i must be doing something right :)

[fish_r]

my heckle and heckle cross have been fighting a bit with a spotted discus i have in the same tank the last cpl of days and the heckle went a bit dark for the last cpl of days. got home this arvo and found out why :D
the heckle has paired with the heckle cross and theyve layed a bunch of eggs
i was so excited to see it when i got home 8-)
tried to get a cpl of pics but the glass is really dirty so there not too flash.
looks like i will have to setup another breeding tank 8-)

loaded vista the other day and cant get my camera to show up, but when i can will post some crappy pics :P

[scott bowler]

well mate good luck with it you will have to get pics soon. i have vista too must say it is crap and wish i had xp back hehe hope it all goes well mate

[scuba123cliff]

Well done Rob hope it goes well the young will be very interesting to see and i know that everyone will be saying it .So if they hatch and grow i would be very very keen to get hold of some of the offspring ,keep us up to date on there progress.

Cliff

[samir]

i told you so :lol: :lol: :lol: what size is the wild heckel ???

[fish_r]

i dont expect anything out of the first few times so will leave them in the tank there in for a little practice, but will get the fish out of the 100ltr tank and put them in there in a cpl of weeks and have a good go at getting some fry ?
i brought a breeding cone a few weeks ago but havn't wet it yet.
i dont run RO but will seriously have to think about it now :P
it's the bigger of the 2 heckles Samir @ about 4-4.5 inch from head to tail
and the cross is absolutely huge and a proven breeder 8-)

P.S. i tried for 2hrs to get my camera to show in Vista ultimate "grrr" "haha ultimate yer right" and it's not happening :( if i cant get it to work soon going to load XP Pro again !!!

[samir]

I'd just leave them where they are, till they get wrigglers.
and btw even if you do get fry, it doesn't count :P :lol: :lol: LOL
only S. discus X S. discus will be regarded as a heckel breeding. :lol: :lol: :lol:

[ILLUSN]

S. discus X S. discus will be regarded as a heckel breeding

Man your hard to please :lol:

[fish_r]

doesnt really bother me lol just be nice to get some good looking fry :lol:

[Erk]

Just found this thread! Good for you fish_r! I hope you get the breeding tank going with them! I would love to see some fry from those fish!

Dont forget you have to send me one! haahhaha

Good luck with everything! :D

[Gajowa]

That is great news. I hope you will have nice youngsters from that pair. You say, that female is a cross from what kind of discus?

Barbara

[fish_r]

thx guys, ill send u a few if i get any Eric lol
these are the two fish that have paired, not sure what the hybrid is crossed with though ?

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v402/KharmaKazi/Heckle24-9-07.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v402/KharmaKazi/Heckle3-1.jpg

[Erk]

Great news! haha :P I look forward to seeing pics

Good luck with them :D

[Merrilyn]

That's fantastic.

I'm really thrilled for you.

:wave1 :wave2 :cheers :blob

[fish_r]

thx Merrilyn http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v402/KharmaKazi/thumb.gif

[samir]

oyee new pics with eggs please :) partition your pc and setup a dual boot XP/vista till microsoft get their act together.

[fish_r]

just about to format and re-install XP Samir "patients man" :lol: i dont really have enough space atm to run both systems so XP it is.
dont get too excited lol cause the pics are going to be pretty crappy i think :roll:

[fish_r]

dbl up...

[samir]

buy a mac

[fish_r]

arn't Macs for people that dont know how to use computers :P id'e rather spend my money on fish and tanks atm than stupid bloody computers :lol:
although mines getting a little old now P4 3.4ghz 2gb memory :( getting new tanks very soon though. 3 x 2ft breeders and 1 x 5 x 2 x 2.5 :) got to get off here and format NOW...

[fish_r]

the pics are very crappy as i warned, these are the best 2 i got :( lots of algae every where, but just started dosing with dry ferts so hoping to get control of it now...
first pic is mum "hybrid" looking after eggs and second pic is mum and dad and dad "heckle" in protection mode.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v402/KharmaKazi/DSCF2727.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v402/KharmaKazi/DSCF2730.jpg

[samir]

better luck next time. is your other heckel a female ? your plants look cool , wish i could grow them like that.

[fish_r]

not sure on the other heckle m8 ? it hasnt paired with anything yet. plants should look better soon, been using dry ferts for a few days now and i can see the difference already :wink:

[Erk]

The fish look great rob!

Dry ferts are the way to go....thanks to your own advice a long time ago! :lol: :wink:

The only algae I have ATM is the green spot stuff on the back wall...other then that no algae

Good luck with the eggies :D

[fish_r]

they laid again a cpl of days ago and managed to get better pics this time :wink:

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

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v402/KharmaKazi/HeckleandHybrid2.jpg

[Erk]

They look great Rob! Nice work :thumb

I hope you have good luck with the eggies this time around...Im anxious to get mine :P :lol:

[samir]

looks better, good luck