My STENDKER Fire Red

Hi,

I used to attach photos, now I can't. HELP anyone???

I can't get photos, but here is another video!

This is a new batch, not too many of them because when their parents spawned they were in this small 60l tank, but I'm happy, nice small batch

They are 4 weeks old, just separated from their parents yesterday. Breeding pair is now in their home tank, with 3 Pigeon Blood and some fish from the first batch...

5 weeks now, getting colour, happy little batch

4 Solid Fire Red and 1 Pigeon Blood Silver!

Some of my fish in their new home...

Happy to see them happy and well cared for

My New Tank :

There you go Brian, taken this morning, not a great photos but it will do...

Trying to upload one more, but

Discus-Killester wrote:

There you go Brian, taken this morning, not a great photos but it will do...

Thanks for this Sina....let me know when your ready.....Brian

Gonefishy wrote:

Discus-Killester wrote:

There you go Brian, taken this morning, not a great photos but it will do...

Thanks for this Sina....let me know when your ready.....Brian

Hopefully I'll be ready this weekend, trying to sort few things out.

Talk to you soon.

Thanks

Here pics from tonight.

Miamiheat wrote:

the 3 around the big one are the ones i got from you

Thanks Miamiheat!

Hope they are doing well and getting bigger

man they got so big! it has been like a month right? huge compared to when i bought them.

Yep, one month today!

I'm glad they're doing well and that you're happy!

Cheers

I am thanks. I have a few more fish (discus) including 17 babies so if you are ever around Dublin 8 (Kilmainham) please do call me and come see them. I could use your advice.
cheers
Happy New Year.

BTW: collecting bigger tank today LOL

Thanks!

Happy NY to you too

Put some pics on the forum, I would like to see the babies and other discus that you have...

Cheers

Just when i celebrate things took a turn for the worst:
I found one of your little red guys dead this morning..
Just on inspection he looked perfectly fine. Last night he was eating and swimming as usual. I was gutted. I know i have had nitrite readings lately and I have been using prime to reduce the toxicity and that tank is getting 2 water changes per day as I feed them beef heart and i like to syphon when they are done.
Did a 30% water change immediately after removing the dead fish.
I come back around 1PM to all my guys happy and swimming and excited as they know they will get some food (normal stuff). I give them a few pellets and start working on my computer. About 40 minutes later I see another one of the red ones (yours) laying down on the bottom and looking bad. In the panic I think nitrite so i take him out of the tank and put him with the babies as I know they don't have any nitrites (i do 3 PWC a day). 5 minutes later he looked better but 15 minutes later he was dead. The other fish in the tank looking fine. Then i look again and i see my little stunted one (who had been regaining colour lately) looking so so .... I put him in a separate container with his own tank water but i added fresh water to double the volume. Then changed 70-80 percent of the water and put back the dark one: they all seem ok.
I am really gutted as I have been very careful with changing water due to the messy nature of the beef heart. There was no loss of colour, no warning signs, nothing on the body showing any sign of illness... Lost 2 of your 3 fish in 12 hours ... and I was so proud of them... Only the bigger one remains.

Sorry to hear your loss

Hi Miami,

I'm sorry and sad to hear that

I don't know what to tell you, something must be wrong if this has happend a few times since you started with discus, fish don't die for no reason, not that many and that often

Other fish in the tank are doing well?

yesterday a 3rd one (the little dark stunted fish we had talked about in other thread) was looking bad, before I changed 80% of the water, now he looks a tiny bit better and he survived the night. all others are fine.
Nitrites showed 1mg/l which is very high and I have been using PRIME to detoxify them at every water change. Been changing 30% of the water daily for last 3-4 weeks as I was feeding them beef heart in quantity and i was cleaning after in the morning and in the evening.
My other tank shows nitrites as well but the fish don't display any signs of bother. Also treated with PRIME. Actually one of the dark ones form the very beginning has cleared up quite a bit and you can see patterns on his body.
I cannot find any other explanation than nitrites..
Last night i setup a 260L bare bottom. And mounted an already running filter (i keep 2 on each tank). 0 nitrites and I put 4 fish in there including the survivor of the 3 i bought from you.
I will reduce food. And I believe the volume of water will help dilute any concentration of nitrites produced.

HI Brian,

Shere few photos with us here

Just checked, Fire Red you got from me was born in April 2013. Be ready to make him/her a nice birthday cake soon!

Just one short video taken few mins ago :

Discus-Killester wrote:

HI Brian,

Shere few photos with us here

Just checked, Fire Red you got from me was born in April 2013. Be ready to make him/her a nice birthday cake soon!

Hi Sina. Here's a few pics of your female blue diamond and the April 2013 red fire I picked up from you:
Blue Diamond




Red:

Beautiful to see the progress of the fry bud well done.Hope to keep discus one day.

Thanks Brian!

They look happy and tank is looking good too

When are you going to bring that large turq?

Discus-Killester wrote:

Thanks Brian!

They look happy and tank is looking good too

When are you going to bring that large turq?

In the next week or so Sina....want him quarantined for a few weeks (been in for almost 2 already) and once he's been wormed I'll add him to my tank...il post a few pics when he's settled....if he settles that is as im sure my dominant male won't be a happy camper with competition being added.....b