My New Fishes....Meteor X Ruby Red ( Thanks Jeep!)

[brewmaster15]

Hi all,
I haven't gotten in new fish here in years .. past few years I have had a world of other obligations getting in the way. I have been easing myself back into the hobby, and have started breeding fish again and enjoying the Hobby. Fellow admin and good friend Brian had a really sweet pair form from his spotted from Chicago Discus ..Meteor X Ruby Red. I could not resist!

Forgot what the rush was like when you get new Fish...Christmas all over. My Fish came in perfect from Brian. Boxed well, no leaks, and all in great shape. I got them 2 days ago and they settled in the first day and chowed on my Freeze Dried Blackworms. Transitioning them now to my Discus Chow for growout. Ultimately these will be incorporated into my wild Green Crosses lines.


From Brians thread...

http://forum.simplydiscus.com/showth...e-from-Chicago

Ruby x Meteor 1st hatch 1.jpg


This am..

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Better Pics to come shortly.


I have 12 in a 55 gal at this point. The plan is grow in the 55 gal and move to 75 gal in a few more weeks....then to a 125g Thats subject to change. I use no substrate in my tanks, just fish and water. I will update as I go on here but I definitely want to give a shout out to Brian. If any of you are looking for good healthy home bred Discus and he has some available.. Don't hesitate.

Thanks again Brian!
al

[jeep]

It's been any years since I shipped discus so I was pretty nervous about it. I'm glad they arrived safe and sound!!

The pair caught me off guard and spawned again in regular tap water. There are only about 30 wigglers but the future supply seems good, lol...

[fljones3]

Nice. Looking forward to the grow-out!

[LizStreithorst]

I'm still holding my breath and waiting for some blues. If I were into red, I'd have it made with Brian. You're doing great work with great fish.

[brewmaster15]

I'm still holding my breath and waiting for some blues. If I were into red, I'd have it made with Brian. You're doing great work with great fish.

Hopefully soon Liz. Just totally stirred up all the pairs here..Im hoping a little competition jump starts some good breeding

[Vanman]

Looking good. I can't wait for more pictures.

[Iminit]

Nice looking group! How long till they show color? %

[Second Hand Pat]

That's some nice looking fry Al I would say Brian did a great job with them.
Pat

[brewmaster15]

Nice looking group! How long till they show color? %

Tom I wouldnt expect color for a really long time... im not familiar with these strains so I will learning as they grow.

[solasis]

Awesome!! Those parents are stunning.

[MichiganDiscusEnthusiast]

Absolutely gorgeous and congratulations Al! Looks very promising based on the parents! Best of luck.

[jeep]

Nice looking group! How long till they show color? %

These are from the first spawn of these parents so I'm not sure how long, but LSS's I've bred in the past usually start showing pattern at around 3.5 to 4" and fully color up after a year. This is without color feeding. I bagged about 50 on the day I shipped these and I did see some color starting to show on a very few of the 9 bar and the pattern was quite nice.

This one is about 3"

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[brewmaster15]

Absolutely gorgeous and congratulations Al! Looks very promising based on the parents! Best of luck.

Thank you Kyle! Im looking forward to raising these out.

Al

[brewmaster15]

Awesome!! Those parents are stunning.

Yes they are Carter! Hows things with your pair and fry?

Al

[solasis]

Yes they are Carter! Hows things with your pair and fry?

Al

They are doing good!! My pair still spawns every 1-2 weeks, I keep them in a 40 breeder. They are in tap though and the eggs never hatch, I only have space to raise one group of fry right now. Good to know I can get another batch going pretty fast, though!! The fry are in a odd sized 50ish gallon tank and have grown well, most around 2.5 inch now (maybe bigger?). Not sure when I want to start selling them but it's going to be hard to say bye to the little guys