Would you like fries with that?

[Discus-n00b]

;) White Butterfly fries. Hard to get a good picture because they are on the backside of the cone.

http://i27.photobucket.com/albums/c172/clemmatt/Discus/discusfry3.jpg
http://i27.photobucket.com/albums/c172/clemmatt/Discus/discusfry2.jpg
http://i27.photobucket.com/albums/c172/clemmatt/Discus/discusfry1-1.jpg

[MSD]

Great pics Matt, you can see them great. Good luck with the spawn, hope they grow up nicely for you.

[scottthomas]

Best photos of wrigglers I have seen. Good Job with the camera work.

[Ed13]

WOW, great pics!!

[moik]

That is a beautiful sight..Especially those being White butterflies..best of luck with them..

[Carolina discus]

Matt
Great job Bro!!! You take the best pics as well!

All the best
Eric

[Discus-n00b]

Thanks all. Took some wiggling and luck to get pictures of the backside of the cone. Moik, thanks. Hope you are having good luck with yours as well!

Thanks Eric, you set me up for success! ;)

[moik]

I will take some pictures tonight (hopefully) It's time for an update on mine anyway..I'll put them on a sepereate thread..
Thanks all. Took some wiggling and luck to get pictures of the backside of the cone. Moik, thanks. Hope you are having good luck with yours as well!

Thanks Eric, you set me up for success! ;)

[kaceyo]

Great pics Matt. Keep 'em coming.

[Discus-n00b]

Thanks all. There are 50 fry on the dot.

Looking forward to your update moik.

[Eddie]

AMAZING pictures Matt! You can see their teeth! :D Congrats on the spawn! How is the first spawn doing from your previous post?

Take care my friend!

Eddie

[Discus-n00b]

The first spawn didn't survive. Hoping to have some better luck with this one. Thanks Eddie.

[Eddie]

The first spawn didn't survive. Hoping to have some better luck with this one. Thanks Eddie.

Sorry to hear, hope this batch pulls through. Keep us updated with those amazing photos!

Take care,

Eddie

[Scribbles]

Incredible pictures! Best of luck with the spawn.

Chris

[Harriett]

Fantastic photos, thanks for posting these--good luck with this spawn!
Harriett

[rich815]

Very nice Matt! My Albino Alenquer and Leopard Snakeskin just spawned for the 5th or 6th time in my planted tank. Unfortunately they made wiggler stage and then disappeared pretty much overnight. I'll be setting this pair up in a BB breeding tank soon so as to have a chance at some success! (just got all the equipment, just need to find time and place).

I hope you do not mind but I downloaded and tweaked your first photo a little in Photoshop so I could see them a little better. I post that edited version here now. If you'd prefer I remove the image I will.

Richard

http://i263.photobucket.com/albums/ii147/rich815/discusfry.jpg

photo by Discus-n00b (Matt)

[Discus-n00b]

Thanks all. Thats cool Richard, I never do to much photo editing. Most pictures you see are straight out of my camera resized and maybe sharpened a bit so its good to be able to see them a bit easier.

[rich815]

Thanks all. Thats cool Richard, I never do to much photo editing. Most pictures you see are straight out of my camera resized and maybe sharpened a bit so its good to be able to see them a bit easier.

Not sure which photo editing software you use but all I did was Levels >>>> Auto, then sharpened just a tad. It removed the dark red color cast and adding some contrast.

[Discus-n00b]

The fry are now free swimming...clumsy...but doing it. They are currently herded into a corner of the tank by the parents and trying to attach to the parents. I've lowered the water level, taken out the cone and sponge filters and replaced them with some airstones. Here are some pics, I apologize some arn't in perfect focus...you can understand how hard it is to focus onto something this small. I am now seening one of my few "holy grails" in the hobby.

http://i27.photobucket.com/albums/c172/clemmatt/Discus/discusfry13.jpg
http://i27.photobucket.com/albums/c172/clemmatt/Discus/discusfry12.jpg
http://i27.photobucket.com/albums/c172/clemmatt/Discus/discusfry11.jpg
http://i27.photobucket.com/albums/c172/clemmatt/Discus/discusfry10.jpg
http://i27.photobucket.com/albums/c172/clemmatt/Discus/discusfry4.jpg
http://i27.photobucket.com/albums/c172/clemmatt/Discus/discusfry5.jpg
http://i27.photobucket.com/albums/c172/clemmatt/Discus/discusfry6.jpg
http://i27.photobucket.com/albums/c172/clemmatt/Discus/discusfry7.jpg
http://i27.photobucket.com/albums/c172/clemmatt/Discus/discusfry8.jpg
http://i27.photobucket.com/albums/c172/clemmatt/Discus/discusfry9.jpg

[diamond_discus]

What camera do you have ? Excellent photo .. I can even see the bone in those little guys ..

[Discus-n00b]

Thanks. Canon 300D Digital Rebel. I use a 100mm f2.8 Macro lens which makes the difference, and 2 slave flashes firing overhead of the tank.

[Eddie]

Unreal shots Matt! It doesn't get any closer than that!

Eddie

[kaceyo]

WOW!!! The details you can see in those pics is amazing. You can see the ribs coming off the backbone. That's great.

Kacey

[Lytehouse]

superb photos

unreal those akward blobs grow to such magnificent fish

[Disgirl]

Simply incredible photos Matt! Those are the closest up pics of fry I have ever seen. I bet there are fish magazines that would love to get some of your pics!
Barb :)

[moik]

Great pictures..Wonder if you can sex them by looking at their inards.LOLOL

[domjuam]

very nice picture

thanks to share

[scottthomas]

Best fry pictures I have ever seen. Fantastic!

[Discus-n00b]

Thanks all. I'd love to get some photos published one day.

[zebra]

very interressing pictures !:)
thank you :D

[Scribbles]

Thanks all. I'd love to get some photos published one day.

Wow! After seeing those pics I was thinking that you should make a coffee table book of discus pictures.

Chris

[CodOnMyRod]

Wow amazing detail on the pics of the little ones. Good luck with them.

Ruben

[Kenny's Discus]

Matt,

Such amazing detailed pictures! I couldn't capture anything this well even 20 times their size lol...hope all goes smoothly with them and thanks for sharing.:)

Vince might have some competition soon lol...:D:D

Kenny

[moik]

Hey, if I can not get lucky myself..all I hope is to see someone elses,but it would be nice to see WB fry in my own tanks...Any updates of the fry???
Matt,

Such amazing detailed pictures! I couldn't capture anything this well even 20 times their size lol...hope all goes smoothly with them and thanks for sharing.:)

Vince might have some competition soon lol...:D:D

Kenny

[Discus-n00b]

Hey moik thanks, none made it from this last batch. They didn't attach to the parents fully, a few were on and off. I think the parents are still working on it as well. They keep getting further and further each time though so i have high hopes. Waiting on the next batch of eggs at this point!

Which reminds me I need to be ready to have some BBS or fry food ready this time around.

[GlennR]

Hey moik thanks, none made it from this last batch. They didn't attach to the parents fully, a few were on and off. I think the parents are still working on it as well. They keep getting further and further each time though so i have high hopes. Waiting on the next batch of eggs at this point!

Which reminds me I need to be ready to have some BBS or fry food ready this time around.



That's a bummer to hear. Hopefully they'll figure it out next run.

good luck,
Glenn

[wadewc]

I just saw this post. Those are amazing pics Matt!! Very Cool! Sorry to hear about the batch. Good luck on the next.

Wade

[Discus-n00b]

Thanks. The good thing is that this pair has no intentions of eating eggs or fry which is usually the case with many pairs. So I'm not worried. They just have to get the process down. Gotta remember this is all new for me too haha so it'll take a few tries. Eric groomed and taught this pair well haha.

[moik]

Yeah, just beware that everyone wants to have a batch of fry and have the pair do thier job perfectly,but when the fry come and things look good..It is time for the person to do all the work involved in raising a batch of fry up ..Keep in mind that I change water 2 daily and scrub the tank and feed them too,,,amongst all my other tanks too..In my mind it worth all the time and effort..I am happy you were lucky enough to get a pair wothiout raising smaller ones up like I have been doing for the last 2 years..I hope yours get it right this time,,always happy to see WB/WS fry..Best of luck with this next try..
Thanks. The good thing is that this pair has no intentions of eating eggs or fry which is usually the case with many pairs. So I'm not worried. They just have to get the process down. Gotta remember this is all new for me too haha so it'll take a few tries. Eric groomed and taught this pair well haha.

[Wahter]

excellent photos - keep us informed of their progress! :)


Walter

[Discus-n00b]

Thanks.

Being still on active duty military orders, it keeps me away from the house a good bit, so I don't always get the chance to raise the fry past wiggler/attaching stages. So until I fully am off orders in July, I don't expect to get a viable batch off of them. Like clockwork they spawned again, eggs on the cone when I got home today. We'll see what happens.