How to post comments, etc.

[Nsonnier]

I'm trying to post a picture of my breeding prs. of Discus and make a comment about them. I see a lot of info on BB codes and things but no info on how to share photos or make comments. This is the 1st time I've even seen "Post a new thread". Maybe now you guys can help me be a part of this. I've read it for years.

[Iminit]

If you go to the quick reply section below you’ll see a panel above. On the right side there’s a picture of a tree. Press that. You’ll see in blue chose file. Press that. This open up your photo album. Pick a picture. Press chose. Than upload file and it’s loaded on to site

[jeep]

I think you have the post comment part.

Photo's on this software have to be uploaded. File size can't be over mb but the software won't tell you that. It just sits there until you time out.

Click on the icon below to see options
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[Nsonnier]

I don't see a tree anywhere. I guess in order to open my photo album, it has to be from my phone. I opened this reply on phone and still don't see anything that looks like a tree. All I see is +Reply to Thread. To the right of that is Quick Navigation Above that is " reply with quote". Above that is an ad that I can't totally remove. I see no way to choose any file, much less photo album. I'm answering you on laptop and I don't have photos on it. I'm apparently not that tech savvy, but if you want to help a brother out, I don't have a problem sending you my phone #, and you could talk me through this. Or my email. nathan.sonnier@yahoo.com.

[Nsonnier]

I'll be doggone- It is a tree. Old eyes ain't what they used to be. I'm going to figure out how to transfer pics to laptop, and I'll get back to you guys with some pics. Thanks so very much. See Ya later!

[jeep]

I didn't know it was a tree either and I've been here 20 years :jester::smash:

And... I guess my number lock was off. Supposed to be 2mb... I usually email a photo to myself and it automatically resizes..

[Nsonnier]

OK guys- I'm gonna try to make this happen. I have a young pr. of Red Alenquer discus. I can sex discus when they reach a certain size. The thing that's harder is their age. Some people concentrate on fast growth. Some don't. I raised 10 2.5" to 5" in 4 mths. They were 3 mths. old when I got them. The point is that you can't really tell how old your fish are when they start breeding because if you don't raise them yourself, you don't know how they were fed etc. If you think discus females have to be 9 mths. old and males have to be older to be fertile; unless YOU know how old they are, who's to say that breeder or owner didn't optimize their growth? My PB pr. have been spawning since long before they were a yr. old. I raised them from puppies so I know they were same age. Guys (and ladies), if my earth shaking revelations are old news to you, remember- I've had to read old posts and debunked theories for yrs. because I wasn't a part of your group. Almost never could I read a post within 1 yr. of the yr. I was reading. I had trial and error to educate me. I'm gonna try to send you a couple of pics of my 2 active prs. now. Not working. I go to "tree" and options don't let me see what I'm sending.

[LizStreithorst]

There is no more beautiful sight, is their? I assume that they're on the back of the male. Am I correct?

I raise Blue SS's of my own strain. They grow to be huge but it takes them a year or a year and a half before they spawn. PB's are sexually mature at under a year as a general rule. I don't know how long it generally takes the brown based reds to start spawning.

[Nsonnier]

My PB pr. has spawned over 20 times since last Dec., but I thought male was infertile because eggs always died. When I got water right, they had wigglers 2 times and 1 time free swimming. They don't get dark, so babies (less than 20) wandered off and died. Their slime coat may be substandard as well. They sometimes touched parents but never stayed to eat. Alenquers seem to be young and spawn every 4 days. 1st big spawn has over 100 fry. They're just over 2 mths old now. a little over an inch. I want to send some pics, but after choosing which ones, I can't open to see if what I'm sending is really what I want to send. I think I'm getting stupid or something
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[Nsonnier]

Wow! The picture showed up after I sent my reply. Glad it was intended. That's my PB pr. I'll try to send alenquer pr w/fry. Was about 2wks. old.133058. I hope this works.

