Larry OG vs. Tahoe OG in Dual Monster Plant System (2nd Scrog)

brandon727272

brandon727272

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Wow flowa that looks like some CHRONIC! How are you guys doing?

For my 4/20 this Friday, I'm going to wake up, prepare a breakfast, and then SMOKE MY COLA OF RED DRAGON THAT HAS BEEN CURING FOR 6 MONTHS! then I'll happily eat my breakfast :D. I'm going to freezer grind a lot of my bad weed/small nugs I have so I can put kief on bowls all day long :mrgreen:
 
flowamasta

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brandon727272 said:
Wow flowa that looks like some CHRONIC! How are you guys doing?

For my 4/20 this Friday, I'm going to wake up, prepare a breakfast, and then SMOKE MY COLA OF RED DRAGON THAT HAS BEEN CURING FOR 6 MONTHS! then I'll happily eat my breakfast :D. I'm going to freezer grind a lot of my bad weed/small nugs I have so I can put kief on bowls all day long :mrgreen:
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thanx mate! i think i got it right on time, see the trichs how they are still milky white, and only a few are going amber, just how i like it, a good stong buzz!
 
lordjin

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I've been obsessed with them ever since I was a kid. I think we're all pretty familiar with the common variety?

And when breeders got really creative and developed the crown tail type, I was all over it.


But Ladies and Germinators, I finally found the pure white Half-Moon I've been searching for all my life... I couldn't believe it when I saw it. Every time I go into an aquarium store, I always check their Bettas. Commons, Crownies, but never, never Half-Moons. I walked into the cheesiest little pet store ever and there it was. Not only are moons hard to find, pure whites? It was the only one they had.

I love this fish. It's a living paint brush. Hard as FUCK to find.

Oh, and never keep your fighting fish in one of those little cups... Especially an impossible to find pure white Half Moon.

Note the 2.5 gallon mini-heater. These are tropical fish, people. If you wonder why they always look so lethargic in those plastic cups, it's because they're cold. As soon as I fired up that heater, he became active and started spreading his fins. He fights with his own reflection in the acrylic. He's so much happier in his warm, private aquarium. It's almost like he can't believe the jackpot he hit when I brought him home. Ph 7.0 for him. Nothing but the best for White Moonie.

Also, bettas, unlike other fish, have what is known as a labyrinth organ that allows them to gulp air at the surface of the water... They do best in still, non-aerated water. Cool, huh?
 
lordjin

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You really can't appreciate this guy without video. Known as the "White Ghost" in the Betta collecting scene, it's clear why this particular variety is prized and difficult to breed. Check out Moonie flexing his muscles. Yeah...
[video=youtube;jvjqb-iuAAU]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jvjqb-iuAAU&feature=youtu.be[/video]
He's so happy in there. He just gulped down five pellets! What a champ. I can't believe I finally landed the All White Half Moon! :clap:



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My obsession with tropical fish, hydroponics, it was destined to happen. Lol.
 
dababydroman

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how do y ou mate those things? i just got a little fishtank and put two gold fish in it from out of my pond. used to have a alligator gar but it recently died. the goldfish got lucky.
 
lordjin

lordjin

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dababydroman said:
how do y ou mate those things? i just got a little fishtank and put two gold fish in it from out of my pond. used to have a alligator gar but it recently died. the goldfish got lucky.
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You want to breed Bettas? I don't know much about it, but it's a fine art. Here are the very, very crude basics of getting started: Take a champion male and a champion female with favorable characteristics. Provide real floating aquatic vegetation. Start with a partitioned aquarium (about five gallons). Heat water to just under 80f. Let the male and female share the water with the barrier up while you feed them nothing but live food in this warm environment. After a few days to a week or two of this, raise the partition. They'll either mate or the male will just kill the female. Either way, the female is gonna get damaged badly. The male will probably have built a bubble nest already before you remove the partition. He's gonna try for it all when you introduce them. I tried it twice and failed.
 
