Malta Aquarist Society

 It will be great Frank seeing some of your discus and other species.

martin

 Bleeding Heart Tetra................H.erythrostigma

 African Long fin tetra...........P.longipinnis

martin

 woww Ivan, I thought you only had fancy goldfish. All those oddballs..... they look great. You keep all your fish without gravel Ivan ????

martin

Ranchu has changed my way of life in fishkeeping Martin, I have to admit that they has became my top favorite fish, I am working hard on them and I am commited to have high quality Ranchu in the future, however I love all my present fish but slowly I am turning to Ranchu only, keeper/breeder.

Regards

 It is good when one specializes to just one species of fish. That way you can commit yourself more and be an expert in that category. I am not capable of doing that unfortunately. We all know what quality of fish you have and that Ranchus are lovely fish to keep and breed like most of the other fish we keep. Therefore, it is good to have someone at the club who specializes in them. Good luck with all your breeding projects Ivan.

martin

Thanks Martin, I will do my best to improve Ranchu quality, Here are some of my new youngsters, hopfuly my next year's parents.

Great specimens Ivan. I would think that you cull the fry in order to have the fitest fish possible ehhh ??

martin 

Trying to upload a couple of fotos of my nano reek tank.

I have two cichlid tanks but I'm slowly but sure moving towards marine.... help!!

Louis 

 Marine set ups Louis are great. They need attention surely but are most satisfying. I never had marine tanks so I am not of help to you in this area. Hope you have all the success. Keep us updated on your projects.

martin

vassallomartin:

Great specimens Ivan. I would think that you cull the fry in order to have the fitest fish possible ehhh ??

 

martin 

Yes mate and loads of work with the fry at their youngest age possible! in the future to spot the best fry and grow them as best as I can.

Remember that fancy goldfish are all about development, and I want to make sure that I will grow my future own bred fry in better quality than their parents which were grown abroad. Hopefuly for next year I will show you an update of my work on them, photos will speak alot more than words.

Regards.

 I have no doubt about your abilities Ivan and I am sure we will see great fish.

martin

Thanks Martin                                      

Wonderful marine setup Louis Grech, keep it up    May be if you try and upload smaller photos they will comes better, the same thing has happened to me when I used Photobucket, I have found Flickr great for this forum.

Thanks Ivan :-)

The problem is that this hobby is addictive!

Louis 

 Hi ivan

Great fish, keep it up, you are becoming the expert now in these fish. I was given some by  Betrand, but i guess they were happier at his home and were growing bigger at his house than at mine. They seem to have stopped growing though they are in good health and eat a lot. But i think the reason is that they are cramped where they are , as they are in a small tank.  I hope that maybe you can give me some tips to make them start growing again

 Frank