Happy Birthday Ethan Sabetta aka Brewmaster Jr..

[April]

Brew....it was the full moon. or almost full moon.
human fry..and fishy fry....oh my....
well glad your all home . hows becky like her baby brother ?

[Steve_Warner]

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Tanks look like hell... surprisingly I had fry go free swimming on a pair that never got it right before., and had fish spawing all over the place... must be something in the water. Go figure!

-al
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Hi all,
Al, this line caught my eye. How long had it been since a W/C was done with this pair? and all the other ones? Did ya get pH readings at all? Just curious.

Steve

P.S Glad to hear the expanded family's doing good too! ;D

[brewmaster15]

Hi Steve,
the pair in question is a wild green male that has spawned many times successfully, the female is a striated Blue, and though layed eggs.... has never raised Fry. Actually These two have been together since November and I have patiently waited...

Their water is like all my pairs... Conductivity of about 100-125.... pH is usually about 6.5-6.8...but I have almost zero for carbonate hardness(I have mg and iron in my water) and this results in major drops in pH. Its not uncommon in my tanks for the pH to drop to 4.5 if I skip wc in those tanks for a few days, and continue to feed as normal.(they are 29 gal tanks).

Knowing my pH was prone to crash.. I switched all my breeders over to mostly tap water the week before, and bumped up the pH with bicarb to ~7.3.
The actual pH in that tank whenThe fish spawned was 6.9 and it was 3 days since a water change. Conductivity was 250us!


Incidentally... My tap water runs at a conductivity of about
450us from the mg/iron.. and I have gotten hatch rates of close to 70 % in straight tap ( it was a planted tank)

hth,
al


quick shots... sorry tank is still dirty...I am trying to not disturb them

[brewmaster15]

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[EthanCote.com]

Hi Al and Carrie,

Looked what happened while I was away. It was a great and happy surprise to come back to this great news!

I can only wish you two (and Becky) the best of wishes and warmth to the new member of your family, Ethan Sabetta.

What a great name, btw

Again I wish good health, fortune and happiness to Ethan and the family.



Warmest regards,

Chi.

[brewmaster15]

Sentimental time.. Todays my son's 9th birthday... Seems like only yesterday we announced the birth of this little guy on the forum but it was 9 years ago...Simply Amazing how he's grown...

Where ever does the time go????

The old photos are gone but I dug this one up..

then...
ethan1.jpeg


and now....
ETHAN NOW.JPG
-al

[mlov1022]

Happy Birthday Ethan

[vicdiscus]

Happy Birthday Ethan !

[Second Hand Pat]

Happy Birthday Ethan...have your parents treat you extra special today.



...and Al, enjoy your kids while you can. My daughter is grown, out of college and working as a responsible adult. While it was my job to help her to become an independent, thinking, successful adult damn if I miss not having her about on a daily basis.

[wdeleon01]

Happy Birthday Ethan.

...and Al, enjoy your kids while you can.

I agree with Pat Kids grow up to fast. I have my 5 years old and time just went by to quick.

[BABYJIZAY]

Happy Birthday Ethan!!!!!!!

[korbi_doc]

Ahhhhhhh, another Gemini!!! A very HAPPY BIRTHDAY ETHAN from this ole' Gemini.....& yes, Brew, they sure do grow up fast; my kids are your age+ & my grandkids Brew Jrs' age.....just try to enjoy what every day throws at us & try to keep up, lol,lol.......

Bet Carrie is one proud mom too...tell her & becky I said "hi" & wish I could visit again!!

Dottie

[Rummy]

Happy birthday, Ethan! Enjoy your day.

[roclement]

WOW! Can't believe how time goes by!

I was looking at the original pages and see a lot of names there from the past, now you got me nostalgic and thinking what happened to some of those people!? Nine years later, congrats! I'll repeat my original post...good breeding stock!

Rodrigo

[magewynd]

Happy Birthday, Ethan and Happy Father's Day, Al. Enjoy each other.