Re: Arturo's Contest Fish
The one thing that stands out to me in this thread is this here:
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the same happen to me last year lost 2 batches of fry around the same size
This could possibly point to another possible cause......Were these fry in the 4-6 week range?
Rick
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I thought the same thing after just reading that post Rick.
I started adding small (300-500 microns) GPs to the fry diet a while back basically for two reasons. The first was that ultimately you don't know what buyers are going to want to feed the fish. My thinking was the more variety I gave the fry/juvies the more likely whatever the buyers offered them to eat they would quickly accept. I have no idea if this is actually true, but I have had good portion of my buyers say with amazement that their fish will eat anything they throw in the tank. My theory might be right, or maybe the buyers just aren't use to really healthy discus that are eating machines. The second and bigger reason is it gives me a fall back food if I screw up a batch of bbs, like I did just yesterday morning. It's funny how they don't hatch very well when you forget the last step of putting the airline in the bottle. Dah.
I keep my fry with the parents longer than some and feed the parents beefheart through out, so they get beefheart whenever they're interested as well.
Best of luck getting another batch into the contest.
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Congrats! Good to see you back in contest ...
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rdiscus
Congrats! Good to see you back in contest ...
Thanks rdiscus hoping to do better this time.
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Arturo, glad to see you back. Good luck with these guys.
Pat
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Second Hand Pat
Arturo, glad to see you back. Good luck with these guys.
Pat
Thanks Pat I will do my best.
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Glad you are back in the contest Arturo, good luck!
Barb
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Disgirl
Glad you are back in the contest Arturo, good luck!
Barb
Thanks Bard.
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Looking Good Arturo, happy to see you deciced to get back in.
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Glad you made it back in. Pm me as you approach the 3 week mark.........
Rick
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jaykne
Looking Good Arturo, happy to see you deciced to get back in.
Thanks Larry.
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Originally Posted by
nc0gnet0
Glad you made it back in. Pm me as you approach the 3 week mark.........
Rick
Thanks Rick I will.
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Hope everything clicks this time, I'd like to see what the juvies look like in a year. Could be some nice looking fish.