My New fish from Rod Lewis

[Barrie]

Thought I would share a few pics of my new fish (babies) from Rod Lewis (Aus) imported from Jeffrey Yang.
Valentines, Checkeboard PB's and Blue Diamonds
Had these fish about a week and they are settling in well. They are housed in a 6 x 2 x 2 with daily water changes. Always very hungry and putting on size already. Hope you like them.
Barrie

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[hedut]

Nice collection Barrie, how about snap shot of your fish room, seems you have nice fish room to:D:D:D

[Ben75]

Very nice Barrie, Rod does supply some great fish as your pics demonstrate. I would like to see more pics aswell of your room, looks impressive mate. All the best with your new purchase.
Regards,

[Eddie]

Nice fish, they have amazing shape.

Eddie

[Barrie]

Thanks everyone. I will see what I can do with the fishroom photos.
Barrie

[JL15219]

Very Nice Looking Little Guys! :thumbsup:

[Rod]

Looking good Barrie, they are in good hands at your place :)

I wouldn't mind seeing some shots of you other tanks as well :D

[Arjunpun]

Nice shot. Do u know what camera and what setting u used.

[Darren's Discus]

Barrie,
very nice,cant go wrong with Rod,and yes count me in too for the pics of your fishroom.


cheers

[vera]

Barrie,
very nice,cant go wrong with Rod,


cheers

+1
good choice !!
Cant wait to c them in a month
GL

[Barrie]

Thanks everyone for the kind comments. I will get some shots of the fishroom this weekend. Arjunpun my camera is a 50D Cannon but I was only shooting in auto mode. I am still yet to learn about the mannual settings on it.
Barrie

[Ed13]

Nice group you got there!

Nice collection Barrie, how about snap shot of your fish room, seems you have nice fish room to:D:D:D
^This^

[manitu]

nice colourfull group of fish enjoy!!

[TankWatcher]

Good buy, Barrie. Very nice indeed ! No wonder you are happy :)

[m.ingram]

Great looking fish Barrie .

[April]

congrats on the new fish. they look great.
what are those gravel containers for in the tanks?
ill await your fishroom pics. it looks great .

[Mattzilla]

very nice discus mate

i saw Rod's fish in the flesh on the weekend and there are some amazing specemins there

good luck with them

[Rod]

what are those gravel containers for in the tanks?

Hi April,

If i am not mistaken they are biological filters April, kind of like an undergravel filter but in a pot for easy maintenence.

[Barrie]

congrats on the new fish. they look great.
what are those gravel containers for in the tanks?
ill await your fishroom pics. it looks great .

Rod is spot on April. They are undergravel filters ... I almost shudder when I admit that because I know they can be big trouble if not attended to on a regular and strict basis.

The tank itself is a 6 x 2 x 2 foot and the filtration consists of the following.
3000 l/hr pumping up to a home made top filter running the full length (6 foot) of the tank filled with aquarium sponge. Also three large sponges going flat out

and

3 undergravel filters running flat out. These are gold fish bowl, round filters of about 5 inches. I cut a piece of PVC conduit to the height I want and put an elbow on the end. This then fits over the small uplift tube of the filter. I fill the little bucket up with gravel to whatever depth I want. These also go flat out. Its surprising how much they pump out. They are a very efficient filter.
To keep these funtioning correctly I use a long gravel vac that is connected to a powerful pump to clean the gravel in the bucket every week.

Warning though - if you don't keep on top of their maintenance they cause a lot of trouble.

[calihawker]

Those are really nice looking fish!

[mlw]

Nice fish, they have amazing shape.

Eddie
Yeah, what he said! They are beautiful! Lot's of luck with them.

[Scribbles]

Congrats! They look great and their shape is excellent!

Chris

[Barrie]

Thank you everyone.
Barrie

[Barrie]

Thought I would update the pictures seeing they have grown a bit.
I have finished with 2 pairs of Checkerboard PB's, 1 pair of B Diamonds and no luck with the Valentines... looks like they are all female (3 out of 4 have laid eggs)
Plenty of spawning runs from the pairs but nothing fertile as yet.
Please excuse the dirty tanks ..... they are ready for a water change.
Hope you enjoy

Checkerboard PB's
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Blue Diamond Pair
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Valentines (2 females that lay eggs together)
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From Rod's August shipment I also ordered in some Rose Reds and some Giant Flora which are coming along nicely.
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Thanks for looking
Barrie

[Eddie]

Gorgeous fish Barrie! Man, those CBP are super nice. I'll be looking for updates on those giant flora too! Thats one type I wish I could get a hold of.

All the best,

Eddie

[Barrie]

Thanks Eddie

[bigfish]

Hi Barrie,
Love those Checkerboards, super clean! have some of these anytime, some very nice fish you have there, Good luck with them :).
Regards.....Ben.