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all the endler hybrids of size went to the local pet shop this morning as i'm going to concentrate on the moscows , in 2 weeks when i'm home again i'll have another cull as i've literally got 1000 babies swimming around and need to keep numbers low for specific matings otherwise i'll just end up with bitzers mating as they please with no control

in the background a juvenile blue moscow still to color up properly , closest to the camera is my wifes fav half gold first cross endler (endler hybrid?)

Thanks I'm currently working away and will get some new photo's up of the fry when I get home , my daughters impressed with the endler crosses I've asked my wife for photos but still waiting going to have to wait till Wednesday when I get home and see for my self

the endler from the top photo has disappeared i had him with the fry separated from the others and he's gone , lid on but with gaps maybe he's tried to jump and come out and the dog has had a white bait snack? not swimming not floating not down the bottom of the tank just M.I.A ??????????

i think it's the female that lacks any color they look a lot like Gambusia/Mosquito fish .

male can only pass on the moscow gene and then add more red color cells for purple and add yellow color cells for green but doesn't say whether it's something you have to tweek for a few generations or if it's gen1 ??? trial and error i let you know in a few months

hmmm not sure if it would work but just a thought. home brewers use a heat blanket for the yeast cultivation, would a heat blanket under or around the tank work or help ?????

water flow ? the heater will switch off once the temp around it reaches 25 were as the rest of the tank may be only 21-22 ? heater size i think roughly for each watt will heat 1 litre of water so if your using a 55w heater in a 120 litre tank then it would pay to get another one?

original plan was to put the female straight in with my blue moscow males to try and get a few purple moscows but changed my mind and will get a drop from the pure strain first then put her in with the blue moscows . i'll keep you updated on how it goes not sure if i'll get any purples 1st generation it may take a few generations ? the yellow female above i'm hoping to get some green variance to the blue as she has alot of body color for a female , here's hoping

i ended up with an endler through symphony , only since my new tank has been up and running have i been able to isolate him , the coloring i can already see in he's offspring at 3-4 weeks i'm second guessing isolating him , think i may be letting him loose again from what i'm seeing in he's offspring but it's only early days and the colors aren't all that clear being only 3-4 weeks old sorry not sure on class but is a black bar and has blue in the dorsal which i'm led to believe is closer to the wild type?

she's up and running still need to make a few more dividers but lost patience with them so will get back to it at a latter date , cost blown right out now with 2x heaters ,T8 twin lighting , and a eheim filter proberly would of been cheaper buying a second hand tank and set up

new female i've had for about a week now my new albino full red pair

cheers betta

they are tasty , same as the normal colored ones

if you see them to happen pop in again could you point me in the right direction

we get the blue marron over here that look very similar http://www.truebluemarron.com.au/index.htm

another more recent one although not half and half http://www.perthnow.com.au/technology/science/blue-lobster-found-in-ocean-near-maine/story-fnjwk7lb-1227036898909

"theres some one in WA that breeds amazing guppies" i haven't found them with hours of searching the net i got my blue moscows from aquotix and i asked about getting some albino full platinum( she hadn't heard of them) she also said that there quarantine is currently down and they didn't know when it would be up and running again would love to be able to get in contact with another westerner for some different strains as no stores over east want to know me when i mention W.A.???????

your tank does look great . i had the same drama , taking a few snaps of a moving fish is alot harder than i thought

sorry been on night shift , just starting to feel human again no worries Maddzvk just hit me up when your ready , the plan with the tank is to divide it with just guppies as there pretty hardy and starting out it's a good choice with my limited experience , my idea is to breed the blue moscows i have and eventually if i can ever find any in W.A is to get some albino full platinum and use the tank there currently in as a fry tank or just keep my favorites in the current tank and do another build for the fry once i've got a bit more control over what male mates with what female hope that was of help Bettarazzi we used to use that method with window glass ect . but for a flasher finish we had a water fed (the water keeps the heat low to stop it from cracking ) belt sander with different coarse belts and cork polishing belts , wouldn't recommend running water on your home sander though

