The pictures of my san merah fries

[wo]

They are about 2 months old. The largest is about 5cm(head to tail) and the smallest is 3cm. Are they a little behind?

[wo]

They eat a lot with a full belly. They occassionally have more than 10 black bars on them. People say the black bars will disappear when they are adult. At the size of three inches they turn to orange and at the size of four they turn red.

Hey Wo

Where did you get them from? Did you raise these from a pair you own?

Looks like some real feisty eaters.

Good luck with them ;)

Beth

[Jeff]

Looks like they are eating great. Any pics of the adults?

[April]

they look good. i have some sans and mine showed bars also but dont now. their older. just the eyebar a bit.
id love to see the adults also.

[wo]

Hi Beth, Jeff and April:

No, none of my discus ever success in breeding yet. The San Merah are bought last week. They came with transparent color and no bar. At first they ate a little with lots of bs leftovers. After a formalin bath, they eat like pigs.
I am trying to get the pictures of the parents.

Here is some picture of the amature breeder:
http://tw.photo.yahoo.com/k756641/ab1

[wo]

I found the picture.

[wo]

The other

[wo]

The other

[Jeff]

Wo,

I have noticed on my red covers they loose the bars on the body between 4-5 months old and later they loose the bar on the eye.

Wo here are some of my San Merah Fry from last year. Starting with the parents.

3 weeks old

6 weeks

8 weeks

12 weeks

6 months

10 months

[Jeff]

That's awsome Mike!!! :shocked: :shocked:

[JeffreyRichard]

Mike ... any luck with the BD I sent you?

Jeff

He showed no interest Jeff.

[Ryan]

Mike kept me pretty up to date with that batch of Sans as they grew because I had an interest in them. I cannot get over how nice the shape is on some of them. The color is beautiful too, but they are such nicely proportioned fish.

Mike, can you tell me again what you use to paint the bottoms of your tanks? I like that textured look. I remember you told us before but I've forgotten.

Ryan

I used a brown and white splater paint... The same stuff they used to use on the trunks of older cars. Rick found some sand colored paint that also worked great. I agree Ryan the shape is what makes those sans look so nice... It does with any fish ;)

I just wish these guys would start breeding >:(


Mike

[April]

nice fishies mike. i have a few...of Mikes sans. their a bit younger than them though i think.
their shape is very nice also.

[Al_M.]

Mike
would you quit posting pics. of those sans, you know I've been waiting for some forever :o ::) ::)
DROOL :'(
Al M.

[Carol_Roberts]

Really nice Mike - I love the dad! thanks for posting the progression. I didn't realize they showed so much color at 12 weeks.

Carol :heart1:

[Jason]

great fish Mike!

I love that strong round "ghost" head!

Thats Mom Carol ;)

Mike

[wo]

Hi

Michael, the san Marah are really outstanding. I guess they are super san merah. What do you feed them? They look so pretty at the age of 12 weeks. They say the san merah do not have milk for the fries so it's better to have a pair of nanny discus ready. You must spend a lot of time on them. Thay look so healthy.

Mike: What's the size on your F1 SM? Are they bigger or smaller than their parents? I'm still looking for a respectable size SM after 3 years.
Jimmy.

Jimmy, The second generation are 12-13 months and 5-5.5 inches. The have yet to show signs of spawning. I hope they put on more size. Time will tell.

Wo, They produce plenty of slime for there fry. Don't let anyone tell you different. They were fed a verity of foods when they were growing out. Including astaxanthin (natra-rose) but only when they were young. They have not had any color enhancers for the last 3 months and all of them have held there color, maybe even better. They do throw a precentage of fry 20-30% with bars that seem to go away as they get older.

Mike

[wo]

Hi Michael:

Very excellent picture of mom and kids. You must be expert in discus because most of the discus lover who breed san merah all say that they need a pair of nanny as the same situation for snow white. Can I show your pictures to my friends? Thanks!

