Wild F1 Cuipeau Fry Group

[Second Hand Pat]

I had a late visitor last night. Mark delivered my long awaited group of F1 Cuipeau fry and man, they are NICE. :grin: I'm in awe. Mark had a shipment to pickup from the Orlando airport and offered to bring them down with him.

Mark has been lucky to have two spawns from his Cuipeau pair and this group is from the second spawn. These fry are 100% wild and about 4 months old. I will post pictures once these guys are a little more comfortable with me.

It was a true honor to actually talk to someone else about wilds and of course the first thing to correct is my mispronunciation of the places the wilds come from like Nhamunda, Tefe, Alenquer and of course Cuipeau. I have tefe correct now but need to hear others spoken again. I can not believe far off I was on Alenquer. :(

Mark stayed about a 1/2 hour and had a nice chat. I do believe he liked the 230.

[Keith Perkins]

Anxious to see the pics when your fishes are ready to pose for you.

[YSS]

Congrats, Pat!

[TURQ64]

Great to hear; hope they settle in well..Mine as swell..Gary

[MikeF]

Cant wait for the pictures Pat!

[Second Hand Pat]

Thanks guys, will post a couple tonight. Keith, these guys are red. :)

[Keith Perkins]

You're a mean mean woman Pat. :) Obviously now I want to see them all the more.

My Rose Red is happy about something, her colors have never looked better. Maybe the fact she's been pushing her mate all around the tank and she's getting ready to lay? Rhetorical question, don't want to derail the thread.

[Second Hand Pat]

You're a mean mean woman Pat. :) Obviously now I want to see them all the more.

My Rose Red is happy about something, her colors have never looked better. Maybe the fact she's been pushing her mate all around the tank and she's getting ready to lay? Rhetorical question, don't want to derail the thread.

Keith, how about some pictures of your red rose while she has on her finest. :)

[Second Hand Pat]

So these guys are settling in nice and even coming forward for food. They are not really ready for picture taking but took some anyway.

This picture is fairly true to how they look to the naked eye.
http://i925.photobucket.com/albums/ad95/Second_Hand_Pat/Cuipeau%20Juvies/IMAG0488.jpg

With flash so washes out the color.

http://i925.photobucket.com/albums/ad95/Second_Hand_Pat/Cuipeau%20Juvies/P9170072.jpg
http://i925.photobucket.com/albums/ad95/Second_Hand_Pat/Cuipeau%20Juvies/P9170070.jpg

No flash and a bit blurry

http://i925.photobucket.com/albums/ad95/Second_Hand_Pat/Cuipeau%20Juvies/P9170067.jpg

Not a great picture of this particular guy but has some color forming

http://i925.photobucket.com/albums/ad95/Second_Hand_Pat/Cuipeau%20Juvies/P9170068.jpg

[Jennie]

what r u up to now????
:)

[Second Hand Pat]

what r u up to now????
:)

Trouble of course. ;)

Jennie, Mark (now known as Discus Origins) had two of his wild Cuipeau's pair up and had two spawns. These are fry, actually juvies from the second spawn. I have been waiting of these for a long time and worth the wait. :D

[Jennie]

ah...sad to see Hans get out of it :( love the blues

[Second Hand Pat]

Business decision on his part Jennie. I'm sure it was carefully considered.

[Second Hand Pat]

These guys are switching from scared mode to hunting mode. Happy to see that.

[Darrell Ward]

Damn! I'm jealous! :p Fine looking babies. :)

[Second Hand Pat]

Damn! I'm jealous! :p Fine looking babies. :)

Darrell, you should see them in person...like you say...fine looking babies. When I picked up the first bag I couldn't believe how nice they were.

Today we went from this...


http://s925.photobucket.com/albums/ad95/Second_Hand_Pat/Cuipeau%20Juvies/?action=view&current=VIDEO0093.mp4

To this...


http://s925.photobucket.com/albums/ad95/Second_Hand_Pat/Cuipeau%20Juvies/?action=view&current=VIDEO0094.mp4

Finally to this... :grin:


http://s925.photobucket.com/albums/ad95/Second_Hand_Pat/Cuipeau%20Juvies/?action=view&current=VIDEO0095.mp4

[wendy9722]

Very nice babies!!!! Good luck with them.

