heckles breeding

[scuba123cliff]

I am real hopefull that my heckles(wild) are going to breed they have chased all other discus to the other end of the tank. They are eating like pigs and starting to clear a spot on the flower pot ,here are some pics what do you think . I will keep you posted.

Cliff


ps. sorry pics a bit blurred but they wont stop and say cheese.

[scott bowler]

hey they look great cliff .i hope they breed for you mate good luck with it and yes keep us posted

[Ben]

I more more than impressed you have them at this 'courting' stage.

Please keep us posted mate and a big well done!

cheers
Ben

[fish_r]

good luck with it Cliff hope they do the job 4 u, how did the other pair go by the way ?

[scuba123cliff]

orange pair got wrigglers but then ate them

[scott bowler]

hey Cliff any good news mate how are they going mate ? hope its good news

[scuba123cliff]

No sorry guys but no luck yet they have gone off there food and stopped chasing the others but there is always hope.

Cliff

[scott bowler]

oh sorry to hear that cliff hope it works out mate keep trying

[mr troph]

:) Hey Cliff I wish you the best of Luck they are splendid Discus. I would love to see some F1 Heckles FS.

Todd

[samir]

any luck ???

[samir]

what size are they ???

[scuba123cliff]

WE seem to go through this little game about 2/3 weeks ,it has stopped at the moment as there are two many fish in the tank (waiting for new tank),My tank run down is 220lt 29/30degrees two foam filters 1 airstone driftwood the light goes on at 5am over there tank off at 6pm the tank light on other side of fish room goes on at 10am and off at 10pm then a night light is on all night (24hr cycle).The water is 0/0/10 ph 6 kh 53.7ppm gh125.3ppm 50/50 tap rain with peat soaking in water drums water changes 2/3 times per week depends on time.I dont heat water it comes straight from drums stored outside at a rate of 5mins per lt refill about 30% wc.Food is my mix of beef haert /flake /pellets/frozen b/shrimp b/worm and some live food, I think thats all let me know if you need any more info
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Cliff

[scuba123cliff]

Sorry forgot fish size male(?)12/13 cms female(?)11/12cms

Cliff

[samir]

is that total length (including tail) ???

[scuba123cliff]

No that would be body size im very pleased with there size the large one is very out going in to every ones business and the smaller one is a lot more reseved and quite.
Cliff

[tiktaalik]

Hey Cliff,

Any joy? Are your hecks looking more serious or still playing games?

Ralph

[scuba123cliff]

As luck would have it no the smaller one is in a tank by its self its just not happy at the mo.It went really light in colour and got shy it hasnt lost weight but has stopped growing .The bigger one of the two flirts with any thing in fins male or female so maybe some hekel crosses.

Cliff

[tiktaalik]

Sorry to hear that Cliff - hopefully she'll come good soon enough

[samir]

what ph are they at ? imo its not a good idea to mix them with domestic discus till they have completed growing.

[scuba123cliff]

The ph is 6.8 i use a mix of 50,50 rain /tap water they have been mixed with "domestics"the whole time i have had them ,why not mix them .

Cliff

[samir]

you want them to be eating continuously when they are growing. If they stop for a week or you probably lose a cm. i feel its better not to mix them with domestics till they are full grown, you wouldn't want them catching something that knocks them back a couple of cm.
I'm not sure about 6.8, have been keeping mine at under 5.5. They are most active at around 4.0-4.5. If you keep them under 5.5 it will start eating again. Not sure what other people are keeping them at but in my limited experience 4-5 is an ideal ph for them. Don't mind keeping domestic discus at even 8.0 but not these guys.
If you can add a piece of driftwood, they prefer it to cones. The two people on the net who have posted breeding pics, have used driftwood. if you can manage a couple of branches at the top and the driftwood underneath, they will stay under the branches. cover on top,branches or driftwood makes a huge difference.