Remember My trip to Hans's

[John_Nicholson]

This is the reason I drove all the way to Baltimore for fish 3 weeks ago....


-john

P.S. Those are wigglers on the glass

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[Eddie]

Wow John, the pair looks fantastic too! That was a nice fast settling in for them, for you too I bet. ;)

All the best with them,

Eddie

[brewmaster15]

Hey John!

Nice!! Real nice...I guess those are the humble beginnings to the John Nicholson Hatchery:) Congratulations!!!:):):) best of luck with them....but having had the pleasure of raising out some home grown from you I am sure these will do just fine!

-al

[Scribbles]

Congratulations! What a beautiful pair. Were they a proven pair when you bought them?

Chris

[John_Nicholson]

Thanks guys. They were not proven but he suspected.

-john

[yim11]

What took em so long!?!? LOL

Seriously though - looking great! CONGRATS!!!!!!

[j_li8]

suspected huh? i think you can officially say they are a CONFIRMED PROVEN!

[DGman]

Well it's about time you have some fry. You must be losing your touch.
D'Wyatt

[Lytehouse]

Beautiful fish. They look huge.

congrats on the fry.

[MostlyDiscus]

Very nice indeed. Something to be said for those who love the red turqs...:). Oldie but goodies.

[kirkp]

Hey John,

Nice looking pair and congrats on the fry. Wondering what your water parameters are?

Kirk

[tdo]

congrats! beautiful parents too

[Chad Hughes]

Congrats on the confirmation and wiggler stage spawn! That's what Han's fish are supposed to do.... breed. LOL! That's why they cost so much! LOL! :p

Great job!

Best wishes!

[Discus-n00b]

Nice fish and congrats! This is what those big germans from Hans are known for!

[Darren's Discus]

John,
very nice pair.all the best with them.


cheers

[John_Nicholson]

Thanks everyone. As far as Stendkers go these are not that large. They are about average in size.

kirkp as far as the parameters go all that I can tell you is wet and warm....Not being a smart arse but I do not use test kits, I don't even own a test kit. The fish will tell me everything about my water that I need to know. In this case they had about 250 fertile eggs, they did their jobs correctly, but I only got about 75 wigglers. The reason for this is my water is a little to hard. I need to go with about 50/50 RO/tap. I know this from experience but I have not gotten a new RO membrane yet. Archery season for deer starts on Saturday so my middle daughter will be taking care of my fish house for a week or so. I really did not care if the fish spawned now or not. When I return I will adjust the water. The vast majority of people would be better off if they simply kept their water clean and completely forgot to worry about parameters.

-john

[allan_mark76]

John - EXACTLY!!!! That's how I feel about water parameters too. People always thought of me crazy for not owning a test kit as I simply just look and observe.

~AKA~

[Cooldadddyfunk286]

same here fellas, only time I find myself testing is when Im cycling a tank. other than that I just let the fish tell me how they feel. ontop of daily to every other day large WCs. just gotta keep it clean and warm like john said. I feel like some people dilly dally too much with KH GH, trying to adjust PH, adding things to the water, and so on...if you have good water and good fish, just do the dammy ;):D

awesome turks. cant wait to see the fry. I have been becoming more and more into Stendkers....Iv said it once, Iv said it 10000 times...I gotta make a trip to Hans's! :D

[DiscusKev]

Nice pair of discus brooding their young, great stuff :)

[texasdiscusman]

Welcome back John

[John_Nicholson]

Thanks everyone.

Randy I wish you could have made the trip. Jim says that we are going back in a couple of years so go ahead and plan for it now.....LOL. In reality it was not really a bad trip. Ask Jim I can drive a long way.......

-john

[texasdiscusman]

Let me know when John I will give you about 18 hour head start

[John_Nicholson]

Jim was talking about renting a van and all of us going together....I can't believe that you want to miss that...

-john

[texasdiscusman]

Won't miss it I'll just get there faster than you guys.Good old AA moves a little faster than a van;)

[texasdiscusman]

Plus I don't have to listen to that fool Jim snore all the way up there.

[yim11]

I can still snore on a plane!!!!

Maybe a RV instead of a van....

[texasdiscusman]

All that would do is get the girls to go with then they would want sight see.We would never get there.Good luck this weekend John shoot a big one and watch for the rattle snakes

[John_Nicholson]

Thanks Randy. I will try.

I think the only female from my house that would want to make the trip will be Jamie. No way to get Charlie on that kind of a trip.

-john

[RandyP]

They look nice John....Heck I remember the ones I used to get from Hans would spawn in the bags on the way home:D.....hope you have a lot of empty tanks ready for grow outs...

[mkv]

John:
Congratulations. They are a nice pair, off course now you have your work cut out for a while. Good luck with them,
Marco

[John_Nicholson]

Thanks again everyone.

MKV as small as this spawn is it will not be a problem to raise. It is when you have 300+ in the spawn and all your other tanks are full that it becomes a problem...LOL.


-john

[Discus-Hans]

Dang, I knew I picked the wrong ones, now see what happens.........:D :D :D

Hans