Red Turk Pair from AHC

[ILLUSN]

G'day all,

Just thought I'd share some photos of Aarons Grandkids.

I bought this pair off Aaron a while back and had a bit of "breeders error" (left the siphon unattened and sucked the tank too low causing mum and dad to lie on their sides squashing most of their young :banghead )

the last 8 survived and despite my near complete neglect are doing very well, just got them started on beefheart yesterday, so i expect to see some much better growth from now on.

[waitaki]

cool!! How old are the fry??

[ILLUSN]

they hatched on the 17th of june with such a small batch i didn't bother using bbs, all taht growth is from feeding off the milk of mum and dad!

[AHC]

oowww they look so much grown up now that they have a few kids to look after. Great stuff mate. :wave2

Thanks for sharing the pics.

[Matt15]

Nice work Jothy, they look very comfortable in there new home. Looking forward to seeing future pics of the kids soon.

[pink66]

babies are so cute!!!! I love the colour of the adults.. I think that is a colour I could see swimming around in my tank. Very nice indeed.. :D

[pink66]

sorry double up

[ivo]

Illusn, you definitely have a passion for turq. especially the old fashion straight line one. in a few months (i hope) i will be moving house and going to close down one tank. will give away some discus to good home and i think you might like to have my male red straight line turq. cheers.

[TW]

Awww, how cute. Good luck with them. Be sure to share the pictures as they grow up

[ILLUSN]

Thanks for the comments all, will try and keep the photos coming, but the
tank is in the worse possible spot in the fish room to photogragh, hence all the photos taken at "low tide" during a water change.



Illusn, you definitely have a passion for turq. especially the old fashion straight line one. in a few months (i hope) i will be moving house and going to close down one tank. will give away some discus to good home and i think you might like to have my male red straight line turq. cheers.

Mate I'll give him a good home, always room for one more red turk :D I've actually got a couple of female german reds in desperate need of a mate.

just let me know when your ready.

[ivo]

this is the one illusn. i will save him for you. he is a good strong healthy male and has never got sick before. hope you will like him.

[AHC]

He's a beauty Ivo. The original straight lined turq's i think looks so much better then the newer pattern.

[Mattzilla]

stunning fish

looks very stong and healthy

matt

[ivo]

thanks guys. good old straight line fashion is great but i also like those irregular pattern that make you feel dizzy to look at after a few drinks.

[Matt15]

Yeh he's a stunner, especially given the shortage of good quality male turqs out there.

[ILLUSN]

Thanks Ivo He'll be perfect, will try and get a goos shot of the girl i'll pair him with.

[ivo]

ok i keep him for you illusn. his girlfriend (old type red melon) will be pretty upset without him. i will be giving this red melon away too so if you got room then consider her too since they are a strong bonded pair. other discus listed here i will be giving them to good home later too. old pictures but fish look pretty much the same. let me know whether there is any other you want since i know they definitely will be in good hand at your home.

[ivo]

couple more to be given away to good home soon. blue ss, albino and a rose red (sorry couldn't find an old picture of the rose red)

[pink66]

ivo i wish you lived in Melbourne. my new 5x2 would have been just the place for them :cry:

[ivo]

here are the other two that i will give away to good home.

rose red is the one on the left hand side.
white LSS. (female)

[jasonmomm]

Ivo, I love your tank setup. Simple but very appealing.

[ivo]

thanks jason. i think it is more because if i have too much decoration then they will have no room to swim... traffic jam all the time LOL.

[jasonmomm]

Ivo, may I ask what size tank that is and also what filtration you have running. I'm a discus newbie.

[TW]

I love your tank setup. Simple but very appealing.Agree :thumb it's the dark wood contrasting against such nice, clean white sand, I think. Of course, those beautiful discus don't hurt the look either :wink:

[ivo]

thanks TW. are you happy with your new pool sand?

hey jason, you really don't want to know how big is my tank....it is not big and i have a lot of discus in it. i am a very bad example of discus keeper, however, i do run 3 external filter and do as much water change as i could.

[TW]

are you happy with your new pool sand?It's not in the tank yet, as I haven't got it clean enough yet. I put a little wet blob of it in the tank, on top of existing sand. It is definitely lighter than what I have, but not completely white. So, I'm happier than I was, but can't really judge till it's in the tank. Taskan mentioned some sort of man made crused gravel that looks like sand, but isn't. It's 15/30 grade & it really is white. It sounds nice. Wish I knew where to find it.

[ivo]

i think taksan said 16/30 grade? i am sure he will tell you where to buy it and then you can tell me :D

sorry illusn, i have just realised that i have completely hijacked your thread for so long and not knowing it. sorry mate, it was not intentional.

[waitaki]

and on that note... how are the fry going?

got anymore pics to share???

[ivo]

hi waitaki, got some little wrigglers each spawn but they usually either got blown away by filter outlet or they got sucked away by filter inlet. they keep laying eggs on filter pipe so i guess that would be the natural outcome. my camera is not good enough to capture little wrigglers but managed to take a picture that if you have magnifying glass you may be able to see the few surviving wrigglers before they were sucked away. hope you find them on the pipe!

[ILLUSN]

sorry I've been slack with the updates, here are the fry on the 17th of july (1 month old), the last 8 are comming along nicely

[ILLUSN]

and some photos taken tonight (6 weeks old)

[ILLUSN]

Mum and Dad are at it again, Horny little buggers these fish of yours Aaron.

the fry are just starting to attach, they are 67hrs old.

[Hollowman]

A lovely pair Illusn :)

[Matt15]

Fry are looking great and I guess congrats are in order again....;)

[AHC]

YEEEAH. They are quite randy arnt they - must be all that Barry White i brought them up on! Your a great dad Jothy. Im glad you got them as you can bring the best out of what they have to offer. Im sure this batch will give you more kids. :D

[waitaki]

wonderful 6 six week old bubs, love them!!
and they are doing it all over again!
great!
when will you move the 6 week old ones out Illusn?

[ILLUSN]

thanks for the replies Everyone.

I like to leave them in the spawning tank till they are 2 months old and around the 1.5" mark, they handel moves ALOT better when they are a little bigger.

Aaron, you raised these fish mate, its cause of your care they grew up to be decent breeders, all i did was condition them mate, the credit is all yours :)

heres hopeing i dont squash this batch.

[AHC]

How are the grandkids coming along mate. :)

[waitaki]

awww I hope mine start breeding again soon!!
They are all looking great!!

[ILLUSN]

growing up nicely :)

mum and dad are having a bit of a tiff at the moment but they'll calm down soon enough.

[Old Dave]

[quote=ivo]Taskan mentioned some sort of man made crushed gravel that looks like sand, but isn't. It's 15/30 grade & it really is white. It sounds nice. Wish I knew where to find it.

If you are up Newcastle way check out the crushed marble at:
http://www.specialisedgravel.com.au/

Great prices too..

Old Dave

[AHC]

mum and dad are having a bit of a tiff at the moment but they'll calm down soon enough.

I bet Dad came home late drunk again. :lol: