biologist

where i am the grass hoppers have just finished breeding and i am left to fight off the hundreds of mini invaders although suffering many casualties( to my archer fish, who i feed them to) the little buggers keep coming i need a weapon my harvest depends upon it please if you have a solution dont hold back i will be knee deep in the buggers soon cause they love mull as much as i do

Virgo34

I had a war with those buggers at a plot last summer,really tried my patience!
A soapy repellent may work for a time,as for a more permanent solution you could construct a,say,three foot high mesh fence widely around the perimetre of the plant.They cant jump too high.
Any insect repellent may work tho,you'lle have to check that out.
Cheers

biologist

soap it is then
i will repel them with soap

it is very entertaining when i feed a grasshopper to my fish, i make it shoot them down b4 he can eat them. i recommend an archer fish to any stoner very entertaining pest control

King Fern

Archerfish???
where the hell do you live ?
man i aint ever met a fellow archer fan before.

i got some good news for you biologist

biologist

i come from a land down under

i have been walking around my yard finding predatory bugs like assasin beetles i think i might be getting on top of the invasion
what other fish you got fern i also got bass cod rainbows and fat ill tempered purple spotted gudgeons (highly recommended)

King Fern

Hey Biologist
Im from up north
Im currently breeding angelfish and neon tetras
mainly because a friend told me it was impossible

Ive proved him wrong and will be selling about 70 soon.

Ive got 3 tanks for the archers but currently they are in the wild
so to speak.

I can catch and release my fish into the creek on my property.

Ive seen a few forums for archerfish in the usa,
but they are hopeless.
they say keep your fish at 27 celicius
thats crap, my fish change form 18-40 celcius
they are flushed by saltwater regularly
and can handle rapid climatic change.

Ive got really good breeding tips
if your interested
as to date
no one has bred them in capitivity
i have............
what kind do you have
ive got toxotes jaculatrix &
toxotes chatareus

biologist

jaculatrix i think
little smart arse of a thing spits at people out of the tank sometimes
I am breeding purple spotted gudgeons i should have about 1000 fry by the end of summer

id like to see archers in their natural habitat it must be cool being able to catch them and stock up
we catch fresh water stone fish down here south half of qld.
i have caught just about all the fish i own

have you had any archers breed on your property
i reckon it would be awsome to see hundreds of the little buggers