Pat's Wilds Journal 2

[Jason K.]

lovely fish you have there pat!

[Second Hand Pat]

Thanks Jay

[Keith Perkins]

Hi Pat
Now I know how you get the fish to look so good, You take turns plugging them into the heater.:>)

That was part of a heater? Here I thought Pat had one of them fancy GPS locators on one of her fish.

I like your overhead pictures Keith. No glass and little water in the way.

Did some glass cleaning yesterday, we'll see if I can get the results posted today.

[Second Hand Pat]

OK, I get the "heater" LOL, that's a temp probe. Keith, would love to see more pictures.

[Second Hand Pat]

The discus in the QT are very excited about feeding time but the discus in the other two tanks (75 and 100) are are only so-so. One of the Alenguers in the 75 does come up for feeding however.

So I decided to try something different and feed smaller portions. First I skipped a couple of feedings on the 75 and 100, when I went to feed the 75 I received a much more enthusiastic response from all four fish and have had that same response this whole weekend. This warms my cockles.

The N. reds are responding better but are still a work in progress. I also again reduced the flow in the 100 gallon and I am seeing happier fish in that they are actually swimming about the tank and not staying in one place. I should have tried that sooner. Me bad.

[discuspaul]

Well, one can't say you don't learn very quickly, Pat ! LOL

[jaykne]

Wow Pat you are doing a very nice job, I know it must be a task keeping wilds in our water here in FL.!!!

[Second Hand Pat]

Hey Paul, discus will help you learn if you pay attention. I just need to pay attention

[Second Hand Pat]

Wow Pat you are doing a very nice job, I know it must be a task keeping wilds in our water here in FL.!!!

Hey Larry thanks, so far I'm doing a light RO mix with the well water. They look good and seem happy. Not sure if you remember but we talked on the phone about this. It was Dale Jordan to convinced me to have a go at keeping wilds and so far, so good. Dale's trick is to keep the GH below 150 ppm. The target GH is 70 ish.

[discuspaul]

Hey Paul, discus will help you learn if you pay attention. I just need to pay attention

Pat - You are sooooo right about your first statement - maybe not so about the second.

[Second Hand Pat]

Either way Paul it will not be happen again...the not paying attention part.

The N. reds were fairly active before I left for work. Believe they like the reduced flow. Isn't amazing how your life can be govern by silly fish. Wish I could have hung around this morning to continue to observe.

[2wheelsx2]

It seems to be a personality thing. In my cube, I created a flow pattern where the center of the tank is fairly slow and the flow on the outside near the glass is fairly high. My 5 wilds really like to swim against the glass when the lights are on. When they want to rest they just retreat to the center of the tank and sit there without moving (like when the lights are out at night), but when the lights come on, they come out to the strongest flow areas and swim around there constantly.

[Second Hand Pat]

It seems to be a personality thing. In my cube, I created a flow pattern where the center of the tank is fairly slow and the flow on the outside near the glass is fairly high. My 5 wilds really like to swim against the glass when the lights are on. When they want to rest they just retreat to the center of the tank and sit there without moving (like when the lights are out at night), but when the lights come on, they come out to the strongest flow areas and swim around there constantly.

I can see your flow working quite well in a cube equal distance all sides, right?

[2wheelsx2]

I can see your flow working quite well in a cube equal distance all sides, right?

Yep, 30" square.

[Second Hand Pat]

Nice, how many gallons and how tall?