and little fish attack your feet. If you could get yourself one of them kiddy pools on council chuck out day you could use that to house the shark and people would pay money to nibble on their feet.
Cheers James
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Post by dazzman on Oct 19, 2011 16:52:47 GMT 11
PS. Anyone know where I can get a tank that is just big enough to house a Grey Nurse shark? I know a place just south of Merewether Beach that has one, and I'm sure it would prefer to live in my lounge room away from those nasty surfers. there's a massive tank and stand out the front of Hunter Pets that would be big enough for a shark. you would need a pretty big lounge room though.
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Post by velvetsicklid on Oct 19, 2011 17:07:59 GMT 11
Bimbo's onto something here.
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Post by Admin on Oct 19, 2011 18:46:30 GMT 11
On a more serious note Richard can pull fish like this on a regular basis, so i have alot of admeration for him. Its not his fault he wasnt blessed with a cool name like me... I know he wanted to sell this one as a wild caught and charge $210 for it but it didnt come from Lake Malawi and definately didnt have the OB gene. He told me he thaught about painting it like some unscrupulous Koi keepers do but he has standards. That big brown is now swiming around in a nice 8m swiming pool and will bw destined for the table when it hits the 3' mark, it only has 12" to go so maybe we can eat it next year.
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Post by timbo on Oct 19, 2011 19:10:40 GMT 11
Hey ol boy, i actually have a spare 2 footer here that you could borrow (not a tank either ) however if i lent it to you i would have to request that you didnt use it on your boyfriend as that guy builds up quite a bad smell sleeping on the streets. Dean, please have a word with your newest friend here and maybe if you get the chance, unleash the full fury of the NAS upon thee and have him feel our wrath. I herd Drewza has an army on Ents, however they are all bonsai's and not quite as mighty as the one from LOTR!
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Post by velvetsicklid on Oct 19, 2011 19:23:49 GMT 11
Mini Ents lolza.
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Post by richardpuller on Oct 20, 2011 10:19:17 GMT 11
First of all, Bimbo, You are correct in saying that a barramundi can be transported in hand luggage. They don't necessarily need access to water or oxygen, and I tip a scotch and dry over the fish every so often and give it CPR to keep it alive during the flight. I also buy it its own seat, because I respect the fish. You can easily fit a 100+cm barra in a 90cm tank too by the way. Simply cut off 10cm or so of the tail. I mean, what's it gunna do in the tank? Swim? Don't thinks so. The tail is redundant. The only reason I have never brought a 6ft barra back to Newcastle from Darwin is that I only ever fly Jetstar, because of their premium service, and respect for their passengers, but they have strict length limits on carry on. I once chatted up some hot girls wearing flight attendants uniforms in the bar. One said "no thank you. I'd love to root you, but my flight is leaving" and I knew she was with Qantas. Another answered "I want to play with your huge wang, but but my flight is about to take off" and I knew she flew with Tiger. The last one yelled "F**k off you piece of s**t! You disgust me!" and I replied "you'd better hurry up, the next Jetstar flight to Brisbane is leaving.
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Post by dirkrodwell on Oct 24, 2011 17:06:59 GMT 11
Oh dear Richard, you should be talking to airhostesses in a tone of voice like Airline captains. Let me give you an example of a recent flight to Perth on a Qantas domestic flight.
"Good Morning This is your First officer Edward Jones and sitting in the opposite seat up here in the cockpit is Captain James Wright. We and the Cabin Crew would like to welcome you aboard QF 743 ex Sydney to Perth. We are currently cruising at an altitude of 37,00 feet our current travelling airspeed is 430 knots, weather ahead is looking nice and stable so we should have a pleasant journey today. We expect to arrive in perth in approxiametly 3 1/2 hours. Weather forecast in Perth is cool with a light southerly breeze. Thankyou for choosing Qantas as your travelling airline".
I think the First officer forgot to turn off the announcement system as the next comment heard over the tannoy from the cockpit was "i'd love some head and a coffee right now"
A hostie ran past me on her way to the cockpit through business where i was sitting, i pulled her up and said to her "don't forget the coffee!!!"
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Post by richardpuller on Oct 24, 2011 17:36:38 GMT 11
Hi Dirk. It's good to have you here to support me in my quest to educate these philistines. I know that you have had plenty of experience with flying Qantas as a male hostess, and even more experience in the cockpit so to speak. By the way, how are the warts? Did the cream clear them up?
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Post by dirkrodwell on Oct 24, 2011 17:53:01 GMT 11
Hi Dirk. It's good to have you here to support me in my quest to educate these philistines. I know that you have had plenty of experience with flying Qantas as a male hostess, and even more experience in the cockpit so to speak. By the way, how are the warts? Did the cream clear them up? Still have the warts, what topical treatment did you use to clean your's up?
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Post by phanomas on Oct 24, 2011 18:39:27 GMT 11
i wouldn't worry about the warts, what about the lump on the back of ya head, i imagine there is not much room under those flight controls.
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Post by velvetsicklid on Oct 24, 2011 18:59:25 GMT 11
^^^^ Haha.
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Post by dirkrodwell on Oct 24, 2011 19:54:11 GMT 11
i wouldn't worry about the warts, what about the lump on the back of ya head, i imagine there is not much room under those flight controls. A320's and A330's have a side joystick control. Gives more headroom ;D
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Post by Admin on Oct 24, 2011 22:43:49 GMT 11
Howdy Dirk and welcome to the forum!
I dont know much about cock pits but i reckon it would get rather cramped up there with those pilots and hosteses all tucked in like an X rated game of twister.
Are you telling me all these years of thinking turbulence was a natural occurance im only now finding out someone bumped the wrong stick?
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Post by phanomas on Oct 24, 2011 23:05:21 GMT 11
i would guess u only get turbulence during inflight training, one would have to be novice to bump the wrong stick
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Post by dirkrodwell on Oct 25, 2011 10:45:15 GMT 11
Howdy Dirk and welcome to the forum! I dont know much about cock pits but i reckon it would get rather cramped up there with those pilots and hosteses all tucked in like an X rated game of twister. Are you telling me all these years of thinking turbulence was a natural occurance im only now finding out someone bumped the wrong stick? Thanks for the welcome caddis whoopsie sorry i meant Dean. I'll bump the wrong stick now and again, don't even mind a bit of front bottom action too. But with the airlines it's all about safety in the air and on the ground, both above and below the wing I had this arrogant little biatch on board who refused to put her tray up for landing. She told me where she came from she is a princess, she can do anything she wants. I told her where i come from i'm a queen so i outrank you, so tray up *****!
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