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As i'm setting up a natives tank my mate Bluey and i decided an overnight camp and shrimp collection was called for. Any excuse for a camp out is good so we loaded up some kayaks and headed to my secret spot on the Moore river north of Perth. We arrived in the arvo and threw the swags on the ground, unloaded the kayaks and started to do some river exploring. It turn out that my kayaking skills need some improvement as i managed to last 25 sec before i turned turtle, the first time. Lol. Anyway we explored up river first and managed to get only about 700m before it was getting to choked out for comfortable navigation. We headed back down river and got stopped by a natural rock weir 300m or so from our camp spot, so all up we had a km or so of river that the kayaks could navigate before haulage was needed. Must have been something wrong with the bloody kayak i was using as by the time i got back to camp i had gone underwater a total of 5 times. It is not summer yet in WA so we got a fire going and waited for the sun to set. After a good BBQ feed and a few ales we set off with a couple of torches (flash lights for the yanks on here) and some nets to see what was around. The water level was a lot lower than the last time i was here and the shrimp were a lot harder to find. There was also some little fish that were as skittish as hell but with a couple of half drunk old men and some nets we managed to get a few in a bucket. If anybody remembers the last time i collected from here the water was 4200ppm TDS. Well it surprised me to find out with a lower flow the water had dropped to 2100ppm TDS. Less run off from the salty farm lands up river is my guess. When i got the catch home i put them in a quarantine tank for the slow acclimatization back to my tap water and could finally see the fish clearly. Turns out they were Gambusia, and the fattest ones i have ever seen, so they ended up as fertilizer. Camp set up with river views. The river. The catch. 4 berried femails to get the population started in the new tank.

Nice pintos. They are very good quality.

Hi guys, Here is what i have done What you need. Fiberglass fly screen. 2 pack baskets from Kmart Hot glue gun Ruler or tape measure Scissors Building. The baskets are from Kmart they come in a twin pack for the bigger ones and a 4 pack for the smaller ones. They are about 2.50 a pack. measure the length and width of your holes that will need to be cut from flyscreen. I make a few at a time so add all your measurements up and then it makes it easier to cut. When cutting the fly screen up try to use the individual squares to keep your cut straight. Now lay them out and hot glue them into place. For shrimp i double the flyscreen to create much smaller hole. Guppy and other fry its just one layer. Leave the hot glue gun on there for long enough that the screen kinda melts into it. You can see the basics in the pictures above. These have a lip on them so they float by them selves, you can add some styrofoam and glue it on to make it less likely to tip over in the tank. But i havent had one fall over. Thanks for reading. Daimen