Our Inanga Have Arrived

Thursday 20th October

Our 20 Inanga have arrived for us to look after for the next 5-6 weeks.

We had to check the water conditions in our tank to ensure the whitebait did not get a shock when they were transferred from the buckets from the river into our tank.

Sadly not all may survive so we need to check each day and remove any that may have died.

 We also will need to take out any that may look sick so they don’t infect the rest in the tank.

They will be fed fish flakes and blood worms alternatively at the same time each day.

There is bacteria in our tank which helps clean up wast products or any dead plant waste.

The bacteria needs to be checked so it can continue to do this important job.

The bacteria produces food for the inanga.

Oxygen is needed in the water of the tank for the fish to survive  hence the pump and air filter in our tank.

Kirsty transferred the inanga using a small net.

They seemed to have settled into their new home quite successfully.