6/21/09 update [Archive]

kirkp

06-23-2009, 12:25 AM

Man, I don't think that weeks can go by any faster than they are. Things are pretty much on par with the past posts. Still eating all of the usual foods with gusto. They sort of remind me of my lab, minute she sees me she thinks about food. These guys would eat 24/7 if they got the chance. Water parameters are all good. pH 6.8, NH2 and NO2 are both zero. NO3 seems to hover around 3 or so but I put that down to water changes every other day and heavy feedings. I'm trying to figure out a way to get a length on them without taking them out of the water but I may have to resort to that. Anyway, here's some pics for the week. Still messing with the camera settings :)

Kirk
http://i360.photobucket.com/albums/oo42/kirkp_2008/th_001-3.jpg (http://s360.photobucket.com/albums/oo42/kirkp_2008/?action=view&current=001-3.jpg)
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http://i360.photobucket.com/albums/oo42/kirkp_2008/th_005-1.jpg (http://s360.photobucket.com/albums/oo42/kirkp_2008/?action=view&current=005-1.jpg)
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http://i360.photobucket.com/albums/oo42/kirkp_2008/th_010.jpg (http://s360.photobucket.com/albums/oo42/kirkp_2008/?action=view&current=010.jpg)

wgtaylor

06-23-2009, 01:13 AM

Hi Kirk,

Pics look good, really like the 5th pic, looks like he has an attitude. They all look healthy. The weeks do go by pretty quick huh ! You will have a nice bunch of adults before long. Great job.
Bill

Eddie

06-23-2009, 02:15 AM

The fish look great Kirk! Great work

Eddie

Scribbles

06-23-2009, 05:51 PM

They look great! Good job with them.

Chris

Chad Hughes

06-23-2009, 06:00 PM

Kirk,

Looking good brother! I hope the remainder of the year goes this smooth with these guys! IMO it's really been a cake walk so far!

Best wishes!

acroken

06-23-2009, 08:12 PM

Kirk,
nice going, really looking healthy. tank is very clean too. Great job.

nice pictures.
Kenny

kirkp

06-23-2009, 10:07 PM

calihawker

06-24-2009, 12:52 AM

Great update Kirk! Very nice pictures of some stunning fish. Well done! Keep it up!

Ardan

06-25-2009, 06:03 PM

NO3 seems to hover around 3 That's really good:)
Nice clean looking tank too. With the heavy feeding and wc schedule you will have those fish grown up in no time:):)

Ardan

Armandi_Fishcarer

06-26-2009, 07:10 AM

Kirk, looking fantastic, great pic's & quality tank cleanliness! Keep up the great job.

Regards
Ahmed ;)

Darren's Discus

06-26-2009, 07:36 AM

Kirk,
looking great !

cheers

wgtaylor

06-26-2009, 11:45 AM

thanks everyone. Seeing all the pics of the 4" discus got me curious what I had. I've got 4 that are very close in size and a couple that are lagging a bit. Pulled one of the larger ones (if not the largest) and he hit 4". Felt pretty good about my regimen. Of course, he then hid for about 2 hours. Guess he didn't appreciate the handling.

Kirk

Hey Kirk, thanks for the info on the size, it seems like everyone's are growing at a fairly rate. That's sorta why I decided just to wait to measure. They are getting to the size where they should slow down on their growth a bit so I don't expect we will see that one inch per month, not to worry, yours are looking great. Thanks again, :)

Bill