enemies of fish
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This is just a little effort. In Fish Culturing techniques, these points might be helpful to keep your fish ponds from enemies of eggs, fry, fingerlings and even adult fish. The controls and prevention measurements are also given. Reference book used: Textbook of Fish culture: Marcel-HuetTRANSCRIPT
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BY: SHAIZA SAEED MALIK
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IN FISH CULTURE FISH HAVE MANY ENEMIES. THEY ARE FOUND AMONG INSECTS, FISH, AMPHIBIANS, REPTILES, BIRDS AND MAMMALS. THEY CAN BE DIVIDED BETWEEN PERMANENT
ENEMIES (OF EGGS, FRY AND ADULTS), OCASIONAL ENEMIES AND THOSE COMPETING FOR FOOD
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•HARMFUL INSECTS
•VORACIOUS FISH
•HARMFUL AMPHIBIANS
•HARMFUL REPTILES
•HARMFUL BIRDS
•HARMFUL MAMMALS
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HARMFUL INSECTS1)WATER BEETLES
1)GREAT DIVING WATER BEETLE
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•30 - 35 mm (ADULTS)•EAT FRY •VERY VORACIOUS•LARVAE DO NO HAVE MOUTH•LARVAE HAVE TWO POWERFUL HOLLOW MANDIBLES•LARVAE SUCK VICTIMS LEAVING ONLY SKIN•CAN DO LOT OF HARM TO NURSING PONDS
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2) BLACK WATER BEETLE
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•ADULTS 40-50mm
•ADULTS- NOT HARMFUL
•ADULTS- VEGETARIAN
•LARVAE 60-80 mm
•VERY STRONG PREDATORS
•CAN DESTROY A LOT OF FRY
Larva of Black Water Beetle
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2)WATER BUGS
• VERY NUMEROUS
•VARYING DEGREE OF ENMITY
•UNDESIRABLE COMPETITORS FOR FOOD
•ONLY SMALL SPECIES SERVE AS FOOD FOR FISH
•MOST HARMFUL ARE:
1. Naucoris cimicoides -15 mm2. Notonecta glauca- 15 mm3. Nepa cinerea
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Naucoris cimicoidesVentral view (left), Dorsal View (Right)
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Notonecta glaucaExcellent back swimmer (left)
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Nepa cinereaStrong Predator with a Pointed Strong Nose
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WATER SCORPION Nepa cinerea
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3)DRAGONFLIES
• NYMPHS ARE AQUATIC•THE ADULTS FLY•NYMPHS ARE RECOGNISED BY EXTENDING LOWER JAW FOLDED LIKE A HINGE•NYMPHS OF Agrionidae:
Have Long and Slender BodiesAre Harmless
• NYMPHS OF Aeschinidae:Long and Robust BodiesMore Dangerous
•NYMPHS OF Lebullilidae:
Short Stout BodiesMore dangerous
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DRAGONFLIES (NYMPHS)
Aeschinidae nymph:
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Libellulidae nymph:
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VORACIOUS FISH
1. Consuming or eager to consume great amounts of food; ravenous.2. Having or marked by an insatiable appetite for an activity or pursuit; greedy.
DEFINITIONS:
FOLLOWING ARE SOME VORACIOUS FISH:
PIKE
PIKE-PERCH
PERCH
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PIKE
UP LEFT: SHOWING HORRIBLE TEETH OF PIKE.
BOTTOM RIGHT:TIGER PIKE
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PERCH
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PIKE-PERCH
UP LEFT: SHOWING A PIKE-PERCH
BOTTOM RIGHT: PIKE-PERCH CHASING A LIVE FISH TO EAT
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LESS VORACIOUS FISH
LESS VORACIOUS ARE THOSE WHICH:
• IN PARTICULAR ARE COMPETITORS OF FOOD
•GET INTO UNPROTECTED PONDS
•INCLUDE:
Black bullhead (Ictalurus melas) in Europe
Hemichromis spcs in Africa
•GET INTO BADLY INSTALLED WATER INLETS
•OR IF PONDS ARE NOT MAINTAINED; INTERVALS
BETWEEN DRYING ARE TOO LONG AND IRREGULAR
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LESS VORACIOUS FISH
BLACK BULL HEAD
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HEMICHROMIS spcs
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HARMFUL AMPHIBIANS
•AS ADULT AND LARVAE, AMPHIBIANS ARE HARMFUL TO POND
CULTURE
•THEY COMPETE FISH FOR FOOD.
•BUT SOME SMALL TADPOLES SERVE AS FOOD FOR FISH
•THE MOST HARMFUL AMPHIBIAN ARE FROGS
•SOME LIVE OFF FRY.
