New Heckle

[fish_r]

picked up my other heckle yesterday.
got lots of green algae on the glass, cause changed my Co2 reactor and fert dosing :(

[scott bowler]

wow they are awesome fish Rob well done mate good stuff

[nicholas76]

aaah wiked heckel
pure awsum

[scuba123cliff]

Looks much nicer in your tank than it did in the shop well done thats three you have got now is that right.You lucky bugger !!!!
Cliff

[ozarowana]

heckel cross?

[the german]

beauty absolute top heckel.

hey ozarowana,why you think its a cross?

[Robdog]

I thought it was a cross at first too. Not really sure why though. I guess I thought a heckel would have less striations (I'm sure that's a word) and a more dominant brown colouring. :ug:

[DiscusEden]

Just perfect Rob, you lucky thing! He looks really happy with you, well done!

[samir]

where'd you get it from ??? is that bayfish stock ???

[DiscusEden]

That's what I wondered - 'cos they had them that week.

[Erk]

Very nice looking fish Rob! :D Congrats......looks very good in your tank!

Whats the problem with the reactor, thats causing algae :?

Good luck with the reactor, algae, and your new beautiful fish!

[fish_r]

thx guys :)
not sure if there heckle cross, but i dont think so ?
the pic was taken just after i put it in the tank so was a bit stressed and probably a bit dark from that too.
will post some more pics when i clean the glass and it's settled in a bit more
Cliff have 2 heckles and a heckle cross...
got it from a lfs Samir i'm pretty sure it's from Bayfish though.

sorted the reactor out now Erk, was cause i was using cheap poxie reactors b4, now getting 100% diffusion so just have to get the ferts balance right again. probably take another cpl of weeks or so to sort out...

[Erk]

Cool :D Glad its sorted out!

Good luck with the ferts....this balance act is tough! haha

[ozarowana]

Just to clarify when I say heckel cross I meant a natural cross (in the wild) and not a cross with a domestic.

I remember reading that true heckels have more body striations. The 5th bar is also suppose to run further up the body and into the dorsal fin.

Crosses sometimes also have different face markings.

Yours might be a blue face heckel x, just my opinion though.

[fish_r]

ok cheers for the info ozarowana

[samir]

was there anything like this at the lfs ???
http://ccante1.free.fr/dotclear/images/billets/brilly/discus-heckel.jpg
http://user.cbn.net.id/tiram/My%20Web2/MadeiraHeckel3.jpg

[fish_r]

they only got in the two that a brought Samir. at the moment they dont really specialise in discus.
but i'm loving that bottom one, what a stunning fish.
are they ur's ???
getting a bigger tank soon so will be able to fit 2 or 3 more discus so i'm thinking more heckles and would love one like the bottom one.

having problems getting mine to eat properly at the moment, all they seem to want to eat is live black worms
which i hate feeding. i have started putting bloodworms in the cone with the blackworms hoping they will get a taste for them then faze out the black worms.
also feeding the usual live shrimp once a week but they dont seem interested in them either :(
any ideas ?

[Erk]

they dont like your beefheart mix either fish_r? I have never fed live blackworms.....good luck with them :D

[scuba123cliff]

Rob
I got mine eating beef heart but it took about 2 weeks ,i feed them live shrimp ,live mozzie wrigglers to keep up some body size. Each day i put in some frozen shrimp till they got use to picking at it then slowly added beef heart till they started to pick at that now they eat anything hope thats of some use.
Cliff

[fish_r]

nah unfortunitly they dont like my beefheart mix Erk :(
but as soon as i put the live black worms in they hammer it down, but live black worm are a good way to introduce disease :(

thx for the suggestions Cliff, thats pretty much what i'm doing now, except the mozzie wrigglers so i'll keep at it and hopefully they eat other stuff soon then cause i stopped feeding blackworms a long time ago cause they were also living in the substrate...
cheers
Rob...
here's an updated pic of the new one and both together.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v402/KharmaKazi/Heckle26-5-07.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v402/KharmaKazi/Heckle226-5-07.jpg

[ivo]

I really like your heckel. They are good shape and colour. Excellent Discus!

[fish_r]

thx ivo...

[scott bowler]

hey Rob whats happening with the Heckels mate how are they going ,good i hope any update pics hehe

[fish_r]

hi Scott
i had to take them out of the discus/community tank cause they wern't eating and i was getting worried about them. i put them in there own 100ltr tank and wormed them twice with prazi and now there starting to eat like pigs :) "very relieved" but still only eating live blackworm and live brine, now there eating properly i'm going to slowly introduce frozen foods to their diet too.
the colour on them is looking really good now, will try get some more pics soon m8...
thx for asking :wink:

[scott bowler]

thats good to hear Rob you have them back on track ,i would love to see somepics m8 good stuff
all the best mate scott

[fish_r]

got a cpl of pics, but there not the best pics as there's no light above the tank so had to use the flash, but there looking much healthier now i think :)
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v402/KharmaKazi/Heckle20-6-07.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v402/KharmaKazi/Heckle220-6-07.jpg

[scott bowler]

they are looking good Rob well done mate good stuff kep it up

[Namn8r]

Rob thaw out your beef heart mix and mix with live black worms through it. This should get them starting to eat the beef heart and slowly faze out the worms. Do you mind shring how much they charged for thhe heckels? pm me i not.

Ta Nam

[fish_r]

thx Nam
will give that a go tomorrow and c how they go, just been trying to beef them up on the worms and shrimp for now as they lost a bit of weight when they wern't eating.
paid $200 ea for them for 10-11cm fish.

[Namn8r]

Thats great Rob, you should be very proud owning a beautiful pair of wilds like that andfor such a good price too. Well done mate, look forward to some further pics as they progress!

[fish_r]

just thought id'e put some current pics up, there not the best pics cause no light over the tank and having to use the flash.
the fish are eating frozen bloodworm and brine shrimp really well now, but still giving live blackworm about 2-3 times a week "soon to cut it out all together" i found it hard to get them to eat frozen food, but persiverence paid off :) now to get them eating beefheart mix and pellets etc. iv'e managed to get them to put a bit of weight on now and happy with there size. there still in 100ltr tank, will put them back in the display tank in the next week or two and will post some more pics then...

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v402/KharmaKazi/DSCF2436.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v402/KharmaKazi/DSCF2427.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v402/KharmaKazi/DSCF2431.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v402/KharmaKazi/DSCF2419.jpg