IMO your Golden Perch (AKA Yellowbelly, Macquaria ambigua) will probably fit
in with the others but with a big tank full of big fish you will have to
re-assess your filtration capacity and tank maintenence schedules to make
sure you don't exceed safe limits of biological wastes.
I am intrigued about your gudgeon - please give us a few more details as
there are only a few species of native gudgeons that grow that big.
Regards,
Bruce.
Bruce Hansen, A.N.G.F.A., Advancing Australian Aquatics.
Bruce Hansen, ANGFA, caring for our aquatic ecosystems.
Please visit us at http://www.ozemail.com.au/~fisher/angfa.htm
-----Original Message-----
From: Monty Newman <monty at effect.net.au>
To: Rainbowfish Mailing List <rainbowfish at pcug.org.au>
Date: Saturday, 16 January 1999 17:07
Subject: [RML] Golden Pearch - help please
>I have an opportunity to acquire a golden perch He is about 25 cm. There is
>only one tank I can house it in at the moment, a six foot one with a small
>population of larger fish. There is a jungle perch about 22 cm, so smaller
&
>not as deep as the golden perch. I have a gudgeon about 21 cm whom I would
>like identified. Two salmon tail catfish about 25 cm. An energetic ell tail
>catfish about 19 cm. These fish enjoy regular feedings of live food (more
>live food than dried).
>
>I do not know much about the golden perch. Being a perch it will stretch in
>my tank (several times the size of the one it is in now). But is it likely
>to fit in? Will it harm my current happy community or a couple of its
>members?
>
>Can you tell me about the golden perch? Is it Aussie or foreign?
>
>Monty
>
>