[LizStreithorst]

Your PB's don't like PB's to me. They looked like a fancy variety of blue Turk.

[Nsonnier]

This is what they looked like growing up.133060

[LizStreithorst]

So much for what My eye tells me....

[CliffsDiscus]

Interesting photo on post #7 some of the fry have the bent spinal.

Cliff

[Nsonnier]

Cliff, I'm not sure which pic you're talking about. I'm not sure about bent spinal? I don't see any deformities, but maybe you can explain what you mean.

[Nsonnier]

I was just as amazed as you. Never seen such a transformation before. It was so subtle that I didn't even realize it had happened until change was complete. I responded to this a little while ago, but don't know if it posted. Still getting the hang of this. Please be patient.

[CliffsDiscus]

Nsonnier, here you go, on this photo some of the fry don't have a straight spinal or a very curved near the tail making it difficult to swim in straight direction. What's the problem? Could be genetic from line or inbreeding or to much water movement or all of the above.

By the way, do you know the Discus breeder at NASA?

Cheer!
Cliff

I guess the photo on post #7 didn't transfer to this posting, look on your upper right corner and you will
see the posted thread #.

[LizStreithorst]

I know which pic. It's the first pic you posted in this thread. Post #7. Cliff, I want to know what you see, too. How do you tell a fry with a bent spine from one just wiggling it's little body around as it swims. You teach me so much.

[LizStreithorst]

I see one toward the middle part of the upper right of the pic. I see 2 others that may be doing what you describe. One is on the middle part on the left side the other is on the right side of the middle. Is that what you're seeing. I would have thought that they were just moving their bodies as they were swimming

[LizStreithorst]

OK guys- I'm gonna try to make this happen. I have a young pr. of Red Alenquer discus. I can sex discus when they reach a certain size. The thing that's harder is their age. Some people concentrate on fast growth. Some don't. I raised 10 2.5" to 5" in 4 mths. They were 3 mths. old when I got them. The point is that you can't really tell how old your fish are when they start breeding because if you don't raise them yourself, you don't know how they were fed etc. If you think discus females have to be 9 mths. old and males have to be older to be fertile; unless YOU know how old they are, who's to say that breeder or owner didn't optimize their growth? My PB pr. have been spawning since long before they were a yr. old. I raised them from puppies so I know they were same age. Guys (and ladies), if my earth shaking revelations are old news to you, remember- I've had to read old posts and debunked theories for yrs. because I wasn't a part of your group. Almost never could I read a post within 1 yr. of the yr. I was reading. I had trial and error to educate me. I'm gonna try to send you a couple of pics of my 2 active prs. now. Not working. I go to "tree" and options don't let me see what I'm sending.

I'm so glad that you're taking the time to learn the forum. The software here is old. I hope Al will get it changed to something more user friendly. All forums prefer to be viewed on a computer rather than the phone. It's not facebook. We have actual discussions and conversation?

As far as age of Discus before they reach maturity, I'm working on my own strain of Blue SS's. Lucky me. My particular fish take forever before they reach breeding and almost wait until hell freezes over before they reach full fertility. I was about to take 3 fish to the LFS because I decided they must be all the same sex. Suddenly they put on a growth spirt and this morning they were taken out of the tank with the fish that don't want to give me joy into a love nest of their own. I can almost guarantee that when they spawn their fertility won't be good. I only get get a good fertile spawn from my old pair. They must be over 4 years old.

[CliffsDiscus]

I see one toward the middle part of the upper right of the pic. I see 2 others that may be doing what you describe. One is on the middle part on the left side the other is on the right side of the middle. Is that what you're seeing. I would have thought that they were just moving their bodies as they were swimming

Ok
Liz, the fry at this stage should have a spinal straight as an arrow. On the photo notice from the center of each fish the deformities starts by the curve spinal. I think you name all of them but this is a very large percentage out only 18 fry shown.

Cliff

[LizStreithorst]

I see. Straight as an arrow. Thank you for the lesson.