mench
09-29-2008, 09:08 AM
Well it is almost over and I am a little bummed....Things started out just fine,but as time went on things went down hill...I usually haven't had any problems with growing out fish,but I must be losing my touch cuz these contest guys gave me fits...well not really,but out of the six I only had one that has made it to any size,around 4 in or so and that is still small for the age of the fish...the other 5 were no bigger than 2 in at the most..I will post pics as it gets closer to the end.
Here is what went on the last several months...the test fish all came in just super,great packing..they went into a 125 gal tank,bare bottom,4 sponge filters a few plecos...as to the food,I was feeding at least 3 times a day,they were eating everything I put in the tank...they got flake,beefheart,brine shrimp,bloodwormsand Tetra color bits...water changes of 50% a day...I cleaned the sponges every week...temp was 85 deg. and water Quality was just fine...after all that I am at a loss as to why they didn't do any better.The 5 runts I gave to some friends whose kids were interested in Discus...they know that they are stunted but they wanted to see if they could get them to grow...so far they haven't.
So that is my story and I am sticking to it!!! It was a fun contest and I want to thank Al for putting it on....maybe it can be done again.I have some new smaller fish to grow out so I will see how they turn out,hopefully they will grow up to be big guys...
See ya and again thanks Al.
Mench ( Ron Menchey)
Here is what went on the last several months...the test fish all came in just super,great packing..they went into a 125 gal tank,bare bottom,4 sponge filters a few plecos...as to the food,I was feeding at least 3 times a day,they were eating everything I put in the tank...they got flake,beefheart,brine shrimp,bloodwormsand Tetra color bits...water changes of 50% a day...I cleaned the sponges every week...temp was 85 deg. and water Quality was just fine...after all that I am at a loss as to why they didn't do any better.The 5 runts I gave to some friends whose kids were interested in Discus...they know that they are stunted but they wanted to see if they could get them to grow...so far they haven't.
So that is my story and I am sticking to it!!! It was a fun contest and I want to thank Al for putting it on....maybe it can be done again.I have some new smaller fish to grow out so I will see how they turn out,hopefully they will grow up to be big guys...
See ya and again thanks Al.
Mench ( Ron Menchey)