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    I'm so happy for you, Al. I remember when Pat had to dispose of those fish. The fish in her avatar was in that video. Do you still have that one?
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    Thanks Liz!


    Its been a few years now since Pat sent me her wilds. I don't have all of them anymore..attrition took afew and old age. The ones I do have though have changed alot. I really cant say if I still have that fish..

    I do have several of her blues here though that are in my program.


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    I haven't updated in awhile, I really have been too busy with family stuff but I thought I should post a few pics.. I'm going to be upfront and say these fry came at the worst possible time for me but I have tried to keep up with 100% water changes a day. I usually feed fry alot and a mix of flakes and Blackworm fines and pellets after I wean them from baby brine at quarter size and I often will do more than 1 wc a day if the tanks looking like it needs it. I was barely able to do 1 x a wc. I also skimped on my feeding. I went from BBS to crushed flakes mostly.. I mix of HBH seafood lovers and veggies. 3x a day . I premixed the bag and thats what I have been feeding these and any similar size fry. I needed something quick and easy and something I could have others feed easily for me.

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    For the most part They are growing well. I have a bunch that the chin is a little weak but I noticed that from the start , maybe its a developmental thing. They are growing slower than my domestics from the same time frame, maybe 30% slower? This is comparing fish that had the same care,

    I'm ok with how slow they are growing, and I think even the weak chins I see on some will round out more as they grow.


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    Mom and Dad both had weak chins compared to Domestics but were still beautiful fish. I think Theres alot of potential in these guys..I will be patient.

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    They look great~!!~

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    They look great Al and showing a bit of color here and there
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    Quote Originally Posted by brewmaster15 View Post
    I haven't updated in awhile, I really have been too busy with family stuff but I thought I should post a few pics.. I'm going to be upfront and say these fry came at the worst possible time for me but I have tried to keep up with 100% water changes a day. I usually feed fry alot and a mix of flakes and Blackworm fines and pellets after I wean them from baby brine at quarter size and I often will do more than 1 wc a day if the tanks looking like it needs it. I was barely able to do 1 x a wc. I also skimped on my feeding. I went from BBS to crushed flakes mostly.. I mix of HBH seafood lovers and veggies. 3x a day . I premixed the bag and thats what I have been feeding these and any similar size fry. I needed something quick and easy and something I could have others feed easily for me.

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    For the most part They are growing well. I have a bunch that the chin is a little weak but I noticed that from the start , maybe its a developmental thing. They are growing slower than my domestics from the same time frame, maybe 30% slower? This is comparing fish that had the same care,

    I'm ok with how slow they are growing, and I think even the weak chins I see on some will round out more as they grow.


    Mom and Dad,,

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    mom.jpg



    Mom and Dad both had weak chins compared to Domestics but were still beautiful fish. I think Theres alot of potential in these guys..I will be patient.

    Al
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    Its been a while since I updated this this thread and I have gotten a lot of requests as People are enjoying watching the fry I sent Pat grow out. I ending up keeping about 30 Fry.. I split them out. Took my favorites and put them in 8 per 55 gal, and 10 per 55gal.. The rest I have in another 55 gal. I would love to move them in more tanks, but right now thats not an option.. The following pics are from the two 55's with 8 and 10 fry respectively.

    They are fed pretty much nothing else but my Freeze Dried Blackworms at this point and having been shifted from Flakes a few months ago.

    I'm really happy so far with the growth and development... Compared to my domestic fry.. They are much slower , but I anticipated they would be. As for shape they are really filling in nicely and as for color and pattern and eyes...stellar. I think these will be some really nice fish in a year or two..

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    I think your guys are a bit larger then mine Al and these guys look stellar. As soon as this hurricane passes I am splitting my group into two tanks.
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    Awesome Al!! I would be very interested if you have another group!!

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    Quote Originally Posted by jeep View Post
    Awesome Al!! I would be very interested if you have another group!!
    Brian I wish I knew you were interested. I would have set you up with some of these! Unfortunately the male passed away since the spawn... I'm guessing he was 5 + years old. It was a bummer. However, I have the female paired up with another red based wild Blue.. Which should be a great pair if they work out...You can have first dibs there.

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    New pair... hopefully.

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    ps.. sorry for the pic, My phones camera is on the way out.
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    Al, some of your grow outs look like they could be domestic. You have some beauties in the batch. All of them are better than their parents. I am impressed.
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    That's a gorgeous pair! I'll reserve a place in my new fish room in hopes they like each other

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    Gorgeous fish Al, Pencil me in for some grow outs if you ever sell any!

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    Wow, stunning! put me on the list for the next batch. Highly interested.

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