baby blue diamonds

[zzbruinzz]

hello all,

just wanted to share with you pics of the BD's that i just got on tuesday. I never had fish this small. they eat like pigs! i have 8 in a 20gallon right now. when is a good time to move them to a bigger tank? thanks! Oh yeah, what do you guys think of body shape, color, etc? any comments will be helpful so that i can learn to choose better fish next time. ;)

andy

[zzbruinzz]

another pic...

[April]

How old are those little guys? glad their eating like pigs. make sure you do as much water change as possible for good growth.
hope you do well. ;D

[zzbruinzz]

i'm not sure how old they are. they are 1.25inches or so...i am doing 80% water changes/day...hopefully they will grow nice and big.

andy

[keith_cny]

Andy,
Nice bunch!! Where did you get them from and what you feeding them?


Take good care of them!!

Keith

[Carol_Roberts]

You did an excellent job of catching the blue color.

[fcdiscus]

Honestly!- Well the eyes are too big! Pound them with food- six times a day. JMO. Frank

[zzbruinzz]

i got them from some fish place near my house. big eyes huh? i hope they outgrow their eyes =). i am feeding as much as i possibly can w/ work and classes. they have a liking for colorbits. and they are very happy w/ cbw and hikari bloodworms. i hope they grow up nicely.
andy

[Jeff]

Good call Frank. I agree. Can you elaborate on "the eyes are too big", and give us possible methods to help to correct that? I'm not sure Andy knows what that means or what causes that.

[fcdiscus]

Simply put, they were either feed too little when young or went through an illness or overlong QT bfore being imported. The eyes will continue to grow while the body remains smallish. It is probably too late to make them normal down the road, but heavy feeding (especially CBW) will help make the best out of the situation. The roundest and nicest will still be fine for breeding, but those are not the kind of fish you should pay top dollar for. Again-JMO! Frank 8)

[OEG]

Frank
I totally agree with youre opinion these are footballish and big eyed. Thogh they are not A class fish they are good to learn with. If you like them then thats all that matters. I might of started out with worse. So keep at it buddy.
Oscar :whip:

[April]

thats why i asked how old. they may be older than expected and havent grown well .their eyes keep growing...whiile their body gets behind. hence big eyes for a small fish.
takes time to learn to see things like that. especially if you havent seen other fry to compare with.
But at least they have a revenous appetite .

[Jeff]

Thanks Frank. Great explanation. :)

[zzbruinzz]

thanks frank...live and learn =) i just thought they were small and cute..hehe...but i will enjoy them. can any of you post some pics of small maybe 1" discus so i can see proper eye size? thanks!

andy