[Altum Nut]

Wow Pat...you can see the difference once they settled in.
Will be some real beauties once grown-out in your care.

...Ralph

[strawberryblonde]

Oh my gosh, I go away for a day and look what you do!!!! ;)

Those are SO danged pretty, cute and adorable Pat, congrats on adding a new batch of awesome discus to your collection of wilds. Can't wait to see how they grow out for you. So you learned correct pronunciations eh? Gonna have to call you so I can learn them too.

I've always assumed that Tefe is tef-a (short e, long a), and that alenquer is Alan-k, but then again, my second language is french so I tend to use french pronunciations for any word that isn't specifically english. Well, unless it's dutch of course and then I just mangle the g's and try to make each word sound nice and guttural.

[Darrell Ward]

I don't know for sure, but a guy in our fish club who goes on yearly collecting trips, swears it's pronounced tee-fee. I really don't have a clue about alenquer! LOL! I have enough problems with correct English, so I don't worry so much about Portuguese, Latin, or whatever. :D I just grunt, and point, like a cave man. Ugg! (points) Fish!

[Second Hand Pat]

Very nice babies!!!! Good luck with them.

Thanks Wendy


Wow Pat...you can see the difference once they settled in.
Will be some real beauties once grown-out in your care.

...Ralph

Thanks Ralph, they settling very nicely.

[Second Hand Pat]

Oh my gosh, I go away for a day and look what you do!!!! ;)

Those are SO danged pretty, cute and adorable Pat, congrats on adding a new batch of awesome discus to your collection of wilds. Can't wait to see how they grow out for you. So you learned correct pronunciations eh? Gonna have to call you so I can learn them too.

I've always assumed that Tefe is tef-a (short e, long a), and that alenquer is Alan-k, but then again, my second language is french so I tend to use french pronunciations for any word that isn't specifically english. Well, unless it's dutch of course and then I just mangle the g's and try to make each word sound nice and guttural.

Thanks Toni, I have waited several months for these guys and really happy to get them and they exceeded my expectations by far. Tefe is Ta-fe, longer on the first syllable and short on the second. You are close on the alenquer but can not remember the exact sounds. I plan on visiting Mark's warehouse come Oct so will get another lesson.


I don't know for sure, but a guy in our fish club who goes on yearly collecting trips, swears it's pronounced tee-fee. I really don't have a clue about alenquer! LOL! I have enough problems with correct English, so I don't worry so much about Portuguese, Latin, or whatever. :D I just grunt, and point, like a cave man. Ugg! (points) Fish!

Hmmm Darrell, you don't strike me as the cave man type. :)

[Second Hand Pat]

These guys are doing very well and starting to use the whole tank. I took this short clip to show some of the color development. I have to be careful as they are shy of the light.


http://s925.photobucket.com/albums/ad95/Second_Hand_Pat/Cuipeau%20Juvies/?action=view&current=VIDEO0096.mp4

[Darrell Ward]

I saw 6. Good group size. They should grow pretty fast eating blackworms.

[Second Hand Pat]

Darrell, there are actually seven. Should have done two more :). Have them on live blackworms, seafood mix and a small amount of flake.

[LKSDiscus]

They are really pretty in real life, I got lucky and saw them and at Pat's set up -- really Cool and by the way I was lucky enought to buy some of her wilds the other day. 68966

Thanks Pat

[Darrell Ward]

Don't mean to be nosy, but didn't you have some other 100% wild discus besides those in your big tank? Just curious if you plan on doing a little consolidating? Big groups of wilds seem to work well. In my case, I got tired of having tanks everywhere, so when I sold off the fish from the 240, I started adding the wilds together a group at a time. Ooops! I guess you sold them to Linda. Nice fish.

[Second Hand Pat]

Wow Linda, they look lovely in your tank. I so love a happy ending and you are more than welcome :) It was a pleasure meeting you and your spouse.

[LKSDiscus]

Yeah they have really adjusted well even eating out of my hand this afternoon. More good pictures in my album

http://forum.simplydiscus.com/album.php?albumid=458

[Second Hand Pat]

Don't mean to be nosy, but didn't you have some other 100% wild discus besides those in your big tank? Just curious if you plan on doing a little consolidating? Big groups of wilds seem to work well. In my case, I got tired of having tanks everywhere, so when I sold off the fish from the 240, I started adding the wilds together a group at a time. Ooops! I guess you sold them to Linda. Nice fish.

