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13-06-2013, 12:48 AM
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Senior Dragon
 
Join Date: Apr 2003
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2013 Altum Season
Should be round the corner.. has anyone seen it in any LFS? I bought a batch in 2011 and sold half this year and few months later the other half 'checked out' due to some mishap..
My gameplan was to buy towards the end of the season where late shipments are usually bigger in size and more stable and by then the craze has more or less cool down... so is easier to take your pick when they arrive but this year I would like to have a go at smaller ones and try to grow them up  So have you prepared your tank?
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13-06-2013, 01:04 AM
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Can't wait for the season to start too! My new tank just arrived last weekend but i have my quarantine tank prepared first. Now in ICT so waiting to out-pro this Friday & prepare the main tank
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13-06-2013, 01:20 AM
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13-06-2013, 01:24 AM
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Yup, sold
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13-06-2013, 12:10 PM
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However, if you get small ones and want to raise them to their maximum potential, be prepared to pellet train them early and buy an auto-feeder. You will want to feed them 6 times a day, as much as they can eat in a few minutes (till they are very obviously fat). The first 6 months is crucial to get your altums growing to maximum potential. In terms of when the season starts, it will be sometime in the first week of July. Colombian bans lift on 1 July every year, so fishermen will start preparing towards the end of June to ship out massive quantities from the first week of July onwards. I believe the trend over the past few years has been 7-9 July when first imports come in. If you're aiming for Atabapo altums, they come in usually 1-2 months later. |
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13-06-2013, 12:28 PM
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Dragon
 
Join Date: Jul 2010
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So the plan is to grab all or interval batches? From what I observe last year, the first arrival is more stunted. i.e. the eyes is bigger than the body. Later batch after a month will be much better and surprisingly the condition is as good as the first. I am not sure for the past few years though. Need any furan 2 let me know
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13-06-2013, 12:47 PM
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Senior Dragon
Join Date: Apr 2003
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Bro Illumnae .. Like the idea of using timer didn't come across that!
Bro red, touch wood - I hope that I don't need to use furan 2 I still have them on standby... Tetracycline I also have a lot! If u got lobang let me know huh... |
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13-06-2013, 12:50 PM
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Dragon
 
Join Date: Aug 2012
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Wow bro.. Altum season coming again.. Even though I'm not buyin this year I'm do excited!!
 currently have a monster comm, if not I would sure grab a comm of them  Best of luck to all of u bros, hope to see the updates soon!!
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13-06-2013, 01:27 PM
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Endangered Dragon
 
Join Date: Dec 2001
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Knn....later i am going to wash my empty tank..... buy sand, filter....and standby!
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13-06-2013, 01:40 PM
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Dragon
Join Date: May 2002
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Time to prepare my tank and stock up on Furan-2 already.
Only left 1 pc from 2012 batch 
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