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    Default December 23 - at ease

    For the first time this morning they were all up front and centre as soon as they saw me, begging for food.
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    They know santa's on his way with prezzies for them !



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    Ho ho ho. He sure is.
    They've taken to my homemade seafood mix, but have yet to get a taste for FBW, strangely. If I throw in a block they will pick at it a little but it's mostly still there at the end of the day and I siphon it out. No problem though, I have plenty of other choices on the menu. They seem to like frozen baby brine shrimp.

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    Looking good Tony! Just lay out a menu in front of them and let them pick. Mine are still very finicy come meal time.
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    They are into real hungry mode now- fighting in a frenzy when the food comes!
    Also, the smallest received what appears to be a scraping injury around the time they arrived. It can be seen in the last pic- seems to be affecting it a little- dark coloured most of the time, and fins slightly clamped although you wouldn't think from this pic.
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    I'm glad to hear that they are feeding well Tony. Mine are still pretty finiky. I hope they snap out of that soon.
    Do you think the scrape mark will heal on that small discus?
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    They look good!
    You might want to add a little salt to the tank for the scrape at 2 tblsp / 10 gal (or even a bit more) Keep an eye on it, it should heal up

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    Tony they are looking good

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    Hey, Tony, how's your lil guy with the scratch doin'?
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    The abrasion is not very noticeable now, and it was doing really well, but it's not looking the best yesterday and today.
    I've got them in with a few small cobalts that are less than half their size, and this morning a couple of the cobalts are "picking" at it. Not bullying, but feeding off it and it is quite black. I think I will do some separating this afternoon.

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    After some very large water changes over the past two days, the problem has disappeared and all are happy again.
    I cant even pick out the one that had the scrape and was off-colour.

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    Hi Tony. It's good to hear that the injury has healed. Seems like water changes can fix just about anything? I notice that my fish are very active after a water change. Hope all is going well.
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    Glad they are doing well

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    Tony,
    mate glad to hear the little guy is doing ok.




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    Glad to hear, Tony. You're right, Joe, about the power of a WC. Even with the problems I was going through earlier, when the fish were swimming they would come and play in the water stream of the water coming in during a water change. It was the funniest thing to watch.
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