Cucumber Czeching

[Martin Thoene]

Kind of an update on the Czech-bred histrionicas. I fed some cucumber this afternoon and got these pictures. These fast-growing guys are up around 2" SL now.







This one's a weird one. You know every so often the camara plays tricks? Well here I got some weird flash reflection that makes the Clown in the background appear to be getting into the season. Rudolf the red-nosed Clownloach?



Martin.

[Mark in Vancouver]

Great definition in photo #2. You can't go wrong with English cucumber - and it works well for scale in those shots.

[mistergreen]

nice.. i'll have to try that too.

do you know if they turn a yellow hue when they grow older?
I have one that's 3" and he/she turned yellowish. But the other 2 are not.. I was wondering if I have one that's not in the same species or a variant.

[Martin Thoene]

Great definition in photo #2. You can't go wrong with English cucumber - and it works well for scale in those shots.

Thanks Mark. The fish was right at the top of the frame, so that's where it stayed in my crop. That's actually the famous "CurlyQ". In the next pic you can see his barbels look just fine now.

Martin.

[Martin Thoene]

do you know if they turn a yellow hue when they grow older?

No idea with ones from this particular source. I'm keeping a photographic record of their development because they were tank-bred in the Czech Republic and have certain characteristics which make us believe they could be hybrids. Therefore, their development is yet to be seen.

Martin.

[Mark Janssen]

that the clown go's for the light is normal my fish chase the red "distant" meter also.

i have al laser"pen" and use it to play with the cats. they love it and chase is all day if they could. but my loaches to if i target it on the sand or a piece of wood or a stone they will go for it and even chase it if you don't move to fast.

[angelfish83]

they are looking good

They have the double tail spot now I see. when I had them they just had one.

They've really lost the orange color eh?

[Emma Turner]

Great pics! After spending a couple of days in front of my parents tank which houses their wonderful 'standard' B. histrionica, these Czech fish are clearly of different proportions. The head area looks weird!

Emma

[mistergreen]

i tried with a regular cucumber sans skin.. The b. histrionica ate the seeds and surrounding flesh but left everything.. It looks like a slice of eaten watermelon.

the seeds are nutritious i assume.

[Martin Thoene]

My fish eat every last scrap.

Martin.