MFT, Meet "Meaty"

[missdixie256]

Drae wont eat anything that sinks. That is why he doesnt get but one algae wafer every now and again. Cause he wont chase it or eat it off of the bottom...

As far as your feeders, the more 'healthy' food you feed them the healthier they will be for your oscar.

I buy mealies by the 500 and have 10 or 12 beatles I am seeing if they will bree..heehee
I have them in the 'shoebox' tubs lke .97 cents at wallyworld. To house them I grind up cichlid staple into powder, oatmeal, corn meal and cichlid flakes. I have HUGE mealies...LOL... I also keep half of a medium sized potato in the things..

 

[Katie217]

Lol Miss D,
I'm sure I wont be breeding mealies...I REALLY dont like bugs! Besides, I have a few more months of no live foods anyways...

But for everyones enjoyment...A crappy video of Meaty! (my glass is dirty...and full of scratches...and I'm lazy... )

See him watching my hand on the right side of the tank? Haha isnt he cuuuteee?!
I'll get more, better pics tonight after I clean my glass too

 

[FreshwaterJeff]

Cool video!

 

[jessey]

he's SO cute, katie!! he looks so happy and excited!

 

[Katie217]

Haha thanks!
I told you guys he was a little brat

I got more pics, and cleaned the glass...I should be uploadin them later tonight

 

[Katie217]

Heres the new pics!!

 

[Katie217]

Look at my fat belly!

 

[Helena21]

are you sure you cleaned the glass?

very nice pics Katie! He looks like he has googly eyes, haha

 

[IDunnoWhy]

That's a cool video Katie! Meaty sure looks like a peppy lil' freak

The pics that follow are awesome too, he's got great coloring!

 

[Katie217]

I DID clean the glass...but I guess I missed a few spots
And THANKS guys!

 

[Big Vine]

Oooh, very nice Katie! Meaty is a little cutie-pie.
LMAO @ Helena's 'clean' glass comment. *laughingc

BV

 

[missdixie256]

awww look at his little bugged eyes.. Katie You would be surprised at how quickly they grow... I suspect you could feed small crockets and mealies as soon as July Drae has been eating them since he was about 3 inches.. Man you guys are makin me want another one.. I only have 2 already..LOL

 

[Katie217]

Really????
You think he would have grown that much around July? Well I guess he since he is 2.5" he should be around 3" pretty soon.
PS - New Avatar

 

[Cichlid-Man]

To....many....oscar....avatars....*gasp* *dies*

He kinda looks camo

 

[jessey]

matt, that literally made me lol.

great avatar though katie!!

 

[Katie217]

Haha Matt
Thanks, it took forever to get the outline of Meaty all right...I'm sure theres a faster way to do it then what I did...oh well

 

[missdixie256]

Drae is averaging about 1.5-2 inches a month. So I think 1 to 1.5 inches is a good expectation for July

 

[Big Vine]

Matt's right, he does kinda look 'camo', lol.
As for his other comment about so many oscar avatars...hehe...maybe he's just catching the 'oscar bug' too and just doesn't wanna admit it.

it took forever to get the outline of Meaty all right...I'm sure theres a faster way to do it then what I did...oh well

LMAO...you mean like when you made the background completely black all around him in the pic? That's what I did with mine using the 'Paint' program that comes with Windows...very, very tedious and time-consuming...
I actually went in there, hit 'view' --> 'larger image' (or something like that) and then meticulously filled-in all the little pixels directly adjacent to Triton's body with black, using the paint-brush or something. I could literally feel my life's 'sands of time' dwindling away in the 'hourglass'...just like the 'days of our lives.'

Anyhoo...I love the new avatar, Katie!
BV

 

[Katie217]

LMAO BV!
I did the EXACT same thing, literally the EXACT!! hahahaha

 

[Big Vine]

ROTFLMAO...I knew it! We're crazy! *twirlysmi *laughingc *BOUNCINGS
Oh well, I think the avatars look pretty swell with the solid-black backgrounds.

BV