Nice looking cu's , can't way to see when you put them with the others no that I am rushing you though.
They look great Jacklyn !! I like how they are starting to color up, please keep us updated with more pictures I got my first wilds(1male and 1 female) yesterday, they are in quarantine tank 40 gallon planted. They started eating bloodworms this morning and also chasing cherry shrimps - Yes I have about a 100 cherry shrimps in that tank lol. I wasn't prepared to buying these guys I randomly bought them and I have a 40 gallon tank cycled and ready so currently they are housed in that tank.
Nice looking cu's , can't way to see when you put them with the others no that I am rushing you though.
Last edited by Pardal; 08-06-2017 at 10:09 PM.
Breeding , interest and goals Wilds Heckels and Cuipeuas and a few Domestics pairs with occasional fry as well as Angels fancy Plecos , corys and shrimps.
update:
last sunday, I added the new cuipeau's to the main tank. So far everything is going well. They are smaller than my greens, but I knew they would be. My husband kept saying they would be bigger but that's because he was looking at them in a 30gal qt tank and they looked ginormous while in there. They are about the size of my small female green. They are really great, sometimes it is hard to tell them apart when the lighting is in sunrise mode because it doesn't highlight their oranges/reds. They still eat from my hand, and one of the greens has joined in on eating from my hand also. Their personable and less skittish attitudes seem to have rubbed off on my greens, which have always been a little skittish and held back. No more eggs since introducing them, lots of mild aggression as the sorting out of the hierarchy has resumed. None of my males are flirting with the two new cuipeaus yet but I still have hope that they are female. Some pictures from bfast time. Note the cuipeaus show bar strongly at feeding time, they are very voracious eaters.
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need to get 110 stand build asap.
~JACKLYN~
How are these two doing now?
Very nice fish, and now in the main tank I believe they will look much better.
Good luck and congratulations
Please keep us with nice photo you shoot
always like the wild ones, good luck with them.
Thanks for the kind words. The two newer fish are doing great, actually they are highest on the totem pole in the tank higher thank the four green tefes somehow. I will try to get some updated pictures soon.
~JACKLYN~
Congrats Jacklyn on the new additions. I will say eveytime you post your tanks...I see you really have a knack with keeping wilds and are very vibrant under your care.
Looking forward for updated pics.
...Ralph
"Success comes from knowing that you did your best to become the best that you are capable of becoming."
-John Wooden
finally, some updated pictures of the two cuipeaus I bought from Mark in july. Disregard the bar showing, this is during breakfast and stress is heightened
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~JACKLYN~
Very pretty! I like the coloration throughout the body, nice
They look great Jacklyn, great color and condition.
Pat
Your discus are talking to you....are you listening
Love those greens. Wild Greens to me tend to have a little bit different body shape then the others. Anyone else knows that? Almost like the forehead is very round and pronounced. The base colors of them are also unique to me because at certain lights during some of their moods they almost appear some sort of purple at times. Like a different sort of yellow that then blends into almost a purple base pattern underneath the stripes. I really like your greens! Hell, I really like all of your discus!
-Elliot