75g w/ sump. Group of 25 discus grow out thread UPDATE: 2-7-16

[Stonecrazy6]

it's going to be really hard to get rid on any of them.. these are your babies and all of them are beautiful! good luck with that!

There is enough differences in your fish to get one of each "look".. then an extra one of your favorite look?? what's the plan.. which ones are "for sure" you are keeping.. ??



I got four more fish and THOUGHT I was going to rehome a few.. but I really can't decide which ones to let go..

[Phillydubs]

I would love to hear the thought process behind the selection as well...

[rickztahone]

it's going to be really hard to get rid on any of them.. these are your babies and all of them are beautiful! good luck with that!

There is enough differences in your fish to get one of each "look".. then an extra one of your favorite look?? what's the plan.. which ones are "for sure" you are keeping.. ??



I got four more fish and THOUGHT I was going to rehome a few.. but I really can't decide which ones to let go..

I would love to hear the thought process behind the selection as well...

The thought process is that I want to keep enough of each strain, SS, leopard turq. However, it looks like I will let go of more SS since I seem to have more of those.

I will go off shape first, then pattern, for the SS specifically, how fine their pattern is. The leopards I will keep the 3 with rings. Luckily for me, those are the best shaped ones. For the turqs, which is almost impossible for me to name since they look close to leopards to me, it will have to come down to simply which I'd hate to lose more. I hate losing any of them at this point, but there will have to be 1 or 2 which I wouldn't mind losing a little more than the rest.

Suffice it to say that it will be a difficult choice for sure

[Phillydubs]

Take your time my friend and choose wisely...

You could go interactive with this and if you are stuck, post pics and allow us to chime in or vote?!?! Hahah, I mean, if you are willing to go the "ask the audience route" or you can always phone a friend... I mean we all want to be discus millionaires after all!!!LOL!

[rickztahone]

Take your time my friend and choose wisely...

You could go interactive with this and if you are stuck, post pics and allow us to chime in or vote?!?! Hahah, I mean, if you are willing to go the "ask the audience route" or you can always phone a friend... I mean we all want to be discus millionaires after all!!!LOL!

Called Regis but wasn't available for this.....

[Phillydubs]

What?!?!? How rude!! How about Terry Cruz? Or better yet Steve Harvey... Then he can mess up the winning selections and confuse us all!!

The winner is the round spots, I mean the ummm, yea that one!! lolol

[Discus-n00b]

You've done really well with these fish Ricardo!

[alcastro]

I see no Turq's, just SS and leopards, Don't know if eruption leopards have 9 bars.

[rickztahone]

You've done really well with these fish Ricardo!

Thanks Matt

I see no Turq's, just SS and leopards, Don't know if eruption leopards have 9 bars.

Yup, no turqs left looks like. I had at least 2 but must have sold them the last 2 times. I love turqs and I can't believe I would have sold them though, lol. Anyways, all leopards are indeed 9 bars. I did however, see a SS that had almost like a ring pattern on the dorsal fin, but it was very minimal. I would have loved if you came over before this last group sale. The buyer is coming over this Saturday at first light basically, lol.

[alcastro]

We are so close yet so far.

[rickztahone]

We are so close yet so far.

lol, tell me about it.

For those that do not know, Al and I live roughly 35 miles from each other. However, in traffic, these 35 miles can take upwards of 2+ hours on the freeway

[jeff12]

lol, tell me about it.

For those that do not know, Al and I live roughly 35 miles from each other. However, in traffic, these 35 miles can take upwards of 2+ hours on the freeway

The famous LA parking lot LOL

Amazing shots!

[rickztahone]

The famous LA parking lot LOL

Amazing shots!

Yeah, the 405 freeway (or parking lot as you mentioned), just the most traveled freeway in the US.

according to wikipedia:

"I-405 is a heavily traveled thoroughfare by both commuters and by freight haulers along its entire length and is the busiest and most congested freeway in the United States.[2][3] The freeway's annual average daily traffic between exits 21 and 22 in Seal Beach reached 374,000 in 2008, making it the highest count in the nation.[4] It has played a crucial role in the development of dozens of cities and suburbs along its route through the Greater Los Angeles area."

[Jack L]

looking good, these are all from the same batch right, interesting the variation in shape as well as color.
e.g. 2nd from the top on the right, that forehead compared to the rest...

[rickztahone]

...and then there were 8! Sold the last 5 today. Didn't want to let any of them go, but knew I had to. They have gone on to a better tank, hopefully he will post pics soon of his setup.

This is a video I took yesterday of all of them before they were separated: