fry pictures

[samir]

here's a few of parent and fry, i think there are probably still about 150+. about 3 days free swimming.

[goldenpigeon]

wow you have got it going on samir! great job bud!

[OscarManAlpha]

Looking good, real good.

Cheers,

Mark

[samir]

another

[nicholas76]

aaah love the mozzie look

top job !

[DR.V]

Awsome !! Let me know when you want to sell the babies later on Samir :p:p

Good luck.

[marg]

Wow Samir they look great. Congratulations!!

Marg.

[the_oracle]

COOL......................


Sanie.

[Discus 41]

way ta go samir fantastic pics too

[samir]

thanks guys !! :D if they survive i will post pics regularly, still figuring out the manual settings for the camera so the pics should get better with time. i have some video as well will post a link as soon as i scale it down and add some cheesy music hehe.

[samir]

day 4

[the_oracle]

COOL spawn & definitely COOL pictures, samir...........
Nice macro shots.................


Sanie.

[samir]

macro of fry at 4 days. they look cute :)

[rytis]

wow, how do u get a shot like that.. anyway i think my yellow/blue turq pair are definetely ready to go!!

[oscar]

Samir,

You have absolutely nailed the photography mate. Those fry shots...i can only imagine how many photos i'd have had to take to get one to turn out so clear.

Good Job.

[rytis]

its pics like these that make me realize what a unique fish we have!!

my fav is this one: samir, i think this fish was a one parent blue one parent yellow mix?
http://www.discusforums.com/forum/files/day4.jpg

[samir]

samir, i think this fish was a one parent blue one parent yellow mix?


:shock: no Rytis i dont think so :lol: :lol: :lol: its just an ordinary blue diamond and i'm sure its been one for a few generations. there are 3 kinds of diff temp lighting in the room hence the yellow

[Robdog]

How was the fry close up photo taken? Digital SLR?

[samir]

canon S2IS on "super" macro (0-10cm) focus manual
http://canon.com.au/products/visual/cameras/digital_compact_cameras/powershots2is.html

Rytis ???? suspended again ??? :shock:

[oscar]

Rytis ???? suspended again ??? :shock:

I thought the same thing. It's a laugh. :argue

[samir]

still going strong, fingers crossed .

[marg]

They look great Samir, I'm really thrilled for you :D .

Marg.

[samir]

thanx Marg :D . one week up.

[Dee]

Hi Samir,

Great pics mate ! those fry look like they are doing great ... please keep posting update pics. Best of luck with the fry !

Cheers,

Dee :)

[samir]

thanks D, its wierd i just got them a couple of months ago, they paired up and were taking over the tank so i moved them and they spawned the next day, then they got fin rot so i put them in a seperate tank with tetracycline and they spawned the next day, this was the third spawn on the 8th day of the tetracyline dose, so i changed the water and let them be and this is what they came up with. i paid 80 each for the first 2 bd's and 40 each for these two as they were in a very bad state(jet black) and i felt that if i dont buy them i'd be responsible for their deaths,so i did and this is how they repay me, by giving me an extra two month heavy water change routine.

[Dee]

Heya Samir,

That's a great story mate ... well done :thumb great job on getting these guys back up to scratch. I was going to say they look like (from the pics) a young pair, which is another added bonus :wink: Mind if I ask how old they are ? they look around 10-12 months IMO ... judging by the pectral fins.

Best of luck with them :D

Cheers,

Dee

[samir]

i have absolutely no idea.they do have pretty big eyes for their size. i was told about 10 months when i got them but it seems odd for a 12 month old pair to get everything right on just the third attempt and have so many wrigglers. maybe they just have good parenting genes. i would have been happy with 30 fry. so many is going to be a big problem later as i dont have any space.

[goldenpigeon]

dude they look awesome! those are some great fish and would make great fosters too if you had another pair that wasnt getting it right :D keep up the excellent work :D your going to be very popular down your way when they are ready to sell ;)

[Dee]

Hiya Samir,

Yeah it can be surprising at times how proficient young pairs can be, I guess it's up to the individual pairs. I have had pairs that take for ever and ever to get a spawn and still dont get it right :roll: Then there was my little Albino pair that spawned at 6 months old and produced wrigglers :shock: , which didnt attatch :x But yeah just goes to show ya that all pairs are different in their own way.

Keep up the good work mate, that's a great number of fry you got there :)

Cheers,

Dee :)

[aquaholic]

Top stuff Samir
If my pair that have just spawned get that many free swimmers i'll be stoked:)

cheers andrew

[samir]

they have started to browse around a bit. i'm giving them some powdered fish food thats fouling up the water (theres no way i'm hatching BS) so more water changes, maybe the next time around i'll try microworms.

[goldenpigeon]

why not hatch bs? its dead easy! cheap too IMO

[samir]

dunno, i just hate doing it. i did it once for my betta fry but microworms worked better, maybe next time.

[Nathan]

what about frozen BBS?

[samir]

anybody know where i can find it here ?frozen bbs in Sydney. or daphnia ??? will the fry eat daphnia ???

[G-1000]

Samir - I have heard of people using a fry food for discus which you can get from Xtreme. I have no idea what it is called, but it supposedly gives you 20% plus better growth rates on discus fry.

Might be worth a look .

G

[mcloughlin2]

I buy my BBS from neptune aquarium.... :D

Very good for your baby fish...ive used it on africans, guppies, clownfish and it is very good for them inthe first vital weeks of development.... 8-)

[Merrilyn]

Wonderful photos Samir. Those babies are doing well. Good luck with them.

[Robdog]

Frozen BBS from Pet Centre Macquarie and heaps of other places too I reckon. I've got some made by Posaqua. Really good quality stuff

[ozarowana]

Nice work samir, they look great.

[samir]

thanks rob , i drove down to north ryde and picked it up. i dont know what i'd do without you guys. actually i do know, i'd be driving around to all the LFS's asking confused 18 year olds who would look at me like i'm asking for some strange thing the've never heard about.

[RichVic]

Samir -
been a bit busy to browse the forum for a while and then today had a quick look at your thread and had to say -Top Job both with Pics and babies!! Congratulations, keep up the good work and keep us posted
Cheers
Vicki

[TeeFM]

Well done Samir...and keep up with the good job!!

[samir]

thanks guys, i have removed the parents as they were getting irritated and am giving them frozen BBS and fry food. added a UV. all thats left is a little problem called space :) . no deaths that i know of so far, one of the pair was getting bugged and snapping at them resulting in major domestic fireworks between the pair, so off they went. i did an approx head count, around 120-140 with about 10 odd looking like culls.

[Discus 41]

congrads samir good work keep the posts coming on there progress

looking good mate
Ian

[goldenpigeon]

AWESOME!!!! excellent job you have done with them! whole tank shot? :D

[samir]

whole tank shot? :D
coming to a computer near you tonight :D

[goldenpigeon]

haha goody! i better go find a computer.....

[G-1000]

Its now a week later and there isnt any pic from you Samir!

You tightass !

lol

G

[samir]

:lol: :lol: :lol: i left my memory cards at work, definitely some tonight. any tips on what to feed them. its now 20 days something, i've made them a broth of discus dinner,bloodworms,and tubifex but they dont eat it with the enthusiasm that they have for frozen BBS.

[samir]

day 20 19/07

[Nathan]

what size tank is that samir?

[samir]

standard 3 foot.

[G-1000]

They look crap Samir

Lower the pH to 4.2 immediately!

lol

G

[samir]

:lol: :lol: i dont know what the ph is, i keep leaving the ph meter on and draining the batteries, this is the third time, so i've stopped checking ph. i'm guessing its about 6.5-7.2 . as long as they look fine i dont really care what it is. i guess the fact that the fish spawned in it and so many babies hatched is good enough for me , i hope brilliant doesn't read this, it just wouldn't cut it with him :lol: :lol:

[Dee]

G'day Samir,

Great pics mate, I love fry pics like that :wink:

They are looking good ... well done ! Please update with more pics in the future, will be cool to see them grow out :wink: Best of luck with them all !


Cheers,

Dee :)

[marg]

They look like they are coming along great Samir. Well done!!

Marg.

[G-1000]

time for update Samir

lol

G

[samir]

well the latest update is "I HATE WATER CHANGES !!!!!! :x :x :x " :lol: :lol: lost my memory card again, will find and post asap. the pair is starting look like another spawn's on the way. this time i'll try rotifers and artemia food. i can see a quadruple rack of 3 foot tanks on the way.

[samir]

so far so good

[aks]

marvellous :)

[Discus 41]

gotta be happy with there progress samir well done
keep the posts coming and good luck with the next spawn

[KillieOrCory]

Hi Samir,

Great pics and well done :thumb I wish I lived in Sydney, I would relieve you of 10 or so of those little cuties :wink:

As for what to feed them. Although obviously I have never tried it on discus but, maybe you'd like to try a dry food that a lot of killifish keepers use. Check out:
http://www.ta-aquaculture.co.uk/ In the dry food section there is the red granular crumb that is available here through a hobbiest.

I am using this food on all 25 species of killifish I have and they love it. It comes in many different grades that make feeding fry relatively easy. Because of this food I got really slack at hatching BBS!

Just an alternative and above is just my opinion.

Great job again!

[samir]

Thanks Serkan I'll look into it.
thought I'd stuff another picture of the pair down your throats :D

[samir]

day 28 27/07

[shayesmommy]

Those are some really blue fish. Holy. Ive never seen a fish so intensly blue. Wonderful Job.

[Merrilyn]

Well done samir. Isn't it wonderful the way they change shape as they grow. Now they're beginning to look like real little discus.

Keep up the good work. You're doing a great job. :P

[Nathan]

looks great samir, the pair are beautiful, really like the body shape on them.

[samir]

about 6 weeks and three days.

[samir]

and more.

[nicholas76]

Stunning Samer ,


nice big fat bellies , I like that.


looks like you got some ocean greens in there too!

[Nathan]

wow awsome job, the fat little piggies will be at seeling size before you know it!

they do look like OG or is just the coloruing of a BD while its young an the colourings havnt come up yet?

all the same youve done a really great job!

[aks]

very nice fish there great job dude

[mcloughlin2]

wow awsome job, the fat little piggies will be at seeling size before you know it!

they do look like OG or is just the coloruing of a BD while its young an the colourings havnt come up yet?

all the same youve done a really great job!

BD are known for having more OG like colours whilst they are young... :wink:

[G-1000]

Samir,

What is your w/c routine like ?

I need to know because my turkxalbino pair are going at it lol

G

[samir]

its just a 3 footer . i drain the tank down to about 4 inches. i have a 2 footer at the back with a small powerhead. takes about an hour to fill the fry tank up again. sometimes i do it twice a day coz there's a he11 of a lot of fish for a standard 3 foot. i guess i do about 80% wc at a time at least once a day.

[marg]

Congrats Samir, they are looking wonderful!!!

marg.

[aquartos]

Awesome fish you have there! Congratulations on the fry!

[nicholas76]

wow awsome job, the fat little piggies will be at seeling size before you know it!

they do look like OG or is just the coloruing of a BD while its young an the colourings havnt come up yet?

all the same youve done a really great job!

BD are known for having more OG like colours whilst they are young... :wink:

Yep they sure do..

genetically he will have some too!

[Nathan]

oh ok, just curious thats all

[Mulisha]

Wow awersome mate looks like someone has breeding down pat 8-) 8-)

Congrtats mate they look very nice can't wait for pics of them later on :shock: :shock: :shock:

Good Luck mate!

Rick.

[*Chris*]

well mate those pics are awesome
now if my pairs got there bloody act together :lol: :lol:
well done mate
awesome fish
cheers
EX-AI