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danotaylor
You'll be fine mate. I went to Australia for 18 days. I had a non fish savy mate stop in and feed 2 AFDBW cubes every 3rd day and no wc's. Can home to a happy, health, HUNGRY bunch of lovely discus! Lol :D
I came home to a main tank who's water evaporated and my reef octopus pump grinding! luckily, the pump worked miraculously once I added water. Everyone was fine! shrimp tank never turned off despite the internal timer on the light. :angry: I had some algae growth but was wiped clean already. The juvies were fine. They stayed in ambient lighting the whole time but I did forget to turn on their sponge filter and HOB filter for two days. I had my mother inlaw go into the room and connect it. Unfortunately, I have to turn these off when doing water changes because of how skittish they are.
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Small update.
This was early in the morning and they were very light colored. I will take a picture in the afternoon when they are more red.
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Rounding out nicely mate. They look awesome!
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Rounding out nicely mate. They look awesome!
Yea. It's been a crazy week with the return of my trip, 4 exams at school, and loads of work to catch up at work that I had too much going on in my head. I, once again, forgot to turn on their filter and, this time, I had the auto feeder on. Unfortunately, I put them through an ammonia spike and I had about .25ppm of nitrite. I was so disappointing in my self that I kinda wanted to give everything up. But, I will stick it out since I don't think two weeks will jeopardize their growth. I think I still have a nice shot to get them as big as their uncles.
On the plus side, I made top 15% of my class which is a huge accolade. Now, to aim for top 10%. I'll definitely hit Dean's list again this semester for 6 semesters in a row.
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You are doing a great job with them Armando!!!
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You are doing a great job with them Armando!!!
+1
And congrats on your academic accomplishments. Nice going! Hard to balance everything but sure looks like you're doing great. :thumbsup:
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And Indulge I did... I just indulged the hell out of those pics. Armando... friend... brother... you must tell me if you ever have another batch!
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And Indulge I did... I just indulged the hell out of those pics. Armando... friend... brother... you must tell me if you ever have another batch!
Will do, Elliot :). It looks like there is quite a line for some of these guys. Sometimes I wish I can fast forward a few months just to see them in their prime stage. Cannot wait for their rings and colors to develop.
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I have two that are exceptionally smaller than the others. I'm assuming that their growth spurt will come later on or could it be a female thing?
I'm falling in love with these fish. I'm noticing their rings are developing more and more.
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+1
And congrats on your academic accomplishments. Nice going! Hard to balance everything but sure looks like you're doing great. :thumbsup:
Thank you! It was definitely a happy moment. Balancing is hard!.
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The fish in 7th photo is called Red. That’s the one Brian and Al are always pointing out. Thr fish in 4th photo is the biggest one of all.
I think #5 and Red have the best shape. What do ya’ll think?
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They all look great mate. But red is the best shape for sure. When you have a really nice shaped fish like red in a group the minor irregularities of the other fish seem larger than life, lol. Your fish still have a lot of growing and filling out to do yet Mando. You're doing a fabo job with them!
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They all look great mate. But red is the best shape for sure. When you have a really nice shaped fish like red in a group the minor irregularities of the other fish seem larger than life, lol. Your fish still have a lot of growing and filling out to do yet Mando. You're doing a fabo job with them!
Thank you, Dan. They have a lot to grow still. So far, this has been my best growing batch so I believe I’ll hit the 6.5” mark, possibly more.