Looking Good Chad. I really enjoyed and learned a lot reading your contest threads.
Good Luck
-Visu
Looking Good Chad. I really enjoyed and learned a lot reading your contest threads.
Good Luck
-Visu
Great ending to this challenge Chad. Very nicely put together. It has been a pleasure to follow your posts. We could not have been any different in our approaches to raising these challenge fish. You have raised a beautiful group of discus. It has been a great year. Nice work.
Kenny
Thank you Kenny! Your compliments mean a lot to me. I couldn't agree with you more in our approaches. Defiantely day and night. I think that made things a bit more interesting. I love that there wasn't much conformity between the conestants. Everyone did what they felt was best and everyone had great results!
Thanks again for the well wishes and I wish you all the best!
Good luck!
Chad Hughes
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Real beauties Chad! And so good to see and hear how they were grown in a planted tank! What is in that tank now? Raising more juvies in it? Good luck in the judging, it will be tough to pick a grand winner from what I see.
Barb
Great job on the fish!! Between being a California native, loving your approach to the grow out and having ties to San Diego had me pulling for you. My little sister was a Volleyball stud for USD and my bro was the manager of the downtown Hard Rock, entire family loves SD.
I was a fan of the methods you used to grow out these amazing fish .... stock is everything, but they look great!
On that note ..... if you ever decide to raise a spawn from these fish, my daughter and I will drag our happy butts down from San Luis Obispo in a heartbeat to pick some up.
Way to represent the west coast Chad ...... enjoyed it
West Side! LOL!
Thanks my friend! Glad to hear of your ties to SD! If you are ever in the area, look me up! I love having forum folks to the house. I really appreciate your support of my methods. Thank you for the compliments!
You are on a growing list of folks who want fry. I honestly don't know if I have any males. I've seen 4 of the 6 lay eggs. If the other two are males, then I'm likely in the clear. If not, I'll be crossing these beauties with some of Inland Empires Albino Red Turqs. I have 10 semi adults at the moment and they are looking fantastic! They are nearly carbon copies of the contest fish.'
Anyway, thanks for your vote and I hope to possibly meet you guys one day.
Best wishes!
Chad Hughes
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I use to drive down often, either visiting family or dragging my boat to fish Albacore and Bluefin with friends. Family all moved and my divorce got the boat .....so been awhile... LOL
Will make sure to stay in touch. I have just gotten back into the hobby after 20 years and lurking on here with my daughter is the reason.
Wish you luck come judging time. Me and my daughter have our favorites .......... Of course they are not the same!
Chad Hughes
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Thanks Chad, the offer is appreciated. The information on here has been amazing but always nice to have someone to turn to for answers. We only have a 55gal BB with three adult 5"-6.5" Turq/Leopard's set up at the moment. Had a fish room/nursery back in the early 90's that my 9 year old recently found pictures of (hence me back into the hobby). Was planning on breeding angelfish with her to get her started, but because of this site and the pictures of the competition fish ..... well, there are now 8 empty tanks in the garage she has plans for!
So much has changed since I was into this before. The Discus are just amazing and the amount of information available is probably the biggest change that I am noticing.
Enjoy the weekend as well ...... weather is fabulous up here at the moment so I know its even better in De Eggo
Dustin
Chad,
There are a lot of good people on this forum and you stand out among the best! Thank you for your participation...I've learned so much from reading your threads and know there aren't a lot of people that would take the time as you have to detail your efforts and respond when help is needed.
You're the best Chad and I appreciate all that you do and have done!!!
All the best,
David
Well, you know how the fish bug bites! One tank now, in a year 12 tanks! LOL! That is so cool that your daughter is taking the reigns on this hobby! It's one of the best in the world in my opinion. I have to agree with you about the information highway in regards to discus. IMHO there is no better source of information on the web than Simply and the folks you meet here are the types that you form long standing friendships with.
If you are interested in Angels, hit up Bill at Inland Empire Discus. He may have something for you! I'm a discus man myself...
Anyway, weather here is warming up. You can tell it's summer time for sure. I hear it may get near 90 here this weekend! Yikes! LOL! I guess I'll get to test out the AC for the first time this year.
Take care buddy!
David,
You're making me blush. Your kind words mean a lot my friend! I really appreciate your heart felt post. I'm so happy to hear that my posts were beneficial to you. It's always a pleasure to help out a fellow hobbyist whenever possible.
Thanks for the kind words and have a great weekend!
Best wishes!
Chad Hughes
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Hi Chad,
That was a great write up. Your group looks really nice and promising. Thanks for sharing your experience, you are definitely one of the best and knowledgeable folks in this forum. It would be wonderful to see your fish room some day when I am in SD.
Best wishes and good luck on the contest.
Dan