Wild Caught Fish.

[obedey]

Anyone have experience with wild fish in their tanks. I just got one for my tank. Not sure if it is a bass or an estuary perch.
It won't eat yet but I guess it's still not sure what the {mod edit} heck is going on.

 

[phishfriend]

Do you have better pic? Something with light behind you?

 

[Gulfstream]

Looks like a white perch to me where did you get it?

 

[Gulfstream]

Looks like a white perch to me, where did you catch it and how big?

 

[obedey]

Thats pretty much the colour of him. Very dark. The water isn't clear because I have a log in there. From a local river on mates property. Its an Australian fish.
Either one of
these Estuary Perch (<i>Macquaria colonorum</i>) | NSW Department of Primary Industries
or Australian Bass | NSW Department of Primary Industries

About 20cm or 8in

Another pic.

 

[Tony Gill]

Based on the head profile, it looks more like an estuary perch. Have you tried live foods? Try some live shrimp or prawns and see how it goes. My nephew had one (also from the Central Coast) a while back, and had no trouble getting it to eat live foods - he was able to move it onto pieces of prawn fairly quickly.

Tony

 

[obedey]

I threw an earthworm in there and it didn't want to look at it but now after about 3 hours I can't find the worm. It had a confrontation with the yabbie in there. Now the yabbie hides in log permanently. Gonna throw a few guppies in there after my guppy tank recovers from illness.

Pulled a few more out of the river and ate them. Guts were full of orange shrimp.

 

[obedey]

Ammonia going up. Guess that one little yabbie wasn't putting much load on the filter.

I think hes eating earthworms still haven't managed to watch him eat.
Haha a soaked a pellet in garlic that amazing substance that is supposed to be irresistible to fish. Didn't go near it. The yabbie had it though.