slayer6669

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im not trying to correct you lordjin just wanted to throw in here that i got 2 large pacu and 6 different kind of cichlids and 2 red belly piranhas all in the same 75 gallon tank. the pacu eats alot of plants in my aquarium but they freak out when i throw in some feeder fish and they tear them into pieces if they cant swollow them whole. for some reason they are meaner than the piranhas are lol and i throw in chunks of red meat sometimes for the piranhas and the pacus and cichlids tear it up to. the cichlids are very aggresive and will fight my piranhas for food sometimes. it seems like my piranhas are the nicest fish in the tank for some reason, and they are full grown. anyway cichlids are very easy to take of compared to piranhas so if youwant a fish that will eat everything go with what jin said and get the cichlids they are cheap and some kinds get pretty big.
 
Green eggs and Pam

Green eggs and Pam

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lordjin said:
How many hours that cost ya?
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It took about 2 hours. I only trimmed the fan leaves off so far, since I have to let any sm crawl up. (ew) I still have the lower branches and two colas that weren't as "ripe" as the others. This is what I have hanging so far:

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Tonight I will check on the ogs and see if they are ready.
 
lordjin

lordjin

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slayer6669 said:
im not trying to correct you lordjin just wanted to throw in here that i got 2 large pacu and 6 different kind of cichlids and 2 red belly piranhas all in the same 75 gallon tank. the pacu eats alot of plants in my aquarium but they freak out when i throw in some feeder fish and they tear them into pieces if they cant swollow them whole. for some reason they are meaner than the piranhas are lol and i throw in chunks of red meat sometimes for the piranhas and the pacus and cichlids tear it up to. the cichlids are very aggresive and will fight my piranhas for food sometimes. it seems like my piranhas are the nicest fish in the tank for some reason, and they are full grown. anyway cichlids are very easy to take of compared to piranhas so if youwant a fish that will eat everything go with what jin said and get the cichlids they are cheap and some kinds get pretty big.
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Right. I remember on River Monsters there was an episode about the Pacu. He eats whatever is around. True.

Sounds like a nice fresh water predatory scenario you got going. I used to be obsessed with the Red Devil Cichlid and kept nothing but those for a stretch of time. There was this one I had. I'll never forget him. I got three Red Devil babies one day and started them in a 15 gallon. One of them quickly showed his superior size and strength and eventually killed the other two. Lone survivor, he claimed the tank as his. This was a vicious fish. I swear he was more dog than fish. Super stout and a huge hump on his head. Def an alpha male. Whenever I would approach the glass, he would swim up like a dog for a treat. I trained him to jump out of the water and snap up feeder fish dangling from my fingers. Mini-Sea World show. He got spoiled on goldfish and wouldn't eat the dry food, though. It was a pain keeping it up. I had a separate aerated goldfish aquarium just for his food. He got to be about eight inches alone in a 55 gallon before I took him to the shop for credit. Even big oscars would get hurt by this fish. I just couldn't keep up with his appetite for goldfish. **It's my theory that feeding him nothing but live guppies as a juvenile and then nothing but live goldfish as an adult intensified his aggressive, predatory instinct.**

How's that for cichlid lore?

[video=youtube;zxlFjorDSIs]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zxlFjorDSIs[/video]
 
lordjin

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Mohican

Mohican

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Hey LJ - here is a quick update.

pH 6.8 - yikes
ppm 750

Added Flora Nova Bloom to fix both. Trained some branches and broke some leaves. Those giant sativa fan leaves are not good for weaving. I think I will just keep spreading them out underneath. Moved the top in the clone tote outside in a hallway in the shade to harden it off for its eventual release.

Took some pictures - yay!

The top piece day 5:



From the side:



And the screen:




It is getting harder to get in and out of my tote. I think I will set up some kind of system for getting water in and out.

Cheers,
Mo
 
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