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Glad to see you touch on quality when it comes to "designer" bichers. You see a lot of plats, albinos, sb, etc with imperfections like bent, missing, or mishapen finlets. Every single one of yours are flawless. Come to think of it, I've seen these before. I begged and stomped my feet trying to buy one. Nice to see they ended up in your collection :)
 
Collection looking sweet! Those PBBs sure thickened up! Any more photos of that large Nigerian lap? :)
 
shookONES said:
Glad to see you touch on quality when it comes to "designer" bichers. You see a lot of plats, albinos, sb, etc with imperfections like bent, missing, or mishapen finlets. Every single one of yours are flawless. Come to think of it, I've seen these before. I begged and stomped my feet trying to buy one. Nice to see they ended up in your collection :)
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Haha.... our little secret...... :) ........
Abolutely agree..... in general people put an average price on platinum bichirs, not realizing a plat bichir can cost thousands of dollars more than the next due to the grading system..... again this is part of the game for ALL designer fish.

I'll post some platinums you have NOT seen in April.... still settling in and recovering from a long trip home......
 
framcosco said:
Haha.... our little secret...... :) ........
Abolutely agree..... in general people put an average price on platinum bichirs, not realizing a plat bichir can cost thousands of dollars more than the next due to the grading system..... again this is part of the game for ALL designer fish.

I'll post some platinums you have NOT seen in April.... still settling in and recovering from a long trip home......
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Hao said:
Collection looking sweet! Those PBBs sure thickened up! Any more photos of that large Nigerian lap? :)
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It's interesting you bring the PBBs up.... they are all eating like monsters with NO hunger strikes for the past 4 months.... i think i stumbled on something.... always heard these are prone to hunger strikes from most if not all PBB keepers on this site...... the "secret" is that they are extremely sensitive to NITRATES.... even at relatively "low" doses..... i was having the same problem.... and starting thinking why???? Must be a reason.... usually all of PBBs went on a hunger strike at the same time... so it's not an individual piece but all of them.... last time this happened, I did a 90% water change and cleaned all of my filters with treated tank water..... next day, they ate like pigs.... thereafter, every single time i see my PBBs not eat, I do the same and next day they eat like a charm.... every single time.... i would say my water is very clean and my parameters are within check.... but somehow PBBs specifically will STOP eating when nitrates are up a certain level..... i will be buying an electronic device that will accurately measure nitrates so I can log the level of nitrates in the water column when my PBBs stop eating and then remeasure levels after a huge water change and filter maintenance..... if there is actually validity to this observation..... no more PBB hunger strikes for everyone....

Bro, I noticed how atleast 2 of them have grown in length.... crazy growth spurt... and yes they are getting THICK... couldn't be happier with them!!
 
framcosco said:
It's interesting you bring the PBBs up.... they are all eating like monsters with NO hunger strikes for the past 4 months.... i think i stumbled on something.... always heard these are prone to hunger strikes from most if not all PBB keepers on this site...... the "secret" is that they are extremely sensitive to NITRATES.... even at relatively "low" doses..... i was having the same problem.... and starting thinking why???? Must be a reason.... usually all of PBBs went on a hunger strike at the same time... so it's not an individual piece but all of them.... last time this happened, I did a 90% water change and cleaned all of my filters with treated tank water..... next day, they ate like pigs.... thereafter, every single time i see my PBBs not eat, I do the same and next day they eat like a charm.... every single time.... i would say my water is very clean and my parameters are within check.... but somehow PBBs specifically will STOP eating when nitrates are up a certain level..... i will be buying an electronic device that will accurately measure nitrates so I can log the level of nitrates in the water column when my PBBs stop eating and then remeasure levels after a huge water change and filter maintenance..... if there is actually validity to this observation..... no more PBB hunger strikes for everyone....

Bro, I noticed how atleast 2 of them have grown in length.... crazy growth spurt... and yes they are getting THICK... couldn't be happier with them!!
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I too have noticed that higher nitrate, my bichirs didn't eat as much. After doing a huge water change, they ate a lot like you said. It would be interesting to see if there's a correlation between nitrates and a fish's appetite. How big are the PBBs now?
 
Hao said:
I too have noticed that higher nitrate, my bichirs didn't eat as much. After doing a huge water change, they ate a lot like you said. It would be interesting to see if there's a correlation between nitrates and a fish's appetite. How big are the PBBs now?
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There is no doubt in my mind about correlation between high nitrates and level of appetite.... what's most interesting in my observation is that PBBs in particular are especially sensitive compared to ALL other bichirs..... when my PBBs used to stop eating, all the rest of my bichirs ate plenty.... looking forward to posting my findings.... only thing is a high quality lab grade nitrate level reader is hella expensive... might try to write a hypothesis/request to borrow one or get funding..... this is very interesting and CAN BE DONE.
 
I have no idea how big they are now but while taking some pics last night....one of the pbbs swam right in front of me....and i said " holly molly batman! Thing is huge" .... haja....will measure soon....
 
Frieza all day. That suspense was brutal on my ADHD. The struggle is real.
 
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