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indianhotriff
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 Posted: Fri Jun 22, 2012 10:35 am Post subject: MISSION SUNSHINE!!!! (1st Update Pics) |
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Hi,
Was surprised to find that a guy in my neighbourhood was dealing in discus as a wholesaler (very unlikely for Delhi due to extreme temp). Well, rushed their to pick up some for myself and to my utter disappointment found everything has already been sold except these 8 little mismatched (due to size) SUNSHINE or yellow crystal babies, which nobody wanted.
They were very dull in a tank with pathetic water conditions. were being fed dry tubifex and looked like would only survive for a little while longer. So I decided to rescue and raise them up in a spare 24"x28"x28" tank at home.
now they are being fed BHM with 70/30 ratio of heart and liver 6 times a day. With 20% WC in the noon and 100% WC at night after the final feeding for the day.
I will keep updating this thread every now and then with their progress report and pics. Invaluable suggestions and inputs from fellow IAH members about this effort is much appreciated.
Thanks
Happy fishing
PS: sorry for the poor pic quality and water marks on the tank glass. next one will be a better update. |
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indianhotriff
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| Posted: Fri Jun 22, 2012 10:48 am Post subject: Re: MISSION SUNSHINE!!!! |
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Sorry for the typo error in the pic title. It is 22nd June 2012
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Nanu
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| Posted: Fri Jun 22, 2012 10:59 am Post subject: Re: MISSION SUNSHINE!!!! |
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Whats your tank temp? Why are you feeding them Beef Heart mixed with liver, I mean why the liver? Just curious whats the advantage?
How are you doing wc do you have stored water somewhere or from tap directly? |
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indianhotriff
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| Posted: Fri Jun 22, 2012 11:15 am Post subject: Re: MISSION SUNSHINE!!!! |
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Hi Nanu,
The temp is set constant to 28deg celcius. I do have storage where water stays for two days before being put in the tank but I also have hypo crystals and for this tank I have been using them before introducing the water in the tank.
Well I added liver for two reasons: 1) its a great source of nutrients. 2) its a recipe as told by the maestro Shiva Nair for discus babies (though he mentioned pork hearth and liver).
But liver pollutes the water very quickly so I try to do a partial WC after every mail and then 100% after the last meal.
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aquarius
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| Posted: Fri Jun 22, 2012 2:00 pm Post subject: Re: MISSION SUNSHINE!!!! |
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Noble act!
Wish you all the best in raising them. |
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abhis9
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| Posted: Fri Jun 22, 2012 2:20 pm Post subject: Re: MISSION SUNSHINE!!!! |
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| Wish you good luck Rahul. |
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Darius
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| Posted: Fri Jun 22, 2012 8:24 pm Post subject: Re: MISSION SUNSHINE!!!! |
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| Good one mate ... cheers .. all the best!! |
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indianhotriff
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| Posted: Fri Jun 22, 2012 11:31 pm Post subject: Re: MISSION SUNSHINE!!!! |
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| Hey, thanks guys. appreciate your encouragement. |
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Yogesh
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| Posted: Sat Jun 23, 2012 2:01 am Post subject: Re: MISSION SUNSHINE!!!! |
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Good luck Rahul.
Last time I saw real sunshine discus was at Neil Mandevia's place many years back. Man those were really bright yellow.
My 2 cents advice - Avoid feeding Tetrabits, Hikari biogold or any other dry food containing Astaxanthin if you are looking forward for real sunshine colour. Just raise them on pure BHM diet. |
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Scotty
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| Posted: Sat Jun 23, 2012 2:38 am Post subject: Re: MISSION SUNSHINE!!!! |
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| Nice juveniles. |
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govindsj
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| Posted: Sat Jun 23, 2012 6:55 pm Post subject: Re: MISSION SUNSHINE!!!! |
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Hi!
Well keep us posted with your updates. Will definitely pep many enthusiastic aquarist like yourself. Wishing you the very best.
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Amazonian2010
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| Posted: Mon Jun 25, 2012 11:26 am Post subject: Re: MISSION SUNSHINE!!!! |
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| May this act brings you lots of sunshine in your life..appreciate the cause,. |
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| Posted: Fri Jun 29, 2012 1:29 pm Post subject: Re: MISSION SUNSHINE!!!! |
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Rahul,
Nice indicatives, keep up the good work.
Keep updating this thread.
Cheers, |
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indianhotriff
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| Posted: Tue Jul 24, 2012 10:34 am Post subject: Re: MISSION SUNSHINE!!!! |
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Hi guys,
its time for monthly update. Its been a month since I adopted these babies. After a month of 100% WC every day and a solid diet of BHM. They are growing up. Out of 8, six are over 2.5" and 2 have slower rate of growth. They will be shifted to a tank of their own soon for faster growth.
have been feeding them only BHM as suggested by Yogesh. Today will prepare PHM for them. Will update you guys again soon. Meanwhile, here are some pics. |
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| Posted: Tue Jul 24, 2012 10:38 am Post subject: Re: MISSION SUNSHINE!!!! |
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