Contest Wrap Up

[2075turner]

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]

What beauties Evelyn! Love those trailing dorsals. Looks like you will need those cones for sure! Good luck,
Barb:)

[acroken]

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]

Wow, they all look great. Definitely a hard choice.

[wgtaylor]

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]

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]

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]

Outstanding job Evelyn. With all these beautiful fish I would hate to be the judge. Good luck to you in the contest.

[Justice]

Wonderful job with those guys, Best of luck to you in the judging.

[two utes]

Good on you!!
You've done a great job.:)

[seanyuki]

Great job Evelyn....those guys looks fantastic:)

[DiscusKev]

Fantastically done Evelyn, you've worked hard on getting these hungry buggers grow :D

Good luck,

[calihawker]

You've done a great job Evelyn! Good luck!

[Chad Hughes]

Awesome job Evelyn! I really love your fish. THose fins are fantastic! Well done!

Best wishes and good luck!

[Ed13]

They look really good, great job!

[Eddie]

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]

Evelyn, a fantastic job you have done all year. Wish you the best with them!

Regards
Ahmed ;)

[vera]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

You've done a wonderful job with them. They are stunning.

Chris

[2075turner]

You've done a wonderful job with them. They are stunning.

Chris

Thanks Chris

[Pardal]

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]

Well it wrapped up a couple of days ago, but thanks for the words of encouragement.:)

[discusscotland]

Great job raising these crackers;).well done , and good luck , everyone is a winner ;)

[CLaman]

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]

sure thing, just sent you a pm with contact details:)

[2075turner]

Well not so good news about the contestant fish. I came home today to a tank with all the fish floating at the top. Once again another of my jager heaters stuck on and heated the tank up to 38 so they are all gone. I am really upset. This is the second tank this year that this has happened to. These heaters are only two years old.....I would think that they should last longer than this. I am now going to replace all my 250 & up heaters with 150's. I hope that this will end the needless suffering of my fish. Things like this make me wonder why I keep fish.....this feels so crappy:(

[phat nguyen]

OMG....

I am so sorry to hear about your bad news.........

Hope thing will be better soon.

Perry :angel: :angel: :angel:

[Disgirl]

What sad news Evelyn. And I have just received my new Eheim Jaeger heaters today to replace the Rena Smart heaters that wouldn't shut off. I sure wish discus would live at 72-76 degrees like we do in the house. I am so sorry for you and your fish.
Barb:(

[calihawker]

Oh, I'm so sorry to hear that Evelyn.:(:(:(

[Kingdom Come Discus]

That is horrible news.

A word about Jager Heaters. I have bought nearly 100 of these in the last three years. I have had trouble only out of a handful. I have never had one stick but I have had a few not heat up with the light on. I bought 20 more this summer after they re-designed all of them and added a 300 watt to their product line, all but one of these was fine. I have contacted the company, without a reply I might add. There must be some reason they introduced these new designed heaters. Could it be there was a flaw in the old? I have always thought so. Even with all this going on I don't know of a better heater on the market. I have tried many other brands with worse results.

So sorry for your loss,

[Jennie]

WOW, Evelyn, so so sorry to hear that:(

[vera]

So sorry to hear Eveline , u had stunning fish ..that sux big time , sigh
dont give up
take care

[2075turner]

Thank you for your kind words guys. I am at a low today as I was downstairs to not see my beauties there. As I type tears form. This year has had many ups and downs and I think that this has been a damaging blow. All the hard work, feedings and water changes, wipedowns, bills...what a waste, just because of a stupid heater. This is the second tank that has gone down this year because of a heater....I am not sure of what I will do....:(

[Jennie]

when you get over this sadness, you'll become more determined than ever to have this fish. Don't let this beat you down. Get yourself some more discus, a new heater, a controller to plug it into and start enjoying this hobby. You've done well as a challenger, raised some beautiful fish, you can do this again.

[vera]

when you get over this sadness, you'll become more determined than ever to have this fish. Don't let this beat you down. Get yourself some more discus, a new heater, a controller to plug it into and start enjoying this hobby. You've done well as a challenger, raised some beautiful fish, you can do this again.

well said ! maybe invest in a different make of heater , i have Tetra for 8years - never gave me a problem

[2075turner]

See I have plenty of other discus around here. I just don't want to go through this process again just to have my heart broken yet again. Everytime something like this happens I have been able to overcome it....like I said this was a tough blow. I am a strong person emotionally but there is only so much one can take.

[Jennie]

buy a controller Evelyn. It will automatically stop the heaters from getting too hot and cooking your fish. you can buy them for about 70$

[wgtaylor]

So sorry to hear this Evelyn. :(
You have done so much good and gone through your share of bad this last year. This is indeed a big one but time will get you through, it will be a little easier tomorrow.
A external heater controller does seem safer. I started using Jalli heaters that use separate controllers and have been good so far. Replaced one heater and used the old controller that still worked great. Cheaper replacement only having to replace the heating element. Anyway they work for me.
Or.....maybe Norm could build a heated fish room for ya !:D:D:D
Hope you feel better soon,
Bill

[Eddie]

OMG Evelyn, this saddens me greatly. :( I am so so sorry to hear about this. I know its tough on you the first time and then all of a sudden another issue. My heart goes out to you.

I'm really in support of getting a controller for your heaters. I'm wondering if the electricty in your house might be faulty or something. This is too strange for it to happen twice and both times with one of todays most reliable heaters. I know one time is unfortunate but twice is almost unheard of.

Again, my heart goes out to you.

All the best,

Eddie

[willbldrco]

I just want to thank you for participating in the contest and sharing your experiences with us! While the fish are gone, your tale of raising such a wonderful group of discus certainly will persist in our memories - so in that regard they will always be with us! :)

Will