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2075turner
06-01-2010, 01:27 AM
Wow does a year go by fast. It seems like yesterday that I received these little guys.

The one thing that I truly liked about this contest was my fellow challangers. Great group of guys and very supportive.:) Makes me very proud to be a part of this community.

Thank you Kenny and Forrest for providing us with such beautiful and healthy stock. It was truly an honor to raise them out.

As for the fishies, I was lucky that I didn't have anything go wrong with them. I did do a treatment of parzi pro twice since they have been here. This is something that I do with all of my fish as a preventative. They were in a 35 gal to start off with their QT in and then moved to a 55 after a month of being here, then to a 75 of which they are still in today. I kept up with the daily water changes of 75-100% until I had my health issues then my hubby took over while I rested and recovered. I have changed their water changes to 50% every other day about three months ago, and I am feeding 4-6x's a day. Sticking with the schedule while raising my kids and working nights was hard. I did discover something though....I really love my fish. It never mattered what was going on in my life, I always made time for my fish and enjoyed doing it even if it ment losing out on sleep....something that I don't get much of.

I too am having a problem choosing which fish I will be submitting for judging. It is very hard as they are all great in their own way. So, it will be a last minute decision:p a toss of the coin between three of them anyways:o

Well, as my final thoughts...it has been great to be a part of this contest. The most fustrating thing for me has been taking photos. Funny seeing as this contest was for the raising of fish, LOL

Thankyou Al for the opportunity. Thank you to all that have followed my threads and given me feedback. Once again....Thankyou Kenny & Forrest for the great fishies that I got.

So here's my last photos, hope you enjoy them!

I'm going high tech, lol....video added below, I hope this works, lol

http://s941.photobucket.com/albums/ad255/2075turner/june%20video%20challange%20fish/?action=view&current=MVI_0044.flv

Disgirl
06-01-2010, 08:09 AM
What beauties Evelyn! Love those trailing dorsals. Looks like you will need those cones for sure! Good luck,
Barb:)

acroken
06-01-2010, 08:17 AM
Evelyn,
Very beautiful group. you are going to have a hard time choosing one:D Very nice work with this group. Good luck.

Kenny

target
06-01-2010, 10:29 AM
Wow, they all look great. Definitely a hard choice.

wgtaylor
06-01-2010, 10:51 AM
Hi Evelyn
I can see why you would have a hard time choosing one of those beauties, they are remarkable. :)
With everything that has gone on in your life you still managed to to do an outstanding job raising your discus.
The dorsals are awesome, great job.
Take care of yourself, :)
Bill

2075turner
06-01-2010, 11:57 AM
Thank you guys (and lady, Barb, lol)

I have enjoyed every minute of raising these guys as well as my other fishies that I have here. My next set is that I want to start up my breeding once again. I have since left my job and now am working part time, so I am hoping that I will have some more time to concentrate on this and be raising out some of their babies soon. I have other things planned for my fish room as well...one step at a time I guess.;)

Cheers, Evelyn:)

Larry208
06-01-2010, 12:42 PM
Evelyn:

I really think you did an outstanding job on raising those Discus. They look really healthy and should be interesting to see them pair up and have some babies. Your hard work really shows and good luck with the outcome of the contest.

Larry

fishyj
06-01-2010, 04:15 PM
Outstanding job Evelyn. With all these beautiful fish I would hate to be the judge. Good luck to you in the contest.

CTD
06-02-2010, 01:07 AM
Wonderful job with those guys, Best of luck to you in the judging.

two utes
06-02-2010, 02:10 AM
Good on you!!
You've done a great job.:)

seanyuki
06-02-2010, 09:23 AM
Great job Evelyn....those guys looks fantastic:)

DiscusKev
06-02-2010, 09:37 AM
Fantastically done Evelyn, you've worked hard on getting these hungry buggers grow :D

Good luck,

calihawker
06-02-2010, 11:47 AM
You've done a great job Evelyn! Good luck!

Chad Hughes
06-03-2010, 09:30 PM
Awesome job Evelyn! I really love your fish. THose fins are fantastic! Well done!

Best wishes and good luck!

