1st venture into Wilds - HECKELS!
hi guys,
am new to the forum, first post here, and first time keeping heckels.. :)
just got 6 pieces last week, and currently putting them on quarantine... hope to be able to put them into my main tank by end Nov... or earlier!
anyway, here're some pics of them - í had to wait for them to swim from a corner to another before i'm able to get some decent shots of them in a group:
Oops, i could only post pics after 10 posts... :cry:
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OK, i've figured i could still use attachments.... :o
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Cool! Look a little skinny in the pictures, but I'm sure you're working on it already. :)
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Darrell Ward
Cool! Look a little skinny in the pictures, but I'm sure you're working on it already. :)
thanks! yup, guess they need beefing up.... they haven't been eating much, but at least I'm glad to see they've started to take some frozen blood worms... hopefully they'll settle down nicely and eat more..
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Good to see you here too :) This place has a wealth of information about discus, both domestic and wild. I lurk here alot and learn alot from the members around :)
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Hey Root, Nice heckels ;) If you are in the US we have a sponsor here offers live and frozen blackworms. That will help thicken your guys up.
http://forum.simplydiscus.com/forumd...sno-California
Also Al sells freeze dried blackworms
http://forum.simplydiscus.com/forumd...-Northford-CT.
If any of that interests you. Welcome to simply.
Pat
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illumnae
Good to see you here too :) This place has a wealth of information about discus, both domestic and wild. I lurk here alot and learn alot from the members around :)
thanks bro, yes i can see there're loads of information here! it's SIMPLY amazing!! :-)
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Second Hand Pat
Hey Root, Nice heckels ;) If you are in the US we have a sponsor here offers live and frozen blackworms. That will help thicken your guys up.
Also Al sells freeze dried blackworms
If any of that interests you. Welcome to simply.
Pat
thanks for the welcome note Pat - I would love to get those blackworms but unfortunately I'm from Singapore... :-(
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oh i've a question for now, hope not a stupid one - could i mix some geophagus Red Head Tapajos with Heckels - would they mix well?
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You are welcome Root, yes you can mix red head tapajos with your heckels. I would suggest getting the heckels eating well and get them thick. Red heads are hungry and quick. I had them in with my Nhamunda reds. Now I prefer german blue rams with my wild discus.
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Root, I'll pass you some freeze dried blackworms to try out when we meet up :)
No problems with the RHTs. I've kept my heckels with an assortment of eartheaters with no problems - Satanoperca leucosticta, Satanoperca daemon, Satanoperca mapiritensis, Biotodoma wavrini, Geophagus sp. "Tapajos Orange Head" (aka RHT) and Geophagus winemilleri. I've also kept them with various dwarf cichlids like Pat (but not rams, apistogramma, Crenicichla dwarfs and Dicrossus filamentosis)
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You might be able to order freeze dried blackworms thru Mal in Australia..Just a thought..Gary
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Second Hand Pat
You are welcome Root, yes you can mix red head tapajos with your heckels. I would suggest getting the heckels eating well and get them thick. Red heads are hungry and quick. I had them in with my Nhamunda reds. Now I prefer german blue rams with my wild discus.
cool, and i've forgetten them rams!!!! i may get some as 'clean up' crew for places which the heckels can't reach for food....
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illumnae
Root, I'll pass you some freeze dried blackworms to try out when we meet up :)
No problems with the RHTs. I've kept my heckels with an assortment of eartheaters with no problems - Satanoperca leucosticta, Satanoperca daemon, Satanoperca mapiritensis, Biotodoma wavrini, Geophagus sp. "Tapajos Orange Head" (aka RHT) and Geophagus winemilleri. I've also kept them with various dwarf cichlids like Pat (but not rams, apistogramma, Crenicichla dwarfs and Dicrossus filamentosis)
sure, thanks in advance! but no thanks if they're addictive!! :-p
ya, I think it'll be nice to keep some little mid to bottom dwellers to pick up any leftovers, esp in small nooks....
oh, in this case do i need to QT any future tank mates?!? non-wild ones i reckon....
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ROOT
cool, and i've forgetten them rams!!!! i may get some as 'clean up' crew for places which the heckels can't reach for food...
I probably wouldn't recommend it..I took all of my Rams out of my Heckel tank. Too much competition for food. And with those Heckel's looking a bit thin, I'd be skipping any competition for food.....Gary
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Hey Root.. you can go ahead and order from Al .. I got my shipment of Freeze dried blackworms from Al in just 4 days all the way from US to India.. Great service and I must say my wild angels are all pampered now.. They eat nothing other than FDBW and NLS..
Try it out pal.. Its great...
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Yeah, freeze dried blackworms can be sent through regular mail without problems. Getting skinny wilds is quite common. Dealers generally don't keep them long enough, or feed them enough to fatten them back up. There really is nothing better to put weight on wilds fast than blackworms.