Thats Awesome....what size tank is that you used to grow them out?
This took me an hour or so to figure out (mostly, trying to keep dates straight)
I tried to pull screenshots from my videos (in addition to pictures I took)
Looking back, I'd much rather have these pictures than the videos I took (lower quality)
Enjoy! I'll continue to post normal updates in the other thread, this is just for people to easily peruse pictures and see progress (without having to go through 100 pages of thread)
'classic' straight line alex piwowarski male, pretty big
Female. Not typical of a straight line, but same strain. She's a bit of an odd ball
Surrogate male as the parent (same strain, but he has better parenting skills). This is day '0' (first day of attachment)
Day 5
Day 7
Day 13
Day 20
Day 25
Two pictures for day 31 (one with a penny taped)
Day 36
40 days
Day 44
Day 50
Day 57
Day 61
Day 69
Day 75
Day 76
Day 88, two pictures
Day 92
Day 99
Day 100
Day 105, two pictures
Day 112
Day 114
Day 122, three pictures
Day 127
Day 131, three pictures
Day 136, two pictures
Day 144
Day 150, October 21
October 27th pictures, Day 156
November 3rd pictures, day 163
November 7, day 167
Not the best shape I have, but the best color, so far.
November 17th pictures, day 177
December 9th pictures. Nothing terribly new. The red is slowly spreading through the body. Slow growth. Nothing interesting. A bit bored with them.<br>
I believe this is day 199 (rough estimate)
December 23rd pictures. I believe this is day 213 or so. Much more exciting than December 9th, looking back. The red is mostly through the body. They're starting to look promising in color. I might have to call them 'spotted turks'
<br> I'm excited about them, again. I hope they grow another 2 inches. I need to measure the size, but guessing a solid 4" on a few<br><br>
Last edited by Second Hand Pat; 12-23-2012 at 09:24 PM. Reason: Added pictures for Harry, day 190
Thats Awesome....what size tank is that you used to grow them out?
I went from a 29 gallon with parents
To a 20 gallon when they were tiny and separated
to a 55 gallon
to a 75 gallon
And then the 8 were moved to a 35 gallon cube
I'm debating moving the 8 to their own 55, as they continue to grow
They are looking great and growing fast. 55g will be the way to go.
Hey Harry. Looking good. I have witnessed similar developement in this strain in my tanks. Once they start it's really cool how the striations form and the colors brighten....right? Keep up the good work my friend.
Joe
PS: Check your PM
what a great timeline - they really are looking good!
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-Trish
Great thread, how about a one post documentation of feeding schedule and changes as threy grew, water change routine/parameters and any adjustments you might have made along the way (tds, etc).
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harry, really like this thread. get to see how mine will look several weeks in advance
Agreed. They're slow to develop (some say a year before they get their colors), but I hope it worth the wait
Yup, much needed. I'll work on that next
Those pictures probably took me closer to 2 hours to compile. Nothing better for a Friday!
Yup, I think you're only 2 weeks behind. The colors sneak up on you. One minute you think they're boring and bland...
And then you look back and the development can be impressive
Oh wow fantastic timeline!
Really nice growth, you have done a great job!
-Ismael
Harry, absolutely amazing. This group is showing excellent colour development for the strain. I'm not sure if you realize it or not, but piwos typicalll don't start to develop colour like that until much later, so you've done an excellent job. My piwo redturks were the better part of a year old before they started to colour up. This thread makes me wish I had more tank space and a female to go along with my male.
Len
Great job . I'm kicking my self for trading away my piwo turks for the wild i have now. The growth on the fish are awesome. What is your secret? What were you feeding them during the different stages
A wise man learns by the mistakes of others, a fool by his own. - Latin Proverb
Great looking fish.
They are growing very well... Words cannot describe how nice they are. I see some with high body gene and very round. These will grow to be amazing looking.