Pictures only thread, to show progress

This took me an hour or so to figure out (mostly, trying to keep dates straight)
I tried to pull screenshots from my videos (in addition to pictures I took)

Looking back, I'd much rather have these pictures than the videos I took (lower quality)

Enjoy! I'll continue to post normal updates in the other thread, this is just for people to easily peruse pictures and see progress (without having to go through 100 pages of thread)

'classic' straight line alex piwowarski male, pretty big
http://imageshack.us/a/img715/9836/maleab.jpg

Female. Not typical of a straight line, but same strain. She's a bit of an odd ball
http://imageshack.us/a/img534/3040/femalehf.jpg


Surrogate male as the parent (same strain, but he has better parenting skills). This is day '0' (first day of attachment)
http://imageshack.us/a/img141/9283/0days.jpg


Day 5
http://imageshack.us/a/img834/1882/5dayso.jpg

Day 7
http://imageshack.us/a/img827/1925/7daysh.jpg

Day 13
http://imageshack.us/a/img801/2991/13days.jpg


Day 20
http://imageshack.us/a/img528/2954/20days.jpg

Day 25
http://imageshack.us/a/img694/2204/25days.jpg


Two pictures for day 31 (one with a penny taped)
http://imageshack.us/a/img547/8420/31days.jpg

http://imageshack.us/a/img51/9888/31ddays.jpg


Day 36
http://imageshack.us/a/img706/1543/36ddays.jpg




40 days
http://imageshack.us/a/img171/6583/40days.jpg


Day 44
http://imageshack.us/a/img831/189/44ddays.jpg


Day 50
http://imageshack.us/a/img211/7709/50days.jpg


Day 57
http://imageshack.us/a/img826/1875/57days.jpg


Day 61
http://imageshack.us/a/img138/108/61days.jpg

Day 69
http://imageshack.us/a/img842/1308/69days.jpg


Day 75
http://imageshack.us/a/img831/8568/75days.jpg

Day 76
http://imageshack.us/a/img827/8498/76days.jpg


Day 88, two pictures
http://imageshack.us/a/img51/7783/88days.jpg
http://imageshack.us/a/img690/81/88ddays.jpg


Day 92
http://imageshack.us/a/img6/8124/92days.jpg



Day 99
http://imageshack.us/a/img801/8210/99days.jpg


Day 100
http://imageshack.us/a/img854/904/100days.jpg


Day 105, two pictures
http://imageshack.us/a/img189/4970/105days.jpg
http://imageshack.us/a/img845/1412/105ddays.jpg

Day 112
http://imageshack.us/a/img515/1267/112days.jpg

Day 114
http://imageshack.us/a/img13/3348/114days.jpg

Day 122, three pictures
http://imageshack.us/a/img152/5812/122days.jpg
http://imageshack.us/a/img152/6329/122ddays.jpg
http://imageshack.us/a/img94/8551/122dddays.jpg

Day 127
http://imageshack.us/a/img6/1371/127days.jpg

Day 131, three pictures
http://imageshack.us/a/img577/3356/131days.jpg
http://imageshack.us/a/img209/9531/131ddays.jpg
http://imageshack.us/a/img571/7117/131dddays.jpg

Day 136, two pictures
http://imageshack.us/a/img404/3791/136days.jpg
http://imageshack.us/a/img202/3166/136ddays.jpg

Day 144
http://imageshack.us/a/img441/9444/oct15.jpg

http://imageshack.us/a/img13/1983/oct1555pg.jpg

http://imageshack.us/a/img560/5206/oct15555.jpg

http://imageshack.us/a/img10/6140/oct155555.jpg

Day 150, October 21

http://imageshack.us/a/img822/7554/pewow1.jpg

http://imageshack.us/a/img88/704/pewow2.jpg

http://imageshack.us/a/img94/4647/pewow3.jpg

http://imageshack.us/a/img21/8530/pewow4.jpg

http://imageshack.us/a/img20/7749/pewow5.jpg


October 27th pictures, Day 156

http://img201.imageshack.us/img201/3885/oct27.jpg

http://img825.imageshack.us/img825/9173/turky.jpg

http://img211.imageshack.us/img211/996/turky2.jpg

http://img339.imageshack.us/img339/1230/turky3.jpg

http://img28.imageshack.us/img28/6866/turky4.jpg



November 3rd pictures, day 163

http://img90.imageshack.us/img90/3544/nov3.jpg

http://img849.imageshack.us/img849/7499/nov33.jpg

http://img547.imageshack.us/img547/6805/nov3333.jpg

http://img99.imageshack.us/img99/6020/nov333.jpg

http://img89.imageshack.us/img89/8854/nov33333nd.jpg

http://img818.imageshack.us/img818/9879/nov333333.jpg


November 7, day 167
http://img259.imageshack.us/img259/6915/grouptx.jpg



Not the best shape I have, but the best color, so far.
http://img843.imageshack.us/img843/4668/bestme.jpg