•TADPOLES SPECIALLY MAKE GRADING OF TILAPIA FRY DIFFICULT
•TADPOLES OF GENUS XENOPUS ARE SEEN TO DISGORGE PARTIALLY
DIGESTEDSMALL TILAPIA FINGERLINGS.
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FROGSXENOPUS EATING A FISH
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HARMFUL REPTILES
Reptiles which can swim easily and live for most part in water can destroy many fry and even good size fish. The destruction they cause is higher in open waters than in ponds.
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HARMFUL BIRDSA NUMBER OF ICTHYOPHAGOUS WATER FOWLS
•KINGFISHERS
•GREY HERONS
•DUCKS &
•Many other WATER BIRDS
ARE HARMFUL TO THE FISH PONDS.
• WATER HENS AND SWANS however are vegetarian and do not destroy the
fry.
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KINGFISHERAleedo athis L.
•BEAUTIFUL BLUE-GREEN BIRD WITH IRRIDESCENT GLINTS
•MEASURES FROM 16-17 cm IN LENGTH, HAS STRONG AND POINTED BEAK
•FAST FLYER AND SKIMS OVER WATER
•PERCHES ON POSTS, BRANCHES OR TREE TRUNKS
•PLUNGES LIKE LIGHTNING ON ITS PREY
•PREY ARE SMALL FISH FROM 4-7 cm.
•IT CAN SWALLOW FROM 10-12 A DAY
•IT NESTS IN BURROWS MADE BY RATS IN BANKS.
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GREY HERONArdea cinerea L.
•LARGE BIRD WITH LONG LEGS, NECK AND BEAK
•CAN MEASURE UP TO 1 m. WING-SPREAD IS 0.70 m
•LIVE ROUND SHALLOW WATERS
•SHOWS PERFECT CAPTURING TACTICS
•FISH(verb) DURING DAY OR WHEN NIGHTS ARE CLEAR.
•CAN SWALLOW WHOLE FISH BETWEEN 15 AND 20 CM
•DESTROY GREAT QUANTITIES OF FISH
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DUCKS
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DUCKS•DUCKS DISTURB THE FISH BY THEIR UNCEASING COMING AND GOING
•THEY DESTROY THE SPAWN AND FRY ON SPAWNING BEDS & IN FRY PONDS
•THEY CAN BE USEFUL IN GROWING PONDS TOO….
•THEIR EXCREMENT ACTS AS FERTILIZER
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SWANS
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SWANS
•LIVE OFF WATER VEGETATION
•ARE NOT HARMFUL EVEN IN NURSERY PONDS
•EXCREMENT FERTILIZES THE PONDS BUT DIRTIES THE BANKS
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WATER HENS
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WATER HENS
•ONCE THOUGHT TO BE FISH EATER ARE THE CUTE WATER HENS
•THEY ARE VEGETARIAN
•DO NOT DESTROY THE FRY OR FISH.
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HARMFUL MAMMALS
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OTTERS
Lutra lutra L.
•ARE LARGE MUSTELIDAE.
•CAN MEASURE OVER 1 m OF WHICH 40 cm IS TAIL LENGTH.
•CAN WEIGH 10kg
•PRINCIPALLY LIVE OFF FISH
•SUPPLEMENT THEIR FOOD WITH AQUATIC ANIMALS
•IF FOOD IS ABUNDANT THEY DESTROY MORE THAN THEY CAN EAT
•THAT IS WHY THEY ARE MORE HARMFUL FOR WINTERING PONDS
•NOT HARMFUL FOR NURSING PONDS
•THEY ARE VERY TRICKY; SWIM AND PLUNGE WITH EASE
•BUT CAN EASILY BE TRACED THANKS TO THEIR WEBBED FOOT-PRINTS
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MUSK-RATOndatra zibethica L.
•IMPORTED FROM AMERICA IN 1905 FOR FUR
•LIVE IN STAGNANT AND SLOW RUNNING WATER RICH IN AQUATIC
VEGETATION
•RARELY ATTACK FISH IN WINTERING PONDS
•HARMFUL BECAUSE OF LARGE BURROWS THEY DIG IN BANKS AND DIKES
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WATER SHREWNeomys fodiens
•LITTLE RODENT
•MEASURES FROM 10-13 cm IN LENGTH UP TO TAIL
•HAS LONG MOBILE SNOUT AND SWIMS PERFECTLY
IT DESTROYS EGGS AND FRY
IT SPECIALLY GOES FOR TROUT EGGS
TROUT EGGS
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INCECTSWATER BEETLES, WATER BUGS & DRAGONFLIES
1. DO NOT PLACE NURSING PONDS UNDER WATER MORE THAN 15
DAYS BEFORE STOCKING IN ORDER THAT HARMFUL LARVAE OF
INSECTS HAVE NO TIME TO DEVELOP
2. CLEAN UP SWAMPS AND GRASSY DITCHES IN THE
NEIGHBOURHOOD OF THE FISH FARM
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VORACIOUS FISHPIKE, PIKE-PERCH & PERCH
1. DO NOT LET IN THE VORACIOUS FISH IN NURSING PONDS BY
CAREFULL MANIPULATION.
