Wild Trombeta

[winn0923]

A quick group pic after wc today the color is filling in nicely


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[Dutch dude]

Wow,..what a difference! I see nice light body color (happy fish) and much more red coloration as well. Very nice! I particularly like the semi royal male (second fish from the left) Very nice!

[winn0923]

Wow,..what a difference! I see nice light body color (happy fish) and much more red coloration as well. Very nice! I particularly like the semi royal male (second fish from the left) Very nice!

Thanks Dutch dude. They have really turn their color on lately! I will post some update pics soon


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[winn0923]

Not much as changed in my tank.. Got some light breeding activity going on now and I just got a new DSA tank so I will be transferring the discus to it soon. Probably use the old tank as a heckle project if fund permits.

On another news I lost my alpha male to whirling disease last week, couldn't quite save him this time and he was gone within 48 hours... None of the other fish seem to be affected.

Scary how similar this look compare to Matt's picture





And his size

[Second Hand Pat]

Sorry to hear Winn
Pat

[winn0923]

After some heavy casualty due to this mysterious whirling bout (loss of 4 total), I'm down to 7 alenquer/trombetas. The original trombetas pair from Mark has survived through all this and is on their way to the 2 years mark with me in a few months. I'm thinking about moving them to their own tank and hopefully start breeding them again, but seems like I do have a heavy female group of either 2 males/5 females or 3 males/4 females. All the females have turned on their halo and start being quite bossy with each other the past few days. Definitely some heavy bullying going on and the two smallest females have been chased around non stop.

[winn0923]

Some updated pics of the fish

Wild alenquer female from John



Wild trombeta male from Mark



Wild Nhanumda from Mark (via WBSabby)



Full tank shot

[jmf3460]

Good gracious Winn, your group is stunning. I hear you had a bout with the whirling disease and lost more than one. Im battling this right now and I sure hope it doesn't take them all.

[Lighthouse]

Where can we get some? !

[dpt8]

Great looking wild.. Nice job.. How large is this tank ?? Thanks and good luck with future endeavours...

[Second Hand Pat]

They look great Winn
Pat

[winn0923]

Good gracious Winn, your group is stunning. I hear you had a bout with the whirling disease and lost more than one. Im battling this right now and I sure hope it doesn't take them all.

Yea it is pretty rough, I beat the first bout and went 10 months without any loss, but then the disease came back with a vengeance the 2nd time around and I lost 4 within 2 months.

[winn0923]

Where can we get some? !

I recommend John (snookn21) and Mark (Discus Origins), both are sponsors here and you can't go wrong with them.

[winn0923]

Great looking wild.. Nice job.. How large is this tank ?? Thanks and good luck with future endeavours...

It is a 48 (L) x 24 (w) x 17 (h), comes out about ~90 gallon I think. It is a rimless tank but since my wilds tend to like floor surfing I have since then cover it with a custom piece of glass top.

They look great Winn
Pat

Thanks Pat, saw your group from WBSabby this year, they are totally awesome. Even WBSabby said this year the Cuipea collection has been a lot redder vs previous years for some reason. I definitely missed out by not jumping on the band wagon for this shipment.

[Second Hand Pat]

Thanks Winn, they literally glow.
Pat