Pat's Challenger Growout Thread

[xKevinx]

Looking awesome!
Great job!

[Second Hand Pat]

Looking awesome!
Great job!

Thank you Kevin
Pat

[Second Hand Pat]

I basically have two groups of fish which are close in size, the larger group, the medium group and then there is the runt. Do you how hard it is to try to determine which fish is larger when you have ten bullets swimming madly about the tank on their sides. So I nabbed the larger of the two turks and measured him.

The next day I eyed the fish and napped notch (SS with the notch between the soft and hard rays) and the runt and measured both. The SS is slightly smaller then the turk. The runt is the smallest of the group. Except for the runt the group is just within acceptable size for their age (according to Hans).

Turk
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SS
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Runt
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[sanjay21]

Great job Pat runt is not too small either ��

[Second Hand Pat]

Great job Pat runt is not too small either ��

Thank Sanjay, the runt seems to be doing very well. It does get pushed about a bit.
Pat

[Pices]

Wow, even the runt looks good!
Patty

[Second Hand Pat]

Wow, even the runt looks good!
Patty

Why thank you Patty, I think it may just be a nice fish in the long run
Pat

[Second Hand Pat]

Showing some of the color development. I think the first two pics are the same fish.

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This one is the brightest blue.

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This SS has blue with golden undertones. I did not really catch it in this image.
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[danotaylor]

Wow Pat, they're amazing...all of them, but the 1 in the 3rd pic has a beautifully shaped face...love it!

[Second Hand Pat]

Wow Pat, they're amazing...all of them, but the 1 in the 3rd pic has a beautifully shaped face...love it!

Thank Danny, I call that one powder. When it first started to develop color it looked like blue powder had been sprinkled all over it.
Pat

[Phil4Discus]

Love the color that is developing here. Good sizes too!

[Second Hand Pat]

Love the color that is developing here. Good sizes too!

Thank you Phil
Pat

[Second Hand Pat]

Here's the motley gang. Still doing two WCs a day. One 100% and the other 50% or better. I have the water level higher in the 40 breeder and the 44 gallon brute holds about 40 gallons of water. Feeding about four times a day. Feeding two cubes of BH, three 1/2 cubes of FDBWs, BH flake and the D50 with baby. Temp varies a bit between 85/86. Still have all ten fish. They are doing great. Getting big and colorful.

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[Pices]

What a nice bunch!
Patty

[Second Hand Pat]

What a nice bunch!
Patty

Thank you Patty
Pat