gambusia / mosquito fish for live food?

[Kangus]

Hi all
as some of you know, gambusia is a massive pest in lots of our freshwater creeks and was wondering if a couple a female gambusia were in a tank with discus would the fry be a nutritional snack for the discus? can anyone see amy potential problems with this? any thoughts?

[ILLUSN]

$10000 fine for keeping them in an aquarium.

also finding clean disease free stock could be a problem.

[Kangus]

oh crumbs! didnt realise that doh - theres a few creeks in the area that have them there, but with that sort of fine i'll leave em there!
thanks for the info

[sanoptic]

If you live in Sydney you can in fact keep them..
I see your from Gosford so no you can't keep them as its illegal.
Should be illegal in all of Australia i.m.o.

cheers


http://www.dpi.nsw.gov.au/fisheries/pests-diseases/freshwater-pests/species/mosquito-fish

quote..

I&I NSW has listed Eastern gambusia (Gambusia holbrooki) as noxious in NSW. Eastern gambusia is listed as a Class 1 noxious species outside the greater Sydney area which means it is illegal to sell or possess it, even in aquaria. In the greater Sydney region it is listed as a class 3 noxious species which allows for sale and possession in this region, however its sale and possession are discouraged. For more detail on the regions covered by this noxious listing, see the noxious list.

[Old Dave]

Come on guys,
can't you come up with a cheap alternative for Kangus? :ug

Really good answers to the original question. :thumb
Maybe there should be some form of poster supplied to LFS by I&I etc?

Dave

[ILLUSN]

as for alternatives guppy's are your best bet