Darrell, these were the Nhamunda reds that I sold to Linda. The 230 currently has 9 tefes and in the "fishroom" I have two 75 and the 40 breeder which has the Cuipeau juvies. One 75 is the pair (alenquer and curipera X) I am working with and the other 75 has a small crew (2 uatama blues, 1 alenquer and the smaller Curipera X) which will return to the 100 in the living room. I will taking the 100 down for a redo.

[Second Hand Pat]

Yeah they have really adjusted well even eating out of my hand this afternoon. More good pictures in my album

http://forum.simplydiscus.com/album.php?albumid=458

Sweet Linda, I bet they were really happy to get away from the red head tapajos.

[LKSDiscus]

Yeah I think so they seems so calm and peaceful and the other fish are pretty calm with them too.

[Second Hand Pat]

Win/win Linda :) for you and the reds.

[Second Hand Pat]

Dang fish keep getting in the way

http://i925.photobucket.com/albums/ad95/Second_Hand_Pat/Cuipeau%20Juvies/P1010018.jpg
http://i925.photobucket.com/albums/ad95/Second_Hand_Pat/Cuipeau%20Juvies/P1010022.jpg

Seem to think the sponge filter is a worm dispenser.
http://i925.photobucket.com/albums/ad95/Second_Hand_Pat/Cuipeau%20Juvies/P1010023.jpg

[Jason K.]

awsome little bugger's you got there pat..

[Second Hand Pat]

Thanks Jay, these are my first growouts and treating them like gold.

[Second Hand Pat]

I gave these guys a little flake and handful of worms on the way out the door to work and when I got home. Tank was rather clean. Guess these guys eat flake now.

[Second Hand Pat]

These guys are doing great and we are getting use to each other. They are spooking less from my movements and always greet me at the front of the tank.

Hints of color

http://i925.photobucket.com/albums/ad95/Second_Hand_Pat/Cuipeau%20Juvies/P1010031.jpg

Size reference

http://i925.photobucket.com/albums/ad95/Second_Hand_Pat/Cuipeau%20Juvies/P1010029.jpg

One of the smaller ones

http://i925.photobucket.com/albums/ad95/Second_Hand_Pat/Cuipeau%20Juvies/P1010026.jpg

[Darrell Ward]

Nice and thick looking. 2 or 3 of them look like they are going to grow quite large.

[CrazyAngels]

Pat, they are nice, keep up the great work with them. They should grow nicely for you I'm sure.

[Second Hand Pat]

Nice and thick looking. 2 or 3 of them look like they are going to grow quite large.

Darrell, you know me...that is how I like'em :)


Pat, they are nice, keep up the great work with them. They should grow nicely for you I'm sure.

Thanks Jorge, I believe they will. ;)

[Keith Perkins]

Wow, amazing. I've never seen a 27 inch discus before. :D The color looks great in these pics.

[Melissa]

Wow Pat, you werent kidding.... These are NIIIICE babies.

Good to see some quality Juvies like these. Well done Mark, and congrats Pat!!! :) :)

[Second Hand Pat]

Wow, amazing. I've never seen a 27 inch discus before. :D The color looks great in these pics.

Thanks Keith, the pics are as they came from the camera. I think the tape measure is brilliant (sound a bit british here). Easier then netting the fish and measure that way :)


Wow Pat, you werent kidding.... These are NIIIICE babies.

Good to see some quality Juvies like these. Well done Mark, and congrats Pat!!! :) :)

Thanks Melissa, should make super parents in time...image the possibilities...;)

[chaoslite]

Pat I love those babies. Good luck with them.

Mishka

[Second Hand Pat]

Pat I love those babies. Good luck with them.

Mishka

Thanks Mishka, they really are very nice. Mark did a great job raising them. I hope I can do as well with them.

[TURQ64]

I noticed tonight, since the Marineland led's have the blue lunar light, that one of my F1 Cuipeau's is swimming around, hanging close to one of the Heckel crosses I put in their tank..That'd make for some really tremendous fish...

[Second Hand Pat]

Gary, a love match :)