November 17th pictures, day 177

http://img685.imageshack.us/img685/197/nov171.jpg



http://img402.imageshack.us/img402/9095/nov173.jpg


http://img571.imageshack.us/img571/9458/nov174.jpg


http://img194.imageshack.us/img194/7417/nov175.jpg


http://img809.imageshack.us/img809/8026/nov176.jpg

December 9th pictures. Nothing terribly new. The red is slowly spreading through the body. Slow growth. Nothing interesting. A bit bored with them.<br>
I believe this is day 199 (rough estimate)

http://img404.imageshack.us/img404/8000/dec91.jpg

http://img824.imageshack.us/img824/3664/dec98.jpg

http://img23.imageshack.us/img23/9418/dec93.jpg



December 23rd pictures. I believe this is day 213 or so. Much more exciting than December 9th, looking back. The red is mostly through the body. They're starting to look promising in color. I might have to call them 'spotted turks'
<br> I'm excited about them, again. I hope they grow another 2 inches. I need to measure the size, but guessing a solid 4" on a few<br><br>


http://img4.imageshack.us/img4/7242/dec231.jpg




http://img716.imageshack.us/img716/9518/dec232.jpg




http://img17.imageshack.us/img17/6149/dec233.jpg




http://img5.imageshack.us/img5/8149/dec234.jpg




http://img37.imageshack.us/img37/3945/dec235.jpg





http://img690.imageshack.us/img690/4325/dec236.jpg





http://img23.imageshack.us/img23/2738/dec237.jpg

Thats Awesome....what size tank is that you used to grow them out?

I went from a 29 gallon with parents
To a 20 gallon when they were tiny and separated
to a 55 gallon
to a 75 gallon
And then the 8 were moved to a 35 gallon cube
I'm debating moving the 8 to their own 55, as they continue to grow

They are looking great and growing fast. 55g will be the way to go.

Hey Harry. Looking good. I have witnessed similar developement in this strain in my tanks. Once they start it's really cool how the striations form and the colors brighten....right? Keep up the good work my friend.:D

Joe

PS: Check your PM

what a great timeline - they really are looking good!

Great thread, how about a one post documentation of feeding schedule and changes as threy grew, water change routine/parameters and any adjustments you might have made along the way (tds, etc).

harry, really like this thread. get to see how mine will look several weeks in advance

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Originally Posted by jacjoe

Hey Harry. Looking good. I have witnessed similar developement in this strain in my tanks. Once they start it's really cool how the striations form and the colors brighten....right? Keep up the good work my friend.:D

Joe

PS: Check your PM

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Agreed. They're slow to develop (some say a year before they get their colors), but I hope it worth the wait

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Originally Posted by nc0gnet0

Great thread, how about a one post documentation of feeding schedule and changes as threy grew, water change routine/parameters and any adjustments you might have made along the way (tds, etc).

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Yup, much needed. I'll work on that next
Those pictures probably took me closer to 2 hours to compile. Nothing better for a Friday!

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Originally Posted by pastry

harry, really like this thread. get to see how mine will look several weeks in advance

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Yup, I think you're only 2 weeks behind. The colors sneak up on you. One minute you think they're boring and bland...
And then you look back and the development can be impressive

Oh wow fantastic timeline!

Really nice growth, you have done a great job!

Harry, absolutely amazing. This group is showing excellent colour development for the strain. I'm not sure if you realize it or not, but piwos typicalll don't start to develop colour like that until much later, so you've done an excellent job. My piwo redturks were the better part of a year old before they started to colour up. This thread makes me wish I had more tank space and a female to go along with my male.

Great job . I'm kicking my self for trading away my piwo turks for the wild i have now. The growth on the fish are awesome. What is your secret? What were you feeding them during the different stages

Great looking fish. :)

They are growing very well... Words cannot describe how nice they are. I see some with high body gene and very round. These will grow to be amazing looking.

Damn these are really nice... Can I buy them after the contest;)

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Originally Posted by kalelhawj

Damn these are really nice... Can I buy them after the contest;)

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Your avatar looks quite nice, as well


I'm sure I'll have tank problems in the future. The latest pictures show these guys in a 55 (moved today)
I think I had them in a 37 too long: now in a 55, which might be too small, already.
I have a 75 spare, but there's no light. They may be there soon

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Originally Posted by Harry Marsh

Your avatar looks quite nice, as well


I'm sure I'll have tank problems in the future. The latest pictures show these guys in a 55 (moved today)
I think I had them in a 37 too long: now in a 55, which might be too small, already.
I have a 75 spare, but there's no light. They may be there soon

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Thanks, that's one of my favorite fish that i have the Super Eruption about 5.5". Hoping it can grow up to at least 6.5 or 7". About 10 month old.

Can't wait to see your info on feeding and water change schedule.... Very cool thread. Thanks for taking the time to pull it together.

At Harry's request moved the last two updates to the end of the first post in the thread.
Pat

Thanks Pat. I like quickly scanning the pictures.
It's a neat experience

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Originally Posted by Harry Marsh

Thanks Pat. I like quickly scanning the pictures.
It's a neat experience

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Welcome Harry, it's like fast forwarding through the contest. I like it too. Nice job you are doing here.
Pat

Nice fish,great job

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Originally Posted by Harry Marsh

Your avatar looks quite nice, as well

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"I see your schwartz is as big as mine..."

A wonderfull display of growing discus - very nice - thanks for the pics