Gary;
Ive used that already but it does"nt seem to do anything for
the boes. Maybe its just my strain ive had them 15+ yrs. They color
up but it takes 2-2.5 in.s before they do. I dont like using color
enhancers when young cause when you stop feeding it they tend to
loose the enhanced color. I have no problems with other fish with
color just the boes. Maybe next yr. when im in fla. ill get a new
strain. I feed nothing but live food ,(supp. with some dry food)so
i don*t think its a food problem.
One thing though,when I raise then in the ponds in the summer
they color up at much smaller size.
PS.
Ive gone over this reply so not to have another fiasco like the
4 in. praecox
Regards Hank
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> Gary:
> Hi. I fully agree on what you said in your statement.I
should
> have ben more precise in my statement Eileens question was what
was
> the max. size for prae. and boes. and i gave my fish size. I
should
> have said the average size is around 2.5 in. Mine are probably
> exceptional because of their diet for egg production.When i said 3-
4
> in. i was generalizing. I have never sen a praecox at 4
in.either.It
> would be a fantastic fish though.
> Except for my breeders I fed heavy for the first 2 months
or
> so and taper off to regular feeding 1-2 times a day since it would
> be too expensive(since they eat like pigs)
> I never have ben able to get my boes. to color up at 1 1/2
> in. only a trace of color. Whats the secret? Ive had both color
> var.syellow and orange/red but still no real color at a sm. size.
> Im sorry that I gave the impression that i had 4 in.
> praecoxbut i do have many 3 inchers though.5 in. boes. i still by
> that size.
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> Regards
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> Hank
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> > parin_iceyfist <parin_iceyfist at y...> wrote:
> > --- In r_m_l at yahoogroups.com, "hank voss" <aatetras at y...>
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> > > Hi. Just getting caught up on the threads have been in
> fla.My
> > > praecox usually get to 3-4 in.the boes.5-6 in.ive sen larger
> but
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> > Sorry, but what? M. praecox of 4 inches in size? That's more than
> > 10cm's! That is flipping huge! :O
> > I've never seen one larger than 8 cms (3 inch), and even that
one
> was
> > larger than the rest. And boes of 6 inch (15cm)? I've only seen
> > trifasciatas of that size. Largest boesemani I've seen was about
> 5,5
> > inches but usually I see them at 4,5 to 5 inch.
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> > Looks like there's a lot of stunted growth in commercially bred
> fish
> > in Belgium then!
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