Crushdepth Posted December 26, 2008 Share Posted December 26, 2008 Not enough meat on them to be bothered IMHO. Better off farming giant freshwater prawns. Added advantages - there is an established local market for them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GungaDin Posted December 26, 2008 Share Posted December 26, 2008 There is on the Redclaw from FNQ & Darwin, HM has invested quite a fair amount of cash in the CM camp. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrWiggle Posted July 17, 2009 Share Posted July 17, 2009 Can anyone tell me how to keep the water for redclaws clean enough for them to do well ? I have read they require relatively clean water, dirty as in muddy is ok, but not as in slimy and smelly. Then I have read they feed on rotting vegetation. So, how do you provide rotting vegetaion and clean water at the same time in small tanks, large dams and ponds I can understand, but smaller tanks cannot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harcourt Posted July 17, 2009 Share Posted July 17, 2009 My main worry would be losing them all in the wet season from the flooding. They also go walkabout in rain.It's a good idea though, I wouldn't mind stocking a dam up with them too. Brings back plenty of childhood memories sitting on the edge of a dam with a lump of meat on a string and a scoop made from chicken wire. Later in life i would throw a dredge type wire scoop into the middle of the dam and drag it back with a rope. Always guaranteed 10 each throw and plenty of fishing bait. We would store them in an old concrete wash basin with long grass and a wet hessian bag as a cover. They will stay alive for a week if needed. That is exactly my memory too at my uncle's farm in Bathurst, NSW. Yabbies. I asked about them in a recent post about an orange coloured dam. I think they would be a good idea....but considering the potential for ecological disaster....surely it is better to go through proper channels. If that is expensive, so be it......form a cooperative to bring in brood stock. I'd be interested. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maizefarmer Posted July 17, 2009 Share Posted July 17, 2009 The guy I knew in the Pak Chong area who kept Yabbies in concreate containers, always had the water crystal clear ... and changed it on a regular basis, and thats about all I know about them. If I remember correctly he also seperated the male from the female once she was carrying eggs. Food - he fed them from scrap food from the kitchen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MudDoc Posted July 19, 2009 Share Posted July 19, 2009 Although I love eating Yabbies, I think I much prefer eating the Giant Fresh Water prawns. Also the better half knows about prawns and although she has eaten Yabbies in Australia - which she helped catch on the brother-in-laws farm there - still prefers prawns. Found the attached info booklet on Fresh Water Farming (can't remember where now) for your general reading and information. Fresh_Water_an_Farming_manual_2003.pdf Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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