What an interesting cross this would be!
Since my heckels are in with the pair which has formed between the Trombeta and one of the Cuipeua females the heckels have developed darker tails and fins. It seems like the sexually active fish have juiced up the heckels. I have seem two occurances of a heckel bowing to the Trombeta and heckels staring at wood. I am not sure if all this means anything but interesting...
While this picture is a bit out of focus the heckel on the left was wood staring.
What an interesting cross this would be!
Coree
Life is maintenance, happiness if flexibility,
May you stay forever young.
Very nice pics Pat.
I will remember that when my heckels breed and have wigglers. Just kidding!
Coree
Life is maintenance, happiness if flexibility,
May you stay forever young.
That would be awesome Coree.
heckel to heckel ... Yes anything can happen at Pat's place
Ryan
If people knew why it was so hard then people would understand how to entice the heckel female to spawn. The impression I have is people think they need a soft, very acidic water to maintain and breed heckels. I suspect the heckel live in this type of water during the dry season. I want to know how the fish live in the wet season. I suspect as you enter the wet season the water cools, the ph raises and the food supply increases. Finding the trigger is the secret I think.
We shall see Ryan. This thread goes me hope and it happened in Florida...http://forum.simplydiscus.com/showth...Heckel-Spawn!!
We are not worthy! Hail to the queen of wild discus. I mean it.
Yun-
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So Pat have you tried lowing the water and pH and then through a trickle system raise the water, and the pH, and cool the temps???
Coree
Life is maintenance, happiness if flexibility,
May you stay forever young.
I have not Coree as the heckels are not mature enough.