Pat's Challenger Growout Thread

[Second Hand Pat]

Wow ! those pictures are amazing ! so are the Discus Great job Pat !

Thank you Sanjay, your guys are looking great also

Well done so far, they all look nice and perky!

Thank you Paul
Pat

[Tommo]

You keeping any discus Paul?
Pat

No Pat I've 33 tanks on the go and they are all full to bursting point at the moment. I'm keeping some of the fish that I used to play around with in the late 1960s. My water supply isn't good enough to keep Discus and, unfortunately, I don't have the room to store enough water etc. I did a short video a couple of years ago of my fish room and uploaded it to YouTube. If you search for ptommo100 you'll see how cramped the room is.

[Second Hand Pat]

No Pat I've 33 tanks on the go and they are all full to bursting point at the moment. I'm keeping some of the fish that I used to play around with in the late 1960s. My water supply isn't good enough to keep Discus and, unfortunately, I don't have the room to store enough water etc. I did a short video a couple of years ago of my fish room and uploaded it to YouTube. If you search for ptommo100 you'll see how cramped the room is.

The video from 2016 Paul. That is a packed fishroom and every tank (except two I think) are full...a hobby and a passion.
Pat

[Tommo]

The video from 2016 Paul. That is a packed fishroom and every tank (except two I think) are full...a hobby and a passion.
Pat

Yes and even more tightly packed now Pat as I've managed to squeeze in a few more tanks. A passion - more like and obsession :-)

[Second Hand Pat]

Yes and even more tightly packed now Pat as I've managed to squeeze in a few more tanks. A passion - more like and obsession :-)

So true for us all Paul
Pat

[Second Hand Pat]

Since the fry grow the fastest the first three months of life I have decided to add an extra water change. My 44 gallon brute holds just enough water to do two 20 gallon 100% water changes a day if I fill it as high as possible. I started this two days ago. I do one at 10am and the other at 8pm. I still have a divider in the 40 breeder and will remove it when the time seems right. The fry will be with me four weeks this coming Thursday.

Still feeding BBS, FDBW fines and the Discus Gold Al sent with the fry in ever increasing amounts. I will be making them a seafood mix soon. Still working on the recipe for that. Even considered adding whey to the recipe but after asking Paul (pcsb23) I decided against it. It gives the fry more protein then they can handle so they use extra energy to poop it out and it can bulk the fish up...makes them look like little sumo wrestlers. lol.

From last night...

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[danotaylor]

looking great Pat...is that a quarter taped to the glass now? you go girl!

[Second Hand Pat]

looking great Pat...is that a quarter taped to the glass now? you go girl!

That's a nickel Danny, the quarter is taped higher on the tank. It's hard to tell but the fish are all larger then the quarter now. It's easier tell when the fish are next to the front glass. They are growing like nuts lol.
Pat

[danotaylor]

awesome Pat. In Australia we say "growing like weeds", LOL, but that can be misconstrued in this day & age

[Second Hand Pat]

awesome Pat. In Australia we say "growing like weeds", LOL, but that can be misconstrued in this day & age

That's a common saying here to Danny
Pat

[Second Hand Pat]

A few picks from just now. They are really starting to trash a tank. WC was five hours ago. There are differences is size but overall the group a fairly uniform.

Starting to show color.

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The coin is a quarter.

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Doing the hunger march.

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[Willie]

Man, them is good pictures! Way to go, Pat.

[Second Hand Pat]

Man, them is good pictures! Way to go, Pat.

Thanks Wille
Pat

[Tshethar]

I agree with Willie. Cool to see what you can do with the lighting to give us a hint of what's coming with their colors.

[Second Hand Pat]

I agree with Willie. Cool to see what you can do with the lighting to give us a hint of what's coming with their colors.

Thanks Bill, I am super excited to see how their color develops over time. You can see hints of it throughout their bodies but also in the forehead and lower fins. I am pretty sure that I have two turks and eight SS. The larger of the two turks has the most color development so far.
Pat