Withdrawn: Drew's Dark Angel Contest Fry, Batch 1

[strawberryblonde]

They look great Drew! Thanks for the feeding schedule and types of foods info. I'm hoping to try my hand at this in another few weeks so I need to gather as much good intel as possible before then. =)

[DiscusDrew]

OK guys, sorry for the delay in the last few weeks, but I had some family issues I needed to attend to and I had to go to Wisconsin to do so. I truly appreciate your patience so here we go!.. We are down to the competition 8!!!...

Strain: Dark Angel

Age: Approximately 9 weeks

Quantity: Final 8 for competition, in 40 gal.

Feeding: Lots of FDBW, lots of Bill's BH flake, lots of Spirulina Flake, and garlic mixed in. Just starting to introduce pellets and they always get occassional different meals just to change things up. They are fed 6x per day, 4 by auto feeder with mix.

Maintenance: 100% or as close as possible 1x per day, tank is wiped daily, filter is cleaned as I feel necessary at this point since the numbers have been reduced.

[John_Nicholson]

Looking great Drew.

-john

[Poco]

Very Nice! they look pretty happy.

I hope everything goes well for you grandpa.

[DiscusDrew]

Week 10 Update!! Thanks to all who have been following on youtube and on simply, I truly appreciate your interest. I took some other videos today and will be creating threads for each batch in my homestead section before too long, that will capture all the life stages of the discus.

On the competition, everything the same as the last update except for they have gotten HUGE!! 10 weeks and Im really enjoying this because usually a vast majority of my fish are sold by this point, so its kind of refreshing growing out fish again through the entire process. Something different for me when this can become all too routine sometimes, but this allows us to see and learn from each step along the way, and learn to relish the whole process the fish goes through from a tiny wriggling speck to an adult breeding discus. Such a beautiful thing. Enjoy the video!!

[rdiscus]

They look great Drew

[Second Hand Pat]

Hey Drew, super nice fry. They look awesome.
Pat

[DLFL]

Drew those are good looking fish.

[DiscusLoverJeff]

Beautiful looking juvies Drew, awesome shape.

[nc0gnet0]

Looking good Drew, I keep watching to see any differences in color deveolpement between your fish and mine, and so far they look nearly identical after allowing for the difference in age.

good work
Rick

[DiscusDrew]

Got another pair with fish on their backs rick. So I will track those guys for us too . Same mom as this batch, different dad, so they won't have that strong blue parent in the mix. Should be a good standard dark angel batch to use as a constant. Thanks for the compliments everyone. As always I'm more than open to recommendations.

[nc0gnet0]

Drew,

Just curious, did you take a hard measurement at two months? (ie: actually use a ruler/tape measure)

Rick

[DiscusDrew]

Sorry about the delay, I just took another video to put up for the week. new camera so figured Id give it a shot.

Rick, I took a hard measurement when I sold the rest of the batch for some customers but I wasnt thinking about the competition at the time so I completely forgot to get a hard measurement. Next week Ill flop one out with the update and make sure to snag a picture, deffinitely easier to do with two people.... My hands tend to be filled when Im in the fish room. Anyway, Ill be sure to get some "proof" up soon enough. The quarter is no longer a suitable point of reference.

[shoveltrash]

Drew you must be very happy with this group! they look fantastic

[nc0gnet0]

No big deal I was just looking to compare growth rates between our two batches at a fixed point (ie 12 weeks, 14 weeks etc).