Brew's heckels from Paulio

[brewmaster15]

Hi all,
I picked these guys up about 6 weeks ago.. watching Franciscos tank of Heckels made me realize how much I enjoy heckels.
These fish came from Paul , Paulio on this board. This section seems like a good place to post them. I realize they are still young, but I have hopes to breed them. Time will tell. But I am very happy with these fish even if they never breed for me!










and my favorite out of the four I got...



take care,
al

[daninthesand]

That indeed is a very nice quad of heckels Al.

Put me on the the list for fry....

Daniel

[gary1218]

Sorry brew, I'm just not one for Heckels. BUT.......... those have some nice round body shapes

I got some wilds a while back from Paul as well with some nice yellow/gold back ground color. Paul seems to have a good eye for nice wild discus. I e-mailed him several times before I bought the discus since they were my first wilds. He was always quick to answer. I was very impressed by his quaratine procedure as well.

GARY

[Ryan]

Very nice, Al. I e-mailed Paul a while back about some wild angels and he was very informative Glad to have him lurking around the boards! ;D

Ryan

[Paulio]

Al,

Fish look great! I am so glad you are happy with them.


Gary,

Thanks for the kind words. Lets see some pics of those babies ;D

Ryan,

Thank you for the kind input as well. I am a hobbyist first above all else. If I cant share what I do know, learn what I dont from others and get the best, healthiest fish I can into others tanks I just wouldnt be happy doin it. Hearing things like this makes it all so much richer ;D

Thanks again all!

Paul

P.S. Hail Hail to Al and Ryan for this incredible board!

[Jason]

very nice Al!

[yogi]

Al, the heckels look great. For anybody who doesn't know, the heckels are the roundest of all the wild discus. There are exceptions but on a whole browns are next, followed by blues and the greens are last. Also heckels have a tendency to look like twins, the others do not.

[henryD]

Wow nice heckles. I bought 2 blue faces ones when I first got wilds. I did not do some well with them. My first casualties actually. The other wilds I got