This has been a fantastic opportunity for us to expand our breeding efforts and a great space for our large display fish to have a bit more room.
We hold a range Victorian freshwater species including Murray Cod, Trout Cod, Macquarie Perch, River Blackfish, Australian Bass, Golden Perch (Yellow Belly), Silver Perch, Eel Tailed Catfish, Murray River Rainbowfish, Southern Pygmy Perch, Southern Purple Spotted Gudgeon, Dwarf Galaxias, Common Galaxias and Olive Perchlet.
Thanks to all our wonderful volunteers, we have had great success breeding Dwarf Galaxias, Southern Pygmy Perch, Southern Purple Spotted Gudgeon and Murray River Rainbowfish, at our new location.
We currently have Southern Purple Spotted Gudgeons available for purchase and limited numbers of a few other species.
More stock will be available again after the 2026/27 breeding season.
If you are interested in purchasing native fish for a home aquarium or garden pond, please contact our Hatchery Manager, Jayne, via hatchery@nativefish.asn.au
Our hatchery is open to the public for viewing and fish sales, usually on Thursdays between 1 – 3pm and Sundays between 10am – 12 pm, or by appointment.
There is also the opportunity for NFA members to volunteer in the hatchery and gain hands on experience in native fish husbandry.
Please contact our Hatchery Manager, Jayne, via hatchery@nativefish.asn.au if you are interested in viewing the hatchery (group tours are available), purchasing fish or volunteering in the hatchery.
With everything running so smoothly in NFA’s hatchery, we are now holding our hatchery working bees every two months. The working bees start at about 9:30 am and finish with a BBQ lunch in the early afternoon. We post an update on the NFA (Vic) facebook page when it is on.
Please come along and bring your friends if you love native fish and are interested in getting a taste of what our hatchery volunteers do to keep our fish happy and healthy.
