my Alenquer

[scott bowler]

here are my Alenquers that i got at xtreme the are great little fish and showing good colour. i got them before christmas

[fish_r]

really nice looking fish Scott :)

[Xtreme]

Looking good Scotty
What do you feed them?
Just curious thats all as i only feed beefheart to mine atm.

Cheers Wayne

[sammigold]

They are so nice. I love Alenquers. they look like they are growing well

[scott bowler]

yeah there on beef heart and blood worm .but there pigs and getting 4 to 5 small feeds a day .they arent very happy at the moment had a ammonia spike so did a big wc and they dont look very happy hopifuly they will be ok

[sammigold]

Scott, try putting some salt in (1teaspoon per 40litres, cooking or rock salt not table) and a couple extra airstones for circulation.. (this helps with nitrite poisoning)
HTH

[scott bowler]

thanks sammi ill give it a go

[sammigold]

good luck!

[scott bowler]

just bwant to update a pic or two of my Alenquers how good are they looking got them from xtreme they are growing well.

[the german]

very nice fish scott.

[scott bowler]

thank mick i love these guys they are awesome fish cant wait till they grow up will keep you posted

[scott bowler]

just want to show Alenquers now that i have had them for about 6 months they are in the 6 fter and are growing very well hope you enjoy

[the german]

they are great scott,how old are they now?

[helenuk]

They are fantastic looking and great pics of them :wink:
We have one of those but we are in the process of selling
http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y160/tessa38uk/discus/100_1819_800x600.jpg

[scott bowler]

they are great scott,how old are they now?
hi german i dont realy now as i have had it for 6 months and it can from one of the shippments from xtreme so i dont now how old it was when i got it .they are about 14 cm long from head to tail so they are growing well.
thank you helenuk you have a nices fish there too well done

[the german]

often they get more red when they go to the 2 year mark,it looks like they are not there jet :D but even when they dont very nice scott and you did a good job feeding and growing them

[helenuk]

Has any of your Alenquers paired up yet Scott?
Our one has paired up with a pigeon blood lol :lol:

[nicholas76]

Scott,

that blurred pigeon got my attention.. i really like the full pattern body of a pigeon especially when its clean.

Your FOTU is looking good too! nice work

[scott bowler]

thanks nic i try hard with the fish to keep them healthy and always try to pic good fish , thats why i buy from places like xtreme . there fish are good

[scott bowler]

Has any of your Alenquers paired up yet Scott?
Our one has paired up with a pigeon blood lol :lol:
hi helen sorry didnt see this :lol: no they havent paired up with any thing but i have two and hope that i may have a pair they hang out with each other :wink: fingers crossed hehe

[helenuk]

No probs Scott keeping fingers crossed for you :wink:

[scott bowler]

just another pic

[scott bowler]

i more

[DiscusEden]

Lovely Scott!

You've done a great job with them! Gives me hope that mine might look that good! (Arrives tomorrow - yippee!)

Beautiful fish, and you obviously do a great job looking after them!

[scott bowler]

hehe thanks DE i try with the fish love them

[samir]

how many bloody fish have you got. you may as well get those two alenquers at Xtreme as well . I'm surprised they're still there. any of your browns reached breeding age ?
hey what about that rose red female ? would go nice with a golden albino (actual golden, not alenquer). Some might even mistake the F2 for Albino RGD's. :shock:

[fiftycal]

He obviously doesnt have enough fish for his own liking :P. Just wait till deb goes to QLD

[DiscusEden]

(actual golden, not alenquer). :shock:

What are you implying Samir?

[samir]

golden is a mutation from brown. alenquer is a brown. most of the golden albino's are actually alenquer albinos.

there's some golden in here
http://www.discusforums.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=12242

[DiscusEden]

So if you crossed an alenquer albino to a RGD?

[samir]

you'll probably get some alenquer, and some red cover or red rose if any. I think the red fry would have bars and probably visibly brown base. In f2 you may get some red albino fry. Someone like Andrew Soh would have a better idea, I'm still putting pieces together so a lot is just speculation.
Just trying to get Scotty to do some experimental breeding :lol: :lol: :lol:

[DiscusEden]

If I don't get in first - oooh, the plans to take over the world!

[samir]

If I don't get in first - oooh, the plans to take over the world!

get cracking, i'm curious to know what you will get, your fotu would be better with the albino you have.

[scott bowler]

thats what i have mine with just have to see how it goes hehe so to catch up DE you better hurry lol

[DiscusEden]

Lol. Tell that to the fish!

[scott bowler]

i allready have fry hehe dont you talk to your fish you should lol thats were you are going wrong lol

[DiscusEden]

I do. Alby & I have lots of conversations. About her biting my fingers mostly. Uni runs away when I talk to her. Red comes when I call her too. Good fishies!

Maybe I'll see how yours go then, before I try to convince them again.

[samir]

i allready have fry

cool , show pics.

[scott bowler]

yep cool get some up tomorrow lights out now

[samir]

lights out now
:lol: :lol: my fish are like me lights out 4am onwards

[scott bowler]

hehe yeah but some of us work too hehe and dont have your money lol

[samir]

:lol: i start work after 3pm

[DiscusEden]

Hey, had that talk with Alby. She & they FOYU are sitting on day 2 of eggs - most appear to be fertile.

Taking over the world here I come!

Next to get them their own tank tomorrow...

[scott bowler]

up date hehe they are going well i think9 sorry note to self clean glass )

[the german]

there going to be some top class fish.well done scott

[scott bowler]

thanks german how are your fish going mate

[the german]

going all very well,just breeding is not happening but i dont spend enough time with them,just got a new job and do a lot of overtime so only feeding and the regular water changes are done :? i think i must take a few days of :lol: :lol: and take care of my pairs :D

[Robdog]

How long do you reckon til they start spawning behaviour Scotty???

[scott bowler]

they are still only young Rob but i do hope that things start to happen soon will put a little bit of work in to them once i have moved they fish room around a bit . just trying to put a few more tanks in hehe

[scott bowler]

just a little update of the pics