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    Quote Originally Posted by Second Hand Pat View Post
    Look at it this way Kraig. My contest fish are wild F1s which do not grow as fast as domestics plus they are F1 greens. Talk about a handicap . My goal is to grow them out well and I will be happy with that.
    They sure have nice shape though Pat, I think you will be proud of them. I have never grown fish out at the rate I am seeing here. Since the 90's I have raised fish from 1 inch to Adult 6 inches plus. They grew until 18 months of age or so. Learning much here as usual!!!
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    good luck kraig.!!! wishing ya the best!
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    Great work so far Kraig. To say I am impressed is an understatement!
    I think Pat might be one to something with the idea of the food not being re-hydrated enough. Have you tried golden pearls or freshwater rotifers (Brachionus calyciflorus)? They grow on a culture dish and don't require the upkeep of brine shrimp, and since they are freshwater, they won't fowl the water as quickly if at all. Just an idea. Might be a little past that stage though. Let me know if you would like me to send you some of the rotifer cysts.
    Good luck and keep up the good work!

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    Quote Originally Posted by Kingdom Come Discus View Post
    I have still been loosing a few of these a day which is not uncommon for me during the first week of artifical rearing of fry. I am keeping these in straight tap water which has a pH of 7.8 and a TDS of 200ppm. Changing the water three times a day with a feeding of live BBS at each water change.

    Kraig
    That is pretty much the same way I do it with Albinos, the Dick Au method but without air hose, I use the bigges bowl I can and with water changes 3 times a day not need for air until they grow a little bit.
    I also used to decapsulated the brine shrimp eggs I decasulapte about a week worth and keep it the fridge with a brine to hatch their daily feeds a lot of work but definately rewarding.
    I also think that timing for the first feeding is the key, I usually have my bbs in clean salt water waiting for the fry to be free swimming and looking around for food. Of course I time it for a couple of hours tops don't want to let the bbs loose their nutritional value either.
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    Last edited by Pardal; 09-21-2012 at 08:23 PM.

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    Quote Originally Posted by warlock4169 View Post
    good luck kraig.!!! wishing ya the best!
    Thanks Skip I am going to need it. I will be lucky to have 30 fish by the time they reach dime size.

    Quote Originally Posted by nickfish39 View Post
    Great work so far Kraig. To say I am impressed is an understatement!
    I think Pat might be one to something with the idea of the food not being re-hydrated enough. Have you tried golden pearls or freshwater rotifers (Brachionus calyciflorus)? They grow on a culture dish and don't require the upkeep of brine shrimp, and since they are freshwater, they won't fowl the water as quickly if at all. Just an idea. Might be a little past that stage though. Let me know if you would like me to send you some of the rotifer cysts.
    Good luck and keep up the good work!
    I would love to try the rotifer cysts. Golden pearls I need to try too. Thanks for all the help it is much appreciated.

    Quote Originally Posted by Pardal View Post
    Kraig
    That is pretty much the same way I do it with Albinos, the Dick Au method but without air hose, I use the bigges bowl I can and with water changes 3 times a day not need for air until they grow a little bit.
    I also used to decapsulated the brine shrimp eggs I decasulapte about a week worth and keep it the fridge with a brine to hatch their daily feeds a lot of work but definately rewarding.
    I also think that timing for the first feeding is the key, I usually have my bbs in clean salt water waiting for the fry to be free swimming and looking around for food. Of course I time it for a couple of hours tops don't want to let the bbs loose their nutritional value either.
    Sincerely
    Julian.
    I have often wondered about the needed air for the little ones. Thanks for the sharing this information good to know.
    Kraig

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    Kraig,

    Your fish sure look great and you seem to be having a lot of fun. That's great to see.
    Congratulations on some nice fry buddy.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Sabres1 View Post
    Kraig,

    Your fish sure look great and you seem to be having a lot of fun. That's great to see.
    Congratulations on some nice fry buddy.

    Chad
    Thanks Chad I hope to do as good a job as you did with yours.
    Thanks again my friend.
    Kraig

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    Red Pigeon fry after being moved into a 2.5 gallon tank. They are getting twice 98% water changes and being fed at least three times a day. There are just under 30 in the tank as I had a few die off last week after making a mistake of using P.P. on fish this young after having a few of my other contest fish turn dark. I have these fish away from my fish room at a different address along with the other contest fish and the two show fish and some others.
    Thanks for looking,

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    Great job!
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    Looking forward to watching their development.

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    Awwwwwwwwww.....God love em. Look at em. lol They look great too, Kraig.

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    Quote Originally Posted by rdiscus View Post
    Great job!
    Thanks, yours are doing very well too.

    Quote Originally Posted by DLFL View Post
    Looking forward to watching their development.

    Dick
    They seem to have finally stabilized Dick, thanks for looking and for the positive comments. Much appreciated.

    Quote Originally Posted by TammyG View Post
    Awwwwwwwwww.....God love em. Look at em. lol They look great too, Kraig.
    I guess you liked them so much Tammy you just had to come over and see them in person. Great to visit with you this rainy afternoon!
    Kraig

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    Looking great Kraig! Nice work!
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    Quote Originally Posted by Kingdom Come Discus View Post
    Thanks, yours are doing very well too.


    They seem to have finally stabilized Dick, thanks for looking and for the positive comments. Much appreciated.


    I guess you liked them so much Tammy you just had to come over and see them in person. Great to visit with you this rainy afternoon!
    I did! They are so sweet! Looking very good! I can't get over them....lol

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    I'm impressed with how round they are at such a young age! Great job Kraig.

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