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    Default Re: 2012 Simply Discus Challenge Pictures/Video, Harry Marsh Alex Piwow Red Turk Babi

    Nicel +1

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    Default Re: 2012 Simply Discus Challenge Pictures/Video, Harry Marsh Alex Piwow Red Turk Babi

    July 7, 49 days old
    More progress on the fish room, too.

    Unfortunately, the albino leopards ate the eggs almost immediately. The red turks ate them on day two. I moved the albino's beside the red turk pair, hoping they will learn something on the next go
    Instead, I've had the two pair battling at the glass divider for the last week. Very little breeding activity.



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    Default Re: 2012 Simply Discus Challenge Pictures/Video, Harry Marsh Alex Piwow Red Turk Babi

    A few pictures





    Last edited by Harry Marsh; 07-08-2012 at 12:29 PM.

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    Default Re: 2012 Simply Discus Challenge Pictures/Video, Harry Marsh Alex Piwow Red Turk Babi

    Nice discus. I have to ask, those naturally looking blues in your long video are wild discus?

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    Default Re: 2012 Simply Discus Challenge Pictures/Video, Harry Marsh Alex Piwow Red Turk Babi

    Nope, no wild discus here.
    The Cobalt (blue) and Red Turquoise are all Alex Piwowarski fish from Germany

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    Default Re: 2012 Simply Discus Challenge Pictures/Video, Harry Marsh Alex Piwow Red Turk Babi

    More eggs!
    These from my favorite colored male (straight lines)
    I put the female in the community tank: she has been eating the good eggs of late and leaving the fungus'd eggs
    This male usually does pretty good (leaves all eggs)

    Also some closeups of the juvies

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    Default Re: 2012 Simply Discus Challenge Pictures/Video, Harry Marsh Alex Piwow Red Turk Babi

    nice juvies.. and also congrats on becoming a new dad.

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    Default Re: 2012 Simply Discus Challenge Pictures/Video, Harry Marsh Alex Piwow Red Turk Babi

    Harry i meant those red discvus with blue markings.

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    Default Re: 2012 Simply Discus Challenge Pictures/Video, Harry Marsh Alex Piwow Red Turk Babi

    very nice! Whats that noise? air pump?
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    Default Re: 2012 Simply Discus Challenge Pictures/Video, Harry Marsh Alex Piwow Red Turk Babi

    Quote Originally Posted by plecocicho View Post
    Harry i meant those red discvus with blue markings.
    Those are german discus. Much speculation to believe they're bred with wild discus to bring out those bright colors

    Quote Originally Posted by dbfzurowski View Post
    very nice! Whats that noise? air pump?
    Annoying automatic focus on my phone. I should try to disable those in the future...
    Apologies that you may want to kill me after watching a few of those

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    Default Re: 2012 Simply Discus Challenge Pictures/Video, Harry Marsh Alex Piwow Red Turk Babi

    Update video
    54 days old. Almost 8 weeks

    I took this using a camera, so the quality should be much better.
    2.5 inches or so? (including tail)

    When should we be narrowing down to 8?
    I definitely have some short gill plates. But I think I can find 8 nice ones
    Last edited by Harry Marsh; 07-15-2012 at 06:48 PM.

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    Default Re: 2012 Simply Discus Challenge Pictures/Video, Harry Marsh Alex Piwow Red Turk Babi

    57 days old, taken on 7/17
    I need to spend a lot more time trying to get better quality pictures. I'll try again later today





    Last edited by Harry Marsh; 07-21-2012 at 12:45 PM.

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    Default Re: 2012 Simply Discus Challenge Pictures/Video, Harry Marsh Alex Piwow Red Turk Babi

    Video of today:

    I believe we're at 61 days old
    New attempts at pictures:



    Anyone have comments regarding the fish on bottom right?
    Eats and is healthy, but has the red blood looking face.
    Last edited by Harry Marsh; 07-21-2012 at 01:57 PM.

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    Nice!! As for the red, I have a juvy that looked similar after a run in with the tank glass.
    “Be curious, not judgmental.”- Walt Whitman

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    Default Re: 2012 Simply Discus Challenge Pictures/Video, Harry Marsh Alex Piwow Red Turk Babi

    Thanks Jen
    That's what I suspected, but wanted confirmation

    They fight hard for food: despite me feeding them 10+ times a day (I drop food in every time I walk by)
    I imagine the ruddy faces are from fights, run-ins with glass, etc

    Another video from yesterday


    All looking well except for one smaller, black little guy
    I haven't culled him yet because he has decent shape (just small, dark in color)
    Plenty of others could probably be culled (beaks, football shape, short gill plates, etc)
    There are 10 solid fish with no complaints, another 10 that might turn into nice fish.
    10 will probably be given to a neighbor

    I've got the tank space...so I'm not culling much. I'd prefer to grow them out and cull at a later period
    Last edited by Harry Marsh; 07-22-2012 at 10:24 PM.

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