Fishnchips, I agree, It seems that the large backwater of a muddy river in vietnam or cambodia is not much different than a large clay lined warm water farm pond in Georgia or Florida. If the water had to move a bit at times I'm sure with pumps that requirement could be handled (pumping from one pond to the next in a circle for example to circulate the water from time to time)
Anyone have swai on their list of legal or illegal fish in their state (assuming southern states only would bother to mention it)?
I'm not sure if the aquarium version is the same as what is in the videos online. The filets in the store had to come from a pretty big fish...
They seem to grow bigger than tilapia, equals bigger filets,
From your link, I assume they are the same fish as the aquarium kind. However they don't get big because of their constraint. They claim those fish will get 3' long, so it sounds like a heck of a fish to get on a hook?!
The spring flood waters get them to spawn. Thus they go upriver when it happens. I suppose a pond that could have control of a flooding level where the water goes up into an otherwise shallow spot, they might reproduce? It could be a good thing they don't reproduce in a pond like HSB or Tilapia.
Sounds like a fish Bobby would experiment with in his Florida potpourri pond?
I wonder how they would affect the food chain in a pond.....
