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

[jeep]

They're definitely growing better than mine. Whatever was in my water seems to have had a long term affect. But I must admit, considering the color and quality of the parents, I'm a bit surprised and disappointed in the coloring and patterns of the offspring. I know there are always throwbacks when it comes to breeding LSS's, but the percentage seems pretty high with these. Past LSS's I've bred have had a much higher percentage of fry that look like the parents, but unlike these, those parents were siblings.

Aside from that, you're doing a great job!!

[brewmaster15]

Thanks Brian. Im a bit surprised myself. I think there will probably be a few red snakeskins in the mix.. the non snakes look more like turqs at this point than leopards... but Im hoping for some fine spotting on the ones that havent colored up. Either way I think they will be good stock to cross to my wild crosses. Still young... lots to grow.

[jeep]

These were from a really large spawn and after the ones I shipped out to you and Cary, as well as the ones that died, I have about 14 left. 3 of those 14 are Ring Leopards with very bold rings, so we have that going for us, lol...

[jeep]

BTW, in case they don't color up the way we would like, my new Super Panthera's are beginning to do the dance

[seanyuki]

Brian pictures please.

[brewmaster15]

BTW, in case they don't color up the way we would like, my new Super Panthera's are beginning to do the dance

Awesome!

[Willie]

Update time.. ...
These are Murphy's siblings of anyone is following that thread.

Beauties. You can just tell when discus have been raised right - lots of water changes.

[brewmaster15]

Thank you Willie!
Al

[brewmaster15]

So I made some changes to the tank. I wanted pothos growin it but this is a basement... theres no window here .. so if the lights are off in the room its dark. Too dark even for pothos. So I lifted the tank light up off the tank about 14 inches and suspended it. Still gets a good amount of light in the tank but now I can root pothos.

Headed over to my local Lowes to buy some pothos and wouldn't you know it.. they had none on the rack.. on a whim I checked out the death deal rack.. its where Lowes puts all the plants that have gone by or are on deaths door... score! Got a sad looking root bound Pothos for $2.99 . Hosed off all the dirt broke it apart and added it to tank. Looks pretty sorry right now but wont take long for new growth .

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Room lights off..
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Discus are like... "What the heck is this? "

Al

[AquaticNerd]

I have a strong belief that, even with the faintest of light, pothos will thirive in any aquarium. I used to have them in mine as well and even the little stemmy ones without any roots would grow new roots in about 1-2 weeks and just take off. They're surprisingly hardy.

[Iminit]

Ok well Im that guy! Pothos grow but not great! I got plastic trellises off Amazon to try and grow them up. Also added some led lights to the ceiling to grow all top plants. These lights really made the plants grow!!DB6B795F-C744-46C3-87D4-AEDDBC78B779.jpgD372F17B-A3F6-4E35-97D4-C847B27640EA.jpgC76129F2-D426-4D30-B53F-360CE5830C16.jpgFEF8D139-7A04-4403-B030-9B5F7D92FFAD.jpg. As you can see other house plants grow great! Peace lily the best.

[brewmaster15]

Ok well Im that guy! Pothos grow but not great! I got plastic trellises off Amazon to try and grow them up. Also added some led lights to the ceiling to grow all top plants. These lights really made the plants grow!!DB6B795F-C744-46C3-87D4-AEDDBC78B779.jpgD372F17B-A3F6-4E35-97D4-C847B27640EA.jpgC76129F2-D426-4D30-B53F-360CE5830C16.jpgFEF8D139-7A04-4403-B030-9B5F7D92FFAD.jpg. As you can see other house plants grow great! Peace lily the best.

Ive always had great luck with mine Tom..



I wonder if its just because you have other plants that are competing for nutrients or are allelopathic to pothos.


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Ive usually only used Pothos no other plants in the tank.

Al

[jeep]

They all look nice. As I'm doing my kitchen expansion/remodel, I'm always thinking "more tank space', lol... But, I also have to remember that it's a living space first, hopefully with fish space incorporated. Including plants may be my way out!!

[brewmaster15]

Small update here. The half dead pothos I added to my tank has already started sending out new roots. Its only been 6 days and Many of the old roots have new roots growing 1/4 " to 3/4 ". Just shows how fast pothos can grow.

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[brewmaster15]

Update pics... all are doing well here. A few have really colored up alot.. others not yet.. pothos is se ding out lots of roots and has new growth for leaves.

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