Yet another moult and alas another kill , the yabby’s have plenty of food and there water is well aerated the water temp is probably a little high but I think that makes the more sluggish than any thing .I have recently introduced the other female back into the adult yabby’s tank and suspect that…Continue Reading Fatality

Hi Guy’sat Sue’s insistance here is a picture of my place in Dampieryou can see the new roof, this is great no more leaks in cyclones.I have to save up for the concrete driveway, to finish it offthe pic was taken in August, the roof is now dusty, and the front lawn, (weeds) are now…Continue Reading Mike’s Place in Dampier

I checked in this morning on the juvenile stock to see if there was any movement , it was no surprise not to see any !The juveniles only seem to come out at night I guess the fish I have in there keep them on there toesI am not sure if this is normal behaviour…Continue Reading Mother moults no loses

I haven’t been able to see the egg bareing female for ages in the day time so I thought I would try at night with a torch , to my surprise she was out of her hiding place and there must have been 20 or so juveniles scattered around the tank , they are swimming…Continue Reading Juvenile yabbies

While checking on the yabby’s today I noticed that one had moulted , at first I thought I would find another munted yabby but to my surprise I couldn’t see any carnage .I did notice one of them had a claw from the moulted shell on the other side of the tank so he must…Continue Reading Another moult no fatalities

I tested ammonia and nitrites again in my new system they are both at 1 wich is a good sign the water turbitity cleared up and it looks crystal clear , I added various plants into the grow beds a couple of strawberries and some cuttings , oregano some kind of a curry plant rosemary…Continue Reading Biofilter starting to work

I came across some info on the net at www.fish.wa.gov.au/docs/aq/aq001/aq001page02.php?0309 it says that females dont molt while they are spawning !!! well the ones I have seem to , one of them has molted then came back later and fed on the babies attached to the sheded shell .I dont care so much because the…Continue Reading spawning yabby’s

I seperated the male yabby’s from the females so they wouldn’t harrass and eat the berries off them I noticed one of the males was a little softer than the others when I was transfering it to the new tankI thought it must have already moulted and had eaten its shell because I couldn’t see…Continue Reading aquaponics

Saturday Tour of the farm and harvesting marron Tony took us for a farm tour , which also acted as an farm inspection and maintenance appraisal , as a new pipe coupling was required to be fitted at one of the ponds . We then loaded net , tubs , rinsing tank , all the…Continue Reading Michael’s first practical workshop

Hi every one here is some pics of an evolving system in progress these first pics are of my first attempt at aquaponics and yabby farming as you can see they are doing fine ! several of them have berries on them so I need to expand my operation and setup another tank I thought…Continue Reading aquaponics