Growing Out Wilds

[eranio]

Gorgeous fish! How much wild do you have pat?

[dirtyplants]

Coree, it takes about a year for wilds to color up so enjoy the ride. Also I think yours are a different type of green from mine.

Will be interesting to compare, mine are very yellow sometimes they actually try to blend into the back ground which is blue, their lines become light with a blueish hint to them. Have you noticed this?

[winn0923]

Yup they do try to blend in w the background


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[OC Discus]

Coree, are yours teffee greens? There was a thread a while back titled "what is the market for teffee greens" by scully. The blue colors in his fish was awesome.


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[DiscusBR]

Terrific job, Pat! Not everyone can make the fish thrive as you do. Amazing change of colors in both the female Cuipeua and the Pacoval. Great that you have documented their development. Keep the pics coming

[daffyfish]

Amazing

[dirtyplants]

Coree, are yours teffee greens? There was a thread a while back titled "what is the market for teffee greens" by scully. The blue colors in his fish was awesome.

Yes, OC I beleive they are. They are really sweet, very curious, if I place something new in the tank they will inspect it inside and out, even nudge it, stick their little red eyes up to it to take a look at what is inside. I have yet to get a decent picture of them they are very camera shy. Sorry Pat, have not had wilds in such a long time, don't mean to go on about my greens.

[Second Hand Pat]

Pat they are gorgeous! It is truly amazing to see a fish blossom into its full potential under the correct care.

Thanks Nick and it is definitely worth waiting for.

Beautiful and can't wait to see more. This is great for those of us starting out with wilds and gives us a peek as to how they might change if we do our husbandry due diligence . I'm certainly looking forward to seeing how my 4 greens change and develop also and this gives me a little insight to what changes I should be looking for.

Thanks Marnie

Nice thin lines on the female!

Yes but believe the lines of the Trombeta are equally thin.

[Second Hand Pat]

Gorgeous fish! How much wild do you have pat?

Eranio, I have a group of green Tefes, a group of blue heckels and a group of Cuipeua with two Trombeta and one Pacoval.

Will be interesting to compare, mine are very yellow sometimes they actually try to blend into the back ground which is blue, their lines become light with a blueish hint to them. Have you noticed this?

Coree, sounds like they are reversing their bars.

[Second Hand Pat]

Terrific job, Pat! Not everyone can make the fish thrive as you do. Amazing change of colors in both the female Cuipeua and the Pacoval. Great that you have documented their development. Keep the pics coming

Mauro, you have done a pretty good job with your Cuipeua including breeding them. That is pretty awesome.

Amazing

Thanks Daffy

[Second Hand Pat]

Yes, OC I beleive they are. They are really sweet, very curious, if I place something new in the tank they will inspect it inside and out, even nudge it, stick their little red eyes up to it to take a look at what is inside. I have yet to get a decent picture of them they are very camera shy. Sorry Pat, have not had wilds in such a long time, don't mean to go on about my greens.

Coree, check with John, I believe yours is a different green.

[dirtyplants]

Coree, sounds like they are reversing their bars.

Is that good or bad, or maybe just normal?

Coree, check with John, I believe yours is a different green.

Yes I will because I should really know.

[Second Hand Pat]

This is one of my Demini Heckels. I got them from Mark early 2013 and they were all about four inches.

April 2013


After I moved all the heckels to the 230 this one developed a swollen gill and quit eating. I was not really sure what to do so I observed. After a bit the gill resumed it's normal size and the fish started eating. The period of no eating did set the fish back and it is the smallest of the heckel in the group. It is actually turning into a decent little fish.

Tonight

[Second Hand Pat]

Is that good or bad, or maybe just normal?

Coree, it is normal. Here is one of my Tefe in QT with reversed bars.

[dirtyplants]

Pretty darn amazing! I love that these fish, they have so many ways to communicate within their environment or use the environment to change their color scheme. Nice Tefes, is this a recent picture? If older how are they now?