Goings on in the FishCave

[Keith Perkins]

A pair of Red Cover Virgin Red crosses from Kenny made their way to the FishCave via Exreefer and Alexis before that. Now that they're settled into long term housing it appears they're putting down roots. Dad's into domestic violence, so here he is on one side of the egg crate.

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Here's mom on the opposite side.

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A head on shot of mom just to see the color contrast of the nose better.

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And then my pride and joys, my own cross of two different RT strains with F2 fry. First, a couple shots of dad. The fry ate a thin strip on his tail so he got pulled.

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A fry shot with mom eating. These guys went free swimming June 4 or 5.

http://i1180.photobucket.com/albums/x418/CozyKeith/FryRT.jpg

Then mom, not to happy I'm photographing.

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Mom right side.

http://i1180.photobucket.com/albums/x418/CozyKeith/FemaleRTRightSide.jpg

Mom left side.

http://i1180.photobucket.com/albums/x418/CozyKeith/FemaleRTLeftSide.jpg

And a huge thanks to Jay (Jason K.) for selling me back this pair of RTs

[Disgirl]

Gee, lots of discus breeding going on at your house Keith! Beauties for sure, especially those cute little fry!
Barb

[Keith Perkins]

Thanks Barb. Once each pair finishes practicing with their current small batch we'll see how they do with your extra lipped swirled cones from NADA. Talk about living vicariously, through cones that went to the show no less.

[Second Hand Pat]

Really happy for you Keith and two killer pairs. The RT fry look nicely developed :) and I still love your RT pair.

[Keith Perkins]

Thanks Pat, lord knows you know it's been a long long road. Fingers crossed they breeze right past week 4.

[Second Hand Pat]

Thanks Pat, lord knows you know it's been a long long road. Fingers crossed they breeze right past week 4.

Amen to that.

[Bill63SG]

Best of luck,Keith.I put in the 4 20's,and with the new pair last night,ran out of room.

[discuspaul]

Aw, Keith, the Red Cover Virgin Reds are stunning !
And I love the F2 fry - man, you're very quietly doing some wonderful things in your man cave !

[xxbenjamminxx]

I am really digging your F2 fry. They are great looking fish. The red covers are nice as well.

[Keith Perkins]

Thanks Bill, Paul, and Ben. I'd dang near forgotten how fun fry were...really hoping it stays that way. Fingers crossed.

[Trier20]

Looking good Keith! Those RT's are pretty nice

[Northwoods Discus]

Congrats on the beautiful fry. Both strains are a couple of my favorites. The red covers look somewhat like the Piwow browns.

[Keith Perkins]

Thanks Brandon, and Bill. It's definitely increased the enjoyment factor having batches of fry again.

[Keith Perkins]

I pulled the female RT tonight. The fry are just past 4 weeks old and were rarely feeding from her anymore and her mate hasn't hardly touched any food since he went solo so I decided it was time.

[shoveltrash]

Goings on in the FishCavelove the RTs......how many fry do you have? I imagine all these goings-ons are keeping you busy :D

[DiscusLoverJeff]

Great job Keith. Long overdue but your back in business. Keep us posted on their progress.

[Keith Perkins]

Trish - I counted 190 viable eggs from this batch as I remember, but somebody ate all but about 2 dozen of them. Toss is a couple culls along the way and there are a whopping 20 of them now. In the past I would have been tempted to scrap a batch that small, but this being a pretty young pair I pulled the spawning cone in hopes they wouldn't spawn again and raise this batch up and get some experience. Well, my plan sort of worked. The female laid again, but without a spawning cone available she opted for the heater laying on the bottom of the tank and just ended up creating omelets. Not long after that is when a thin area at the base of the males tail on both sides got eaten badly and I pulled him, so the female was pretty much forced to raise the batch up.

Thanks Jeff - See you Oct 6 at Josie's place for the inaugural meeting of the MWDA!

[Eddie]

Thats a nice turq!

[Keith Perkins]

Thanks Eddie, I am EXTREMELY pleased with them. When they've had time to fill out a bit and you're back to having time to grade fish I might have submit my first fish to the university staff. Came home tonight to find they had deposited a very large spawn on the new swirled cone from Barb. Guess they had a little 4th of July celebration of their own.

[Eddie]

Thanks Eddie, I am EXTREMELY pleased with them. When they've had time to fill out a bit and you're back to having time to grade fish I might have submit my first fish to the university staff. Came home tonight to find they had deposited a very large spawn on the new swirled cone from Barb. Guess they had a little 4th of July celebration of their own.

Guess they had some fireworks going off in the tank! LOL