....Bob and Steve were right next to us, so we bantered a bit....LOL....thanks Bob for helping Matt when I went to the can, or looking around ....appreciate it ;D
I think we all did fairly well, didn't expect quite this large a crowd.....not door popping...but a really nice group....Scott and Joni showed up too.....Scott got some sweet sterbia fry.....
I have some of Bob's new secret flake to test out now....full report in a while.... ;D
Matt took some pics....I'll pop em up later....
Nice that it was enjoyable time at the swap. I envy Scott on those Sterbai fry. I have two old-timers left and definitely want to get more.
Looking forward to the pix. :)
A shot through my koi tank towards the center of the room...
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Some Josie's Discus....and a few others that he liked...
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More of Josie's tanks and discus....he was impressed with her stock....she brought 30 jumbos and sold them all....plus her smaller stock too....
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there early..... ;D
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part of both tanks that I set up....
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It was a nice swap. I'm surprised that you sold all the koi so quickly.
Here is the Sterbia fry. They don't seem to want to slow down. I couldn't get a good pic. I wasn't expecting them to be small fry But they are so darn cute!
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Joni got a nice royal pleco. I'm a little jealous over this guy. Can't wait to see him grown up.
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She also got some of Jon's L144 plecos. She took them home with her. The other fish are in a Q.T. Tank in my fish room.
I also got a few plants.
PROSERPINACA PALUSTRIS
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These are sword plants. I think the first one is a ECHINODORUS PARVIFLORUS the second one is Echinodorus "Ozelot"
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I can't remember what this one was. it's a long complicated name that I couldn't pronounce anyway.
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Nice Plants and fish. I cant say most of the plant names
Good pics Scott....I didn't realize that you got that many plants....nice score...... ;D
I must say i kind of like the royal pleco. I'm thinking of stealing it. ::) it's happily feasting on Captain Bob's Frenzy Super Max. I wounder if it can handle the high heat of the discus tank?
http://www.planetcatfish.com/common/species.php?species_id=642
try here for more info....
Scott, that pleco may also happily feast on discus slime coat. Don't risk it. He is beautiful but don't put with discus.
Barb
Quote from: Barb on January 27, 2015, 07:25:16 AM
Scott, that pleco may also happily feast on discus slime coat. Don't risk it. He is beautiful but don't put with discus.
Barb
Good thought Barb......BN's aren't known for attaching to other fish, unless they're dead of course...but with discus pairs, they'd be tempted by a cone full of eggs, and the slime coat on the parents that develops for feeding the fry....in a larger tank with discus tho, I really don't see a problem tho....
now common plecos,,,that's a different story...
Hi Jon, but the Royal Pleco isn't a BN. Royals get huge, the BN's are fine, I have them myself. I have a pretty 4" albino female BN in with my discus. I think it is a female since the bristles are only short little things?
Barb
Quote from: Barb on January 27, 2015, 07:41:49 AM
Hi Jon, but the Royal Pleco isn't a BN. Royals get huge, the BN's are fine, I have them myself. I have a pretty 4" albino female BN in with my discus. I think it is a female since the bristles are only short little things?
Barb
Ah...thanks Barb...I found a link for Scott but didn't read it.....yeppers, Scott...keep it out of there...
I saw what a beautiful fish it was and looked it up. When I read that they are shy and they get HUGE I lost interest in them.
I read somewhere that live black worms were available at the swap for $10. for !/2 lb. What a deal that is! I can only buy 1 1/2 lbs at a time (they take good bit of fridge space). 1 1/2 lbs costs me around $55. with shipping. Wish I could have been there.
Yep, John Antok (sp) sells them.....there are so many deals that it's scary sometimes....frozen brine shrimp flats $7/lb...frozen blood worm flats $7/lb..etc....fish deals abound too.... ;D
I wasn't thinking about him attacking the discus but your right. I did know he gets big 17+ inches. I think there a little more rare at that size. So far my albino sailfin hasn't attack any fish. He's around 10 inches and still growing. He should max out around the 17 inch mark.