Rio Negro Heckel Project

[William1]

Just looked at Johnny 's site. He's got large Nhumunda brilliant blue heckels on sale right now for $90 each. The same kind Pat has or had. Large semi royals for the same price. I'm sure they are sweet. Sounds like a great deal. They are probably big boys. He's had them for a while.

[Phillydubs]

Well that is my fault then and I apologize. The way the messages was written came off negative to me and I was trying to advocate for niceness. William your messages tend to be a bit quirky and hard to read at times.

I never said your fish were not nice though. If you go back and re read I said I am are they are nice but can't compare to these heckles. After seeing the pics I stand by my statement but that's just personal preference. Your fish are as expected. Nice.

[Second Hand Pat]

I do have a picture of one heckel
Attachment 102240

I'll try to take more pictures videos this weekend.

Cheers,

Fred

Loving these heckels Fred and they look to be growing nicely. Some nice plans on your fish room and congrats on the upcoming little one
Pat

[William1]

I would love to try my hand with some heckels, but there is no way I'm having more than one discus fish tank. I love my guys and will keep the status quo. The discus are part of an overall show tank. Being wild and natural is a great part of the overall attraction for me. They don't have to have a certain percentage of stripes on their body to be cool. They were born cool. In the warm water of the Uatuma River.

[Second Hand Pat]

Fred, I know you are a busy man but do you have time for a video?
Pat

[jawfish]

No problem Pat.

I'll make a video tonight... its not I'm too busy but thst 75 front glass is terrible
Plus I really don't like tge black background and the blackwater. Its really dark

But you're right I'm really overdue for an update on these guys

Fred

[Phillydubs]

Enough w the excuses FRED...

VIDEO VIDEO VIDEO!!!

[Jack L]

enough w the excuses fred...

Video video video!!!

lol

[jawfish]

I'm not making this up....last night we got hit with an ice storm (freezing rain ) and lost power. We are suppose to get the power back later today (fingers crossed) ... temp was down to 78 this morning so it's not the end of the world, but it will get critical later tonight....

Will see what happens next.

Fred

[RogueDiscus]

Good luck!

[jawfish]

Good luck!

Thanks...

I got the power back late afternoon... the water temp went down to 70. Now I need to keep a good eye on them.

I'll try again tomorow night for a video

[jawfish]

Ok here a really crappy video from that horrible tank. No matter what I do the lighting doesn't do anything.

I need to finish that 140 gallon..

[Phillydubs]

thanks for the video... How are things going since the power outtage and all the issues?

They appear a bit skiddish, is this due to that fall out?

[Second Hand Pat]

I am guessing that they generally do not have a light on over the tank. No one is looking at the glass Fred, only the fish. They have gotten big.
Pat

[jawfish]

They normally have one led strip, for filming I had to put 2. I let them get acclimated for it for 24 hrs before filming.

So far they do not seamed to have been affected by the power outage that much, but yes they are more skittish than usual. They never really settled in as much in this tank vs the 65 they were in at first. I don't want to move them back to a 65 or two and then move them to the 140 next month. I'm actually surprised how they seamed to gone by, lets remember there was no heat and no filter in that tank for almost 24 hours. Luckily for me it was just above freezing outside, and they are in the basement where the temperature drop was slower than the rest of the house. The tank must have dipped to 70 or maybe even 68 before the heat came back on.

Yes a generator is coming soon, plus a propane fireplace is being installed to heat the basement in these instances.

Cheers,

Fred