2. INSTALL POND (SUNK HORIZONTAL SCREEN AT THE WATER INLET
AND POSSIBILITY OF COMPLETE DRYING OUT).
3. PUDDLES OF WATER DRYING CAN BE TREATED WITH QUICKLIME.
LESS VORACIOUS FISHBLACK BULLHEAD &HEMICHROMIS spcs
1. THEY GET INTO UNPROPERLY INSTALLED WATER INLETS.
2. INTERVALS BETWEEN DRYING SHOULD NOT BE TOO LONG.
3. INTERVALS SHOULD BE REGULAR.
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AMPHIBIANSMOSTLY FROGS AND
TADPOLES
1. CARP NURSING PONDS SHOULD BE HANDLED CAREFULLY WHEN GRADING
2. BAITED TRAPS FOR XENOPUS SHOULD BE USED
3. DESTROY THE EGGS OF AMPHIBIANS AS SEEN
4. YOU CAN USE SCOOP NET FOR THIS PURPOSE.
5. USE OF QUICKLIME IS ALSO GOOD TO DESTROY EGGS
6. ADULTS CAN BE CAUGHT UP IN WIRE TRAP NETS
BAITED NET INSTALLATION
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REPTILESMAINLY SNAKES AND
CROCODILES
1. PONDS MUST BE INSTALLED IN AREAS NATURALLY AWAY FROM
SNAKE AND CROCODILE HABITATS.
2. THE POND SITE MUST BE SIGHTABLE FROM ALL SIDES.
3. BUSHES, SHRUBS AND WEEDS MUST BE PROPERLY CLEANED
EVERYDAY
4. REPELLANTS CAN BE USED SO THAT REPTILES MAY NOT TRY TO
ACCESS
5. PONDS SHOULD NOT BE NEAR NATURAL OPEN WATER SITES
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BIRDSKINGFISHERS, GREY HERONS,& DUCKS
1. IF DESTRUCTION OF
KINGFISHER IS
AUTHORIZED BY LAW, IT
CAN BE SHOT .
2. SPRING TRAPS CAN BE
PLACED ON POSTS ON
ELEVATED HEIGHT (1m).
3. THESE POSTS SHOULD BE
FAIRLY ISOLATED
OTHERWISE BIRDS WILL
PREFER THE NEAR-BY
TREE BRANCHES.
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GREY HERONS:
1. THE BEST WAY IS TO SHOOT THEM (WHEN LEGALLY PERMITTED)2. THEY CAN BE TRAPPED WITH OR WITHOUT USE OF BAIT.3. THEY CAN BE POISONED BY INJECTING A DEAD FISH WITH STRYCHNINE
OR PHOSPHORUS.4. THEIR NESTS CAN BE DESTROYED OR YOUNG ONES CAN BE TAKEN
AWAY (CAN BE TAKEN IN CAPTIVITY OR BE SALED OUT).
DUCKS:
1. DUCKS USUALLY DO NOT ACCESS THE MAN MADE PONDS EXCEPT THAT DUCKS ARE NATURAL INHABITANTS OF THAT PLACE.
2. IF DUCK ARRIVES IT SHOULD BE TRAPPED BY CASTING NETS.3. ITS YOUNG ONES ALSO BE TRANSPORTED TO SOME OTHER PLACE.
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MAMMALSOTTERS, MUSK-RATS & WATER SHREWS
1. THE BEST WAY TO COMBAT OTTERS IS TO USE TRAPS:2. SOLID TOOTHED TRAPS SHOULD BE USED3. PLACE THESE TRAPS UNDER WATER OR AT ENTERNCE OR EXIT SITE
OF WATER.4. TRAP SHOULD NOT BE BAITED.5. SHOULD BE HELD BY AT LEAST A 3 METER LONG CHAIN.6. SUITABLE FENCING OF WINTERING PONDS IS A MUST.
MUSK-RATS :1. WINTERING PONDS MUST BE TAKEN CARE OF BY THESE RATS.2. THEY CAN BE TRAPPED OR POISONED.
WATER SHREWS:
1. CAN BE DESTROYED BY POISON OR TRAPS.2. FUMIGATE ITS BURROWS WITH SULPHUR.
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OTTER TRAP
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MADE BY: SHAIZA SAEED MALIK
M.PHIL 1ST SEMESTER
2014-2016
Copy Rights Reserved©
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