Hey everyone!
So glad you have taken the time to watch this video.
This video entails a bit of an adventure in a creek. This creek is full of amazing fish and particularly the beautiful RAINBOWFISH.
Please make sure that if you do trap fish that you follow your local regulations and laws. Please ONLY take what you “need” and nothing more.
We need to protect these beautiful creatures and remember that they are a part of amazing ecosystems.
If you catch any noxious fish listed on the noxious species list you must humanely kill them and bury them or put them into a designated noxious species disposal tub. In this video, we did not catch any classified noxious species but this is a practise that must be done to ensure little chance of infestation of other bodies of water.
Upon further reading, the Queensland government site allows for 40 rainbows of each species to be kept. In saying this, I would still recommend not taking this many and stocking to the maximum of about 20.
I have identified the two types of rainbows that I caught as Melanotaenia fluviatilis (Australian Rainbowfish) and Melanotaenia duboulayi (Crimson Spotted Rainbowfish).
If you are in QLD and want more info, please check out the ANFA websites as well as having a look at the following Queensland government websites:
www.qld.gov.au/recreation/act...
www.qld.gov.au/environment/pl...
www.legislation.qld.gov.au/vi...
Happy fish keeping everyone!!!
Justin
28 окт 2022