Sure you can show them to your friends. You don't need foster parents for any strain/type I know of.

[SLY]

darn Mr Wells ur showing off again lmao

Thats Famous MR Wells to you SLY.... :P :P :P :P :P :P


Mike

[bmrin1]

Mike,
Hey buddy those sans look great. The ones that I got off of you in March have paired off and are laying. No wigglers yet they are still young though.

[allan_mark76]

San Merahs / Red Covers are absolutely my favorite. Right now I have 7 and plan on purchasing more ;D ! ! ! Right now they are 3 inches in legth not including the tail and are really coming to color. These guys are going to be my "Special Projects" in the near future as they get older.

A-

Lucky you Wo for having fry!!!! (Mike those are so beautiful... I too am drooling) How old are yours now Wo? Post more as they grow..... and send some my way!!!! :o

Weezy ;D

[wo]

Weeze:

Hi, Thanks. I feel lucky too because I am the first one to buy the fries. On the second day they were all gone. (The asians are now crazy for the reds such as red cover, san merah, ica.....etc.) Now, the fries grow a little bigger and they are always eager to eat. One day, I hope they can breed.

Below are the picture of their parents:

[wo]

The another picture of the parents

[wo]

Here are my san merah fries.

[wo]

I feed them 4-5 times a day only with frozen brine shrimp. I once fed the other grown discus with blood worm and they were crazy about it. But soon I discovered some of my discus are sick. Ever since I never feed them with blood worms. The blood worms in Taipei are considered to be highly poluted and can be internal parasites carriers.

[wo]

I am considering to move the san merah to a large tank. Right now they live in a 24 liter tank. I do WC once everyday. They seem to be happy and healthy in that small tank.

Wo, those are beautiful pictures!!! I just love your pair!!!

Weezy ;D

[April]

Mike...why dont i have some of those blue white fry in my tanks? I swear i ordered them... :whip:
wo. those adults look nice. keep us posted on your fry as they grow out.

[Carol_Roberts]

Thanks for posting the pictures Wo. Very lovely parents. I feed my fry some flakes and pellets too to round out their diet.
Carol :heart1:

[wo]

Weeze April and Carol:

Thanks! I have seen your discus pictures that are great . What do you feed them?

Carol, I saw the picture of your fries. How do you do to let them grow so round. Really nice work. ;D

[EthanCote.com]

Beautiful parents indeed.

Keep posting more pics. ;D


Cheers,

Chi.

[wo]

Hi Ethan Cote.com:

Thanks. I like the parents too.

[wo]

The 8 san merah are put in a small tank of 24 liters. My friend tell me not to put them in a such small tank. So today I move them to the 3 feet tank devided into two part. With one side of the browns and the other side of san merah juv.

[wo]

I lost 4 marlboro this week. Due to unware of their early symptom at the beginning. They are 3-4 months old. Just because I focus on the san merah and ignore them. I blame myself for their death. The photo are the survivors.

[jim_shedden]

Soory for your loss. Your fish a spectacular.

JIm

They are so cute Wo!!!! I feed my fry omega one flakes (combination of super color, super kelp and first flake) and also feed live CBW's!!!! (they love :heart2: them and go CRAZY...) Keep posting pictures, I really enjoy your posts!

Weezy

[wo]

Hi,Jim and Weezy:

Thanks. I will try omega one flake. Here is the picture of them taken today. They really eat a lot. You should see the hungry expression on their face each time I approach them.

[wo]

The picture of my lately purchased RSGxLeopard snake fries. They are only 30 days old and look a little behind in size. They are half RSG and half loepard snake. The father is leopard snake and their mother is a yellow based RSG. I am curious about what they look like as adults.

[sportzfish]

Weezy, do you get your Omega One flakes in bulk, and if so where do you purchase them from?

[arpanlib]

sorry to hear about your loss.

but you got some really lovely looking fish.

arpanlib