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Watermelon banquet

Post by Emma Turner » Fri Jul 21, 2006 8:22 pm

The other day I bought a watermelon with the intention of trying the Clowns with it once I thought it was ripe. Well tonight was the night, and they really enjoyed it! :D They demolished it quicker than cucumber and both of the 3" x 2" x 1.5" (approx) chunks that I put in were gone within an hour! :shock: :D

I thought I'd share a few photographs, taken under blue moon lighting:

First out to try it (after the greedy barbs of course...) was one of the smaller Clowns:
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Just look at these two getting stuck in!
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Another action shot:
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One of the larger loaches takes a chunk out of it:
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Starting to gather round the melon in numbers now!
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Marge enters the mix....
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and sees off a lot of the 'smaller' competition....
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"Mine, all mine"....
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Post by Martin Thoene » Fri Jul 21, 2006 8:32 pm

Awesome! Obviously the camera decided to cooperate again.

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Post by Graeme Robson » Fri Jul 21, 2006 8:38 pm

Stunning pictures! :D
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Post by Emma Turner » Fri Jul 21, 2006 8:39 pm

Martin Thoene wrote:Awesome! Obviously the camera decided to cooperate again.
Yeah, thank goodness! :D I've found out from the Nikon website that my Coolpix 5700 has a known fault. :( Apparently I'm entitled to get the components replaced free of charge from a certified Nikon repairer, and typically, there are none near me. I think it'll have to be sent away for a few days, which I'm not very happy about. It even let me down on Weds night when I went to watch my beloved a-ha play at the London Docks! :evil: We had free entry into the British Motor Show that evening too - Martin, you would have been in your element!

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Post by kimby » Fri Jul 21, 2006 8:50 pm

those are wonderful pics Emma, I really enjoyed them.
It never occurred to me that fish might like watermelon. :)

how big is that huge clown? :o
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Post by Mad Duff » Sat Jul 22, 2006 3:56 am

Great pictures Emma, Marge certainly is a beast of a fish :lol:

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Post by Emma Turner » Sat Jul 22, 2006 8:26 am

kimby wrote:how big is that huge clown? :o
Marge is just under 12". :shock: :D
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Post by Barracuda518 » Sat Jul 22, 2006 10:42 am

Very nice. Your clown loaches have some interesting patterns. Like everyone else said, Marge is a very nice loach. It really shows the potential size of clown loaches 8)

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Post by AneesasMuse » Sat Jul 22, 2006 1:41 pm

Emma, those pics are great!! And I LOVE Marge... she's such a "lady", hunh? LOL Thanks for sharing! :)

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Post by helen nightingale » Sat Jul 22, 2006 1:53 pm

that is certainly a great sequence of pictures :D i love the way that, even though there's not so much left, Marge looks very satisfied with herself for claiming the remains for herself.

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Post by HylaChristine » Sat Jul 22, 2006 4:09 pm

Did you get Marge as a baby or a young adult?
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Post by diesel » Sat Jul 22, 2006 4:20 pm

Awesome! thats the only word that come's up to me, realy fantastic 8) 8)

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Post by kimby » Sat Jul 22, 2006 4:21 pm

she's lovely, do you have a male that matches her in size?
She needs to meet mamaschild's Fat Albert. I think he's close. :)

Do you think there's anything to the thought that the reason no-one gets clown spawns is becuase they need to be full grown?

Nevermind...forgive me for bringing up what I'm sure is an age old question....I should probably just spend time searching your archives. ;)
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Post by diesel » Sat Jul 22, 2006 5:00 pm

a clown needs te be 7 inches (17 centimetres) before they turn sexually mature they say.
If its true???

I dont have the exprience yet :)

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Post by topline » Sun Jul 23, 2006 4:02 am

Hi Emma

I've admired your clowns for ages. Just a question if you dont mind... you say the larger clowns "come out"... What sort of hiding places do you provide for clowns of this size?

Thanks
Brian

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