Any Hobbyists cooking up anything?

[pastry]

Just wondering if anyone has any spawns they're raising. Definitely would love to see some brown based red spawns (wink wink).

Still, I love to see what people have cooking. I see a few threads but I nerd out on seeing hobbyists with different batches.

Also (side bar), how are any of you packaging up fish? Used to be breather bags but I don't see them. I know some use oxygen (I think) but is .20-.25 of water in a bag
Plus compress/trap the rest with air okay? Anyone ever use 2-3 day shipping? I had one guy do that several years ago for (6) 1.5"-2" discus and they were all just fine (that'd be scary with larger, more expensive ones though).

[coralbandit]

I often ship with 2-3 day but lately with all the madness more are late then on time so I am basically trying to get everyone on Express.
I use O2 and regular bags but don't ship large fish often .It truly is more difficult and demanding..
I have 2 month old Red / Yellow Santarems now but have not done in video in ages ..:computer2:
The parents are on fresh eggs today so I guess I need to document ?

[RogueDiscus]

I'm not sure where the wink is coming from, but I do have a group of reds and browns I'm hoping to get something happening in soon.
When I've shipped, I've done my best to copy Kenny, and/or follow Al's shipping guidelines (sticky somewhere). Double bags, 4 mil., rubber bands, O2 in the bag, heat packs, styro coolers...a bit of Meth blue in the water.
I have successfully taken a chance on USPS 2-day shipping with young fish, and they actually arrived a day late so I got a full refund even though the fish were fine!, but like you said, I would not do that for larger, more expensive fish. If a shipment of fry gets messed up, hopefully i can make up for it.

[peewee1]

I'm not sure where the wink is coming from, but I do have a group of reds and browns I'm hoping to get something happening in soon.
When I've shipped, I've done my best to copy Kenny, and/or follow Al's shipping guidelines (sticky somewhere). Double bags, 4 mil., rubber bands, O2 in the bag, heat packs, styro coolers...a bit of Meth blue in the water.
I have successfully taken a chance on USPS 2-day shipping with young fish, and they actually arrived a day late so I got a full refund even though the fish were fine!, but like you said, I would not do that for larger, more expensive fish. If a shipment of fry gets messed up, hopefully i can make up for it.
Do you have, or will you have, photos of the pairs? I am close enough to Oregon to either drive there of quick ship to Washington State. Would be interested in those some day.

[RogueDiscus]

I've got these guys. They're waiting for me to give them their own space.


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A couple shots of another tank. Note the red/white pair in the corner on the second one. They've spawned a few times with no success, and he's (white) a bit older, so I'm questioning his stuff.

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So here are a few quick picks of the reds and browns i have.



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[Second Hand Pat]

The real cooking starts next year with these guys...


http://youtu.be/15vQN8j0cvY

[LizStreithorst]

I've got these guys. They're waiting for me to give them their own space.


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A couple shots of another tank. Note the red/white pair in the corner on the second one. They've spawned a few times with no success, and he's (white) a bit older, so I'm questioning his stuff.

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So here are a few quick picks of the reds and browns i have.



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Steve, Please give the last pair their own tank. If the fry look good I'm up to buying at 2". They ship well at that age.

I love my current stock but after so many licks to the head I've taken with them, I'm about to hang that project up for good. I much prefer to buy domestically bred fish to Asian imports. Your female is stripe less. I love the stripeless brown reds.

[RogueDiscus]

The last two are two males. The pics before that are of each with a different female. That's what I have to work with.

[LizStreithorst]

Oh well. If they are both males my hopes are dashed for now.