howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
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saw this rather disconsolate looking grey mullet in the water by de braddelie earlier.
the picture is not very good but a chap saw me taking it and explained that the white bits on the fin and tail meant the fish was near its end.
he further opined that the algae in the water was the cause.
Guest 700- Registered: 11 Jun 2010
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Howard - we saw these yesterday after a birthday meal at Cullins Yard, lots of fish, all gathering around the 'rubbish' and algae in the top corner. I think they are scavengers, near outfalls etc?
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howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
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that tallies with what the bloke said to me today kath, there were many there yesterday and mullets are famous for eating anything.
the lone one today seems to have been unlucky
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The dredging of that dock earlier in the year should have improved the water quality.
Audere est facere.
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The problem of 'Algal Bloom' is a grave problem in all areas of standing water. The problem seems, in the main, to be one of lack of oxygen. I have noticed fish seek out the shallows to gasp for oxygen near the surface. It may be that the water is most disturbed in these areas so more oxygen is dissolved there than mid-pond. This problem has occupied the minds of many academic teams and many partially-effective treatments proposed.
Old tights stuffed with barley straw (to filter out the microscopic algae), the planting of water cress at or near the inflow point of fertilizer-rich streams (to greatly reduce the nitrogen levels) and the use of compressed-air pumps [warning 'F' word approaching!] to create water-oxygenating Fountains.
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howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
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the problem is wide ranging tom, where i used to live a park lake had the problem and dogs were getting very ill after going in the water.
the local veterinary group were doing great business until an independent chinese bloke said that surgery was not required and treatment with antibiotics did the trick.
doesn't help our mullet though.
Brian Dixon
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unless you catch a couple and flog them to the chinese,they seem to like eating them.found them a bit muddy tasting though.
howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
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anglers tell me that they won't eat them because of them consuming a lot of muck, bet they all eat pork though.
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Cod is a scavenger, as are a lot of fish. Also dogfish...
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howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
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you are no doubt right mrs hollingsbee but whatever they eat just turns into flesh that we cook and eat.
by the by i had a catfish called reg that hoovered up faeces from the bottom of the tank.
mind you i didn't eat him when he passed on.
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Guest 703- Registered: 30 Jul 2010
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That's an old wive's tale about what mullet eat. I've caught and eaten loads and generally their stomachs are full of seaweed and small shellfish, a very healthy diet.
howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
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the one i saw didn't look the picture of health ray.
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