sharpening stone's work well , but if the tanks been put together be careful not to hit the other edges or you may crack the glass , working it along the length/edge , not up and down like a saw it will just chip/shell the glass , i wouldn't use a good one just a cheapie as it won't be any good for knifes after . you can also get diamond stones they make light work of it and give a really good finish but are pricey . 1 piece of glass you'ld need to wipe 8 sides , holding it at about 45 and 3 or 4 wipes along the full length and it's usually pretty good

sorry was rambling on a bit too much hence why i wrote , clear as mud , next time till do a pic by pic with no writing or see if my mrs can upload a short vid but thats out of my league hence i'ld need my mrs to do it the tank is not a specific gallon or litre it was just i had a lot of pieces the same height so made it to that for less cutting it's internal 1445mm long x 445mm wide and only 300mm deep ( the size alot of the pieces already were ) which works out i believe around 205 L or 52.8 gallon with the cost so far being $20 for 2 tubes of silicone but will multiply alot are i get bio filter , light , heater ect

thanks the drive was worth it to me , as it's exactly what i wanted. when the new tanks ready the difficult one it's looking like is sourcing the albino full platinum's i want , started looking with no luck at all

had some old 10mm glass in the shed from a few years ago when i was a glazier , decided on the weekend gone that i'ld use it to make a new tank as i've already done the main structure i'll show a quick run down on how i was taught as an apprentice obviously draw your design , then cut the glass / get it cut allowing for silicone joints ( that depends on size generally between 2-5mm ) and deducting the width of the glass for the ends so the front runs through and the ends but up to the front ( maybe confusing pitures below will show then i drew out the tank some timber and screwed down blocks of timber to hold the sides up right by this stage the glass would be taped with about 3mm in on the is ide for a better seal and on the out side almost flush (1mm) i haven't as just doing a quick demo as i'ld already finished mine the blocks underneath just lift it off the bottom so you can access it when siliconing rather then having to cut off big blobs later down the track then i just use old roofing lead and cut and shape it to hold the top solid and level the below photo shows how one piece of glass will run past with the other butting up to it and about a 3mm gap for the silicone joint then next you would pump the silicone into the joint , a clean cut nozzle at the right angle and size is the key as well as not being to shy by making sure it comes out the other side as well . running up or down at a slow smooth speed you can always wipe more off but if you don't use enough you'll get air bubbles and higher leakage chances using a spatula like this on the side you used the silicone gun use the above or something square and that won't scratch the glass or ripe the tape off and hold it quite flat (vertical) at this stage you want to push as much as possible out the other side you don't want to be wiping the excess off just yet you want to be pushing it through to get rid of air bubbles now on the other side you can hold it more horizontal to remove excess then you do the same on the first side then once more on the other side now you can peel off the tape and let dry for atleast 24hrs unscrew the timber blocks , remove the lead then i used the timber blocks under the base and under the newly siliconed sides to lift it off the floor so you can access the base to do the same as what was done on the sides with the base (caution the sides will be quiet flimsy until the base is in place ) and you should end up with something that resembles this i'm yet to put removable dividers and waiting till wednesday pay day to buy the lights i want before i can get the measurements for the light supports that will need siliconing in place which will determine where and how the dividers go otherwise if the light support goes over the divider with the system i'm looking at doing which is slide up and down i wont be able to remove them so i just got to wait for the light first CAUTION GLASS IS SHARP AND CAN CUT, BREAK extreme caution should be taken when handling SILICONE :most kitchen/ bathroom silicones contain anti-fungus which can kill fish most bathroom silicones are neutral cure which means it doesn't seal glass to glass as strong a good quality acetic cure silicone with the recommended cure time with a few wash outs before use is highly recommended as clear as mud ? i've got enough glass to make another the same size so i'll take proper photo's of a step by step when i do that one