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    Default Re: February 23, 2013 update

    sorry havent been following. what fish are those ?

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    Default Re: February 23, 2013 update

    Quote Originally Posted by rubinsteinnyc View Post
    sorry havent been following. what fish are those ?
    These are from a Blue Diamond Male and a Blue snakeskin Female. This is the third annual hobbyist discus challenge http://forum.simplydiscus.com/forumd...yist-Challenge these are the discus that I entered into the contest. There are several other contestants in this contest with some beautiful discus check them out.......Josie
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    Default Re: February 23, 2013 update

    really nice

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    Quote Originally Posted by rubinsteinnyc View Post
    really nice
    Thank you Rubin .....josie
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    Default Re: February 23, 2013 update

    Josie those fish look awesome!! how big they are?
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    Default Re: February 23, 2013 update

    Quote Originally Posted by a volar View Post
    Josie those fish look awesome!! how big they are?
    at least 5 inches by now.......Josie
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    Default Re: February 23, 2013 update

    very nice!

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    Default Re: February 23, 2013 update

    Quote Originally Posted by ChicagoDiscus View Post
    at least 5 inches by now.......Josie

    thats what SHE said..

    literally!!
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    Default Re: February 23, 2013 update

    Quote Originally Posted by ChicagoDiscus View Post
    at least 5 inches by now.......Josie
    My biggesr Chicago Blue is 5" now so that's about right. Something about clean water, healthy diet, and genentic is the key to these guys amazing growth rate.

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    Default Re: February 23, 2013 update

    Quote Originally Posted by warlock4169 View Post
    I QUIT! thanks
    +1 , do i even have a chance...prob not. But I will keep on keeping on.

    What is the hatch date for these? How old?
    Last edited by joshvito; 03-06-2013 at 04:37 PM.
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    Default Re: February 23, 2013 update

    Wow, you have done a excellent job thus far. This is exactly the outcome that happens when a hobbyist actually gives the proper TLC for fish and not lets them go to waste!!!!
    Last edited by BODYDUB; 03-06-2013 at 04:50 PM.

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    Default Re: February 23, 2013 update

    Quote Originally Posted by joshvito View Post
    +1 , do i even have a chance...prob not. But I will keep on keeping on.

    What is the hatch date for these? How old?
    Josh, you are to kind your Discus are doing very well also. The hatch date was August 3,2013 and free swimming August 6, 2013
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    Default Re: February 23, 2013 update

    Someone suggested that I post their diet, feeding schedule and how often I clean the tank.

    Diet,
    They (and all my discus) are fed beef heart mix twice a day once in the morning and once at night right before cleaning. The beef heart mix consists of the following.
    Beef heart organic grass fed (cleaned trimmed and deveined)
    Whole Sea Salmon from the sea wild caught not frozen
    Extra large Gulf shrimp from the sea not farmed raised wild caught
    Cyclop-eeze frozen (not dried)
    Collard greens boiled down and then let air dry on the counter before making the mix
    Bananas and plantains
    Berries (from the Amazon river bank)
    Liquid vitamins (health food store)
    Omega-3 fish oil
    Prime reef flakes
    Garlic powder

    Freeze dried Black worms once a day

    Sera Discus granules once a day

    Live brine shrimp (adult size) rinsed cleaned and soaked for an hour in fine spirulina powder then fed. Once a day

    After the first beef heart feeding at least a 80% water change most get 100% walls, tubes tank bottom get a good wipe down.
    After the last feeding all the waste from the day gets taken out usually about a 50% water change

    Ok that’s what I do .......Josie
    Last edited by Chicago Discus; 03-06-2013 at 06:32 PM.
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    Default Re: February 23, 2013 update

    what do you think of feeding discus dried bananas or let's say ground almonds?

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    Default Re: February 23, 2013 update

    Quote Originally Posted by rubinsteinnyc View Post
    what do you think of feeding discus dried bananas or let's say ground almonds?
    Im not an expert but dried bananas and almonds might be hard to work in the mix.....Josie
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