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Hi Ronnie just side track a bit are you ronnie from the old plantnux forum and working in a lab dealing with dental stuff?
Didn't know Fish Haven no longer deals with wilds.
I remember getting mine from them couple of years ago... what struck me was that unlike some other LFS which would be eager to dump their wilds to customers, FH actually refused to sell me one batch because they felt they were not stable yet, instead, i was directed to another batch which were already acclimatized and feeding on frozen daphnias.
Incidentally, I got 10 juvenile altums that time, 8 survived, 2 got 'eaten' by my overflow, quite sure they would have survived as well if not for that mishap.
Cheers
- eric
Hi Ronnie just side track a bit are you ronnie from the old plantnux forum and working in a lab dealing with dental stuff?
Hi bossteck, yep back in the day FH was one of the good places to get altums, as they had good experience in quarantining them to be ready for sale. I was shocked to learn they were no longer dealing in wilds too. Seems like after I got my green discus from him 2 years ago, he decided to switch to focusing on Luohans instead. Real pity. Heckels that I got from him 3 years ago are still swimming in my tanks today! I got them from him 1 day after they landed after assuring him i knew how to do my own QT procedure hehe...like with you, he initially wanted to complete his own QT on them before selling them to me
Apologies to the original poster for further side-tracking but...Originally Posted by Altum_lover76
I am part of the team. David here.
Hi David, thanks for setting the records straight. Nothing worse than propagating incorrect misinformation but do update us when details are ironed out and Biotope will once again play an active role in the hobby.
illumnae, I can't help but wonder what is causing the murkiness in your discus tank. Are you feeding live foods, pellets or a custom blend of beef heart? Bacterial bloom or ...??? [I had to ask!!]
Chilla, wow... Plantnux is a name I've not heard in a long long time. Still maintain sporadic contact with some of the mailing list's ex-members. Yep, we're both the same Ronnie in the flesh and you are ...?
...and we return to our regularly scheduled program...
I'm back & keeping 'em fingers wet,
Ronnie Lee
I am Victor and I beleive you still remember me right spoke to Kenny about you the last time i visited his office.
Ok will not side track maybe we can arrange for a meet up around Choa Chu Kang area and sorry TS for side tracking.
Yi Xiang, a million thanks for sharing all these with me and even calling me to share more. Will try to drop by C328 occasionally and have a look! Let you know if i am getting any, cheers!
Nah, it's the dust from unwashed SUDO bottom sand not being properly filtered out yet
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illumnae, I can't help but wonder what is causing the murkiness in your discus tank. Are you feeding live foods, pellets or a custom blend of beef heart? Bacterial bloom or ...??? [I had to ask!!Couldn't be bothered to wash 10 bags worth of it so just dumped it in and slowly let the floss do the clearing
No problem at all. It's great to see more dedicated wild discus keepers here. I hope that in time, importers will see the interest and start putting more effort into bringing better and better ones in!
Just a brief update James, Heiko Bleher has identified my discus as originating from the Alenquer....so you know that we can get beauties from this region locally and affordably
RonWill. Are you the Ronnie Killie that I know? Wet Finger too? hahah...Remember me? I was also in Plantnutx with Kenny the tooth slayer....Chilla, wow... Plantnux is a name I've not heard in a long long time. Still maintain sporadic contact with some of the mailing list's ex-members. Yep, we're both the same Ronnie in the flesh and you are ...?
...and we return to our regularly scheduled program...
performing dental jobs on customer's Luo Hans.....
BTW, I am also waiting for the wild caught altum season to start...hahah. cheers.
Starting tomorrow
Thanks....bought already.Starting tomorrow
That's "WetFingers"... and both are yours truly!
I've always admired the gracefulness of a school of altums from afar. Do post pics after yours are settled down. Did you scaped an amazonian biotope for them?
I'm back & keeping 'em fingers wet,
Ronnie Lee
Haha....so far, I have only 11 altums that are about 50ct size (body).......mixed of wild caught and tank bred. I am currently looking to acquire a 5 1/2 ft tank to house them. But i bet they will be totally lost...That's "WetFingers"... and both are yours truly!
I've always admired the gracefulness of a school of altums from afar. Do post pics after yours are settled down. Did you scaped an amazonian biotope for them?
What does an amazonian biotope looks like for the altums? just a mess of branchy driftwoods with some echinodorus?? hahaha
BTW....no field reports from HCM city trip?? Did Edwin pass you the Gel ??
For bros that are interested in Altums, just saw them at C328 yesterday. Also I think NKS is selling them too. Usually packed in 4 to 5 pcs. it is quite small. I just bgt a bag of 5 pcs and now in the quarantine tank. fingers crossed.....
OMG! love the setup especially the wood~ can PM me where you bought those from? thanks!!Here are some lousy shots of some of the blue discus I have in my tank which were taken a month or so back (so missing some of the latest additions). You can't really see the extent of red due to the bad lighting and murky water, but you definitely can see traces of it in all of them. they all cost less than 1/4 of the shipped price from Hudson. When I first got them, comparing the fish to pictures from Heiko Bleher's discus book, they look like they're either from the Alenquer or Nhamunda - both regions with reportedly red discus.
Last edited by icefire; 12th Jul 2011 at 18:44. Reason: spelling error :P
Too much of a fish SIAO to quit fish keeping/fishing..
Dredging up an old thread, but for interested parties, I've heard that premium Alenquer discus from Hudson should be hitting our shores soon
Which are the LFS that will be bringing them in? In other words, where can we possibly see and buy them locally?Dredging up an old thread, but for interested parties, I've heard that premium Alenquer discus from Hudson should be hitting our shores soon
Keep your eyes peeled in the commercial section. Best for the lfs to announce themselves
JZX announced their partnership with Hudson of H&k Ornamental fish(Brazil).
http://www.aquaticquotient.com/forum...714#post636714
My fish list:
BEC, L14, L27c goldline, L27d goldline thunder, L27 xingu platinum, L47, L90a, L160, L190, L200A, L239, L255, L330, L418,
Steatocranus casuarius, Hyphessobrycon erythrostigma, Hyphessobrycon sp. White Fin, Puntius denisonii, Hyphessobrycon columbianus, Hemigrammus rythrozonus,
Satanoperca Daemon, Geophagus sp. ‘tapajós red head’, Geophagus steindachneri
nice combination of the discus and the child
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