Ed13
06-03-2010, 09:35 PM
They look really good, great job!

Eddie
06-03-2010, 11:30 PM
Woohoo Evelyn!!! Your group is something else! Love their shape/fins, pattern/color. That fish in the first picture, on the right...bring him to the NADA show! Amazing work you did with these fish.

Wishing you the best!

Eddie

Armandi_Fishcarer
06-04-2010, 06:06 AM
Evelyn, a fantastic job you have done all year. Wish you the best with them!

Regards
Ahmed ;)

vera
06-06-2010, 01:08 AM
Evelin , yr challenge group looks amazing! love these threads on dorsal
im glad that with all u had going on in the past year u found time to take good care of them, hope yr recovery is final
All the best!

2075turner
06-06-2010, 01:18 AM
Woohoo Evelyn!!! Your group is something else! Love their shape/fins, pattern/color. That fish in the first picture, on the right...bring him to the NADA show! Amazing work you did with these fish.

Wishing you the best!

Eddie

Eddie

He travels with me everywhere Eddie, so no problem, lol

His girlfriend might say something being gone that long though. They are clearing an area as I type:D Now that the contest is over, they will be getting their own tank shortly (after Dallas) and see what's going to happen. This is the pair that has gotten them to wrigglers once before so I'm hoping for the best.:D

2075turner
06-06-2010, 01:19 AM
Evelyn, a fantastic job you have done all year. Wish you the best with them!

Regards
Ahmed ;)

Thanks Ahmed

I am quite pleased with how they turned out.:)

2075turner
06-06-2010, 01:22 AM
Evelin , yr challenge group looks amazing! love these threads on dorsal
im glad that with all u had going on in the past year u found time to take good care of them, hope yr recovery is final
All the best!

Thank you Vera

I really like how they turned out and their best feature on them is their finnage. All of them have different markings but the dorsals are more or less the same. I had a hard time picking which one I wanted to summit but I finally made up my mind.

:)

2075turner
06-06-2010, 01:25 AM
Thank you everyone:):):) I love the fact that these guys turned out so well and that we can all enjoy them:):):) If anything, I think that my photo taking skills have improved since the beginning:p:D:D:D

dpt8
06-06-2010, 06:38 AM
Great job Evelyn.. Kids, house, work, multitudes of discus.. I don't know if you get ANY sleep. Your ard worked really paid off.

I really njoyed the video also.. Shows off the fish really well. Maybe the next judging Al will have everyone submit a video.. :9) David T

2075turner
06-06-2010, 09:32 AM
Great job Evelyn.. Kids, house, work, multitudes of discus.. I don't know if you get ANY sleep. Your ard worked really paid off.

I really njoyed the video also.. Shows off the fish really well. Maybe the next judging Al will have everyone submit a video.. :9) David T

Sleep, who needs sleep?LOL:p As mentioned I really like how these guys turned out and am looking forward to the next step of trying to raise out a bunch from them:) Thanks for the positive feedback through the year David:) So are you going to Dallas? I would think that you would have a good time there...;)

Scribbles
06-07-2010, 03:24 PM
You've done a wonderful job with them. They are stunning.

Chris

2075turner
06-07-2010, 03:25 PM
You've done a wonderful job with them. They are stunning.

Chris

Thanks Chris

Pardal
06-19-2010, 03:50 PM
Great Job!!!
I like the shape, pattern ,fins amazing job. i hope is not too late here in Hawaii I'm six hours behind from eastern time my vote goes to you.
Julian.

2075turner
06-19-2010, 04:29 PM
Well it wrapped up a couple of days ago, but thanks for the words of encouragement.:)

discusscotland
07-01-2010, 05:00 AM
Great job raising these crackers;).well done , and good luck , everyone is a winner ;)

CLaman
07-16-2010, 10:13 AM
Hello Evelyn,

I saw these pictures yesterday as I was browsing through the forums....all I can say is WOW! These are beautiful fish you've raised. I was absolutely blown away by them.

I may need to pick your brain at some point to help me in getting started.

2075turner
07-16-2010, 01:21 PM
sure thing, just sent you a pm with contact details:)