72 Gallon Bow Front Tank Journal/Build!!!

[jpappy789]

theyre the same species, just go by 2 common names.

There are a few different Chaetostoma spp. that may be labeled as such, but those two common names are somewhat interchangeable. That is the problem with common names...

 

[TheFishBoss97]

Yup, i hate common names. My LFS gets blue pearl shrimp from some other state in US, I think on the east coast, but they sell them as blueberry shrimp. It is weird, but normal just like sabertooth tetra and bucktooth tetra.

 

[TheFishBoss97]

wow, spencer ur right, all those posts r gone

okay, update

I just came back from SF's ADA shop!!!!!!!

the tanks were amazing, and guess what?

I bought a female albino BN pleco, a neon blue gourami, and a male GBR!!!!!!!!

They are floating as i type

SO excited, the shop was amazing, the tanks were beautifully scaped, amazing I wish I could go there every day, their stock was great, and the plants, OMG, they had like a 100lb Co2 tank for 10 40G breeders, and so many plants, I was going to buy this plant, and then the guy is like those will melt without Co2,, and some plants were $40 PER STEM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

crazy

 

[blue2fyre]

SO how are the discus doing? One in your pictures still looks a little rough.

 

[TheFishBoss97]

Yeah, I noticed that too

3 of them are looking great, with most of their color back(1 has some zebra stress bars, which r prob. permanent now, but they look nice), but the last one is still a bit greyish. IDK, I took those pics right after I turned off the lights, so maybe that is why. I am doing a 40%+ today soon.
So, it turns out they aren't stunted at all

The angelfish are going out tomorrow. The neon blue gourami is amazing.

 

[TheFishBoss97]

whoa, my male ABN, and female just went into the DW cave

 

[blue2fyre]

Still look really stunted to me.

The one with the bars, that might just be his natural coloration. Wild type discus have more stripes.

On of them looks to be an odd shape and rather skinny. How often are you feeding them?

 

[TheFishBoss97]

I am feeding them 3-4 times a day. Really, they still look stunted? Yes, their eyes are bigger than most I have seen at that size, but they seem to be growing, they were much smaller when I got them.

Well, I will see. They could still breed, and I am selling them anyways as I am moving to my new house in 4 weeks.

 

[blue2fyre]

Stunting isn't really fixable. I mean they will still grow but won't grow to their full potential and will always have a stunted look to them.

 

[TheFishBoss97]

Yeah, I understand that
Well, I hope they can still breed.