Flosty Posted January 19, 2010 Report Share Posted January 19, 2010 Here is one of my pairs with 1 day old fry Only a small spawn,maybe only 20 fry all up Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Discusguru Posted January 19, 2010 Report Share Posted January 19, 2010 Congrats :bounce: :bounce: Make sure they have enough feeding of bbs and they'll grow real fast. ron Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flosty Posted January 19, 2010 Author Report Share Posted January 19, 2010 Cheers Ron, will do by the way the checkerboard pigeon is one of yours kyle Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Floater Posted January 19, 2010 Report Share Posted January 19, 2010 Cool. What is the red one? Red melon? Diamond? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave+Amy Posted January 19, 2010 Report Share Posted January 19, 2010 are these the pigeonblood checkerboards you got off Ron Flosty? Congrats! My LSS I got off Ron's a whopper at 15cm (girl) now has paired with a smaller (12cm) Alenquer boy - fingers crossed mine will raise their own fry too Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Discusguru Posted January 20, 2010 Report Share Posted January 20, 2010 Cheers Ron, will do by the way the checkerboard pigeon is one of yours kyle Thought it look familiar and well done for keeping them happy and healthy. Amy, got any frys yet? 15cm is a whopper :bounce: ron Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave+Amy Posted January 20, 2010 Report Share Posted January 20, 2010 Thought it look familiar and well done for keeping them happy and healthy. Amy, got any frys yet? 15cm is a whopper :bounce: ron lol I know that's why I named her 'The Beast' lol that's everyone's reaction when they see my tank they point her out, guess the daily wc's paid off. I wish the others kept up though! Am looking at upsizing Discus tank next time mum goes on holiday Haven't separated the pair out of the main tank yet, will sell off one of my new display tanks to get a 4/5 foot tank built for breeding them Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Discusguru Posted January 20, 2010 Report Share Posted January 20, 2010 are these the pigeonblood checkerboards you got off Ron Flosty? Congrats! My LSS I got off Ron's a whopper at 15cm (girl) now has paired with a smaller (12cm) Alenquer boy - fingers crossed mine will raise their own fry too Try to get a male leopard to breed with her and they'll produce stunning discus for you. ron Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke* Posted January 20, 2010 Report Share Posted January 20, 2010 Cheers Ron, will do by the way the checkerboard pigeon is one of yours kyle ^^ dave+amy great fish looking very nice. goodluck with raising them Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flosty Posted January 20, 2010 Author Report Share Posted January 20, 2010 Cool. What is the red one? Red melon? Diamond? Hi Floater, yes the red one is a male red melon I have Only a small amount of peppering above the mouth and on the forehead as can be seen in the pic The female pigeon is clean as a whistle so I am hoping for some very clean fry from this pair. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flosty Posted January 20, 2010 Author Report Share Posted January 20, 2010 are these the pigeonblood checkerboards you got off Ron Flosty? Congrats! Yes this is one of the checkerboards I got off of Ron. I also had another 2, pair off of the checkerboards very early on in the piece and the female suffered a little with a slow down in growth but I have seperated them in a hope for some more growth I also have one other which is biggest of the 4 I got from Ron,which I also think is female but I am not 100%. My LSS I got off Ron's a whopper at 15cm (girl) now has paired with a smaller (12cm) Alenquer boy - fingers crossed mine will raise their own fry too Big girl that ,I find the female the hardest to get size on as they mature quicker and once they start laying eggs the growth slows down So you have done an excellent job there and good luck with the pairing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flosty Posted January 20, 2010 Author Report Share Posted January 20, 2010 Thought it look familiar and well done for keeping them happy and healthy. Cheers Ron thanks for the very clean fish from the four checkerboards I got from you all look a little different with one actually having spots How many generations back do you know of the genetics and was there a spotted fish back in the mix somewhere? Just curious to know I can put up a pic later if you want to see Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phoenix44 Posted January 20, 2010 Report Share Posted January 20, 2010 they are beautiful. if those are the checkerboards, I am in for a treat! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Discusguru Posted January 20, 2010 Report Share Posted January 20, 2010 Cheers Ron thanks for the very clean fish from the four checkerboards I got from you all look a little different with one actually having spots How many generations back do you know of the genetics and was there a spotted fish back in the mix somewhere? Just curious to know I can put up a pic later if you want to see They are bred from the ones I imported myself. They came in as super checkerboard. I find that with checkerboard as they matured the checker pattern breaks up and the discus end up with lines or spots. When they first pattern up the checker pattern is excellent. I'll try to get pic to show you the parents and baby when i've got some time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Discusguru Posted January 20, 2010 Report Share Posted January 20, 2010 they are beautiful. if those are the checkerboards, I am in for a treat! p44, yes! from the same parents. doing a course of treatment on the ones your geting. Will be ready in a couple of weeks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phoenix44 Posted January 20, 2010 Report Share Posted January 20, 2010 really now? i am so happy hahaaaa Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flosty Posted January 20, 2010 Author Report Share Posted January 20, 2010 Ron, here is a couple of pics of my spotted one,he is male and the only one of the 4 with spots Kyle Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adrienne Posted January 20, 2010 Report Share Posted January 20, 2010 Any discus with pigeon in it will 'pepper' to varying degrees - more so if there is a black background in the tank. This is because they try to camouflage themselves against the dark background. I have one like yours and it (sex unknown) has peppering along the center line of its face and at the edges of its fins and tail - it sort of outlines his body in the tank. He's beautiful!! I have another one with pigeon in it and he (confirmed male) is heavily speckled all over. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DEE Posted January 20, 2010 Report Share Posted January 20, 2010 thats awesome for you well done Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flosty Posted January 23, 2010 Author Report Share Posted January 23, 2010 Heres a few pics from today, day 5 here's a pic of mum,the fry tend to stay on dad most of the time Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aquila Posted January 23, 2010 Report Share Posted January 23, 2010 Any discus with pigeon in it will 'pepper' to varying degrees - more so if there is a black background in the tank. This is because they try to camouflage themselves against the dark background. I have one like yours and it (sex unknown) has peppering along the center line of its face and at the edges of its fins and tail - it sort of outlines his body in the tank. He's beautiful!! I have another one with pigeon in it and he (confirmed male) is heavily speckled all over. I agree, I think the peppering looks really lovely Very cute babies flosty! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
king_gie Posted January 25, 2010 Report Share Posted January 25, 2010 congrats...i wonder what pattern will the babies have...//hhhmmmmm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flosty Posted January 27, 2010 Author Report Share Posted January 27, 2010 Any discus with pigeon in it will 'pepper' to varying degrees - more so if there is a black background in the tank. This is because they try to camouflage themselves against the dark background. He has little bit peppering but pretty minor really,the spots I am referring to are the ones on the body,like leopard spots Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flosty Posted January 27, 2010 Author Report Share Posted January 27, 2010 thats awesome for you well done cheers Dee Very cute babies flosty! thanks,they look better every day congrats...i wonder what pattern will the babies have...//hhhmmmmm At a guess some like mum some like dad and some in between but they will be all pigeon based Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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