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jonboy
01-14-2006, 04:29 AM
Here's another of my wild fish a Mari Mari Heckel.
See what you think!:)

Regards

Jon

mench
01-14-2006, 05:16 AM
Nice fish Jon...how old, Where did ya get it?

Mench

jonboy
01-14-2006, 07:40 AM
Nice fish Jon...how old, Where did ya get it?

Mench

Mench,

Not sure on age as it's wild caught.
I bought it from a guy 25 miles away from where I live over here in the UK.

Regards

Jon:)

jeep8rus
01-14-2006, 05:32 PM
Nice! How big is he?

Looks exactly like the one in my tank.

-Russ

jonboy
01-15-2006, 04:40 AM
Nice! How big is he?

Looks exactly like the one in my tank.

-Russ

Thanks Russ,

I would say he's about 5.5 "

Regards

Jon

P.S How about seeing a picture of your heckel ?

cs9119
01-16-2006, 12:45 AM
jon,

nice piece there... the 'lines' r all right up to the tail.

here r mine.

but the 'lines' only reach halfway....they r all 3-3.5 inches in body length

jonboy
01-16-2006, 02:42 PM
jon,

nice piece there... the 'lines' r all right up to the tail.

here r mine.

but the 'lines' only reach halfway....they r all 3-3.5 inches in body length

Nice shaped fish!
How long have they been in your tank?
Heckels take longer to settle and show their best colours.
Your fish seem to have a red base colour,do you now where they where caught?
Are the fish in the background Tefe Greens?

Regards

Jon

cs9119
01-16-2006, 10:49 PM
those pics r taken less than a week in my tank. had them for 8 wks.

but to my knowledge, the fish has already been quarantined for a mnth before i got them. i think its from brazil... not sure where exactly though

yes, it has reddish back ground n the 'bar' is starting to show up more esp when hungry! i find my heckels have a better body shape than my greens.

those at the back r peruvian greens.... have 9 of them

jeep8rus
01-17-2006, 12:15 AM
http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b35/easonra/Discus/wildhecklefromTony.jpg

He's a runt though and not as big as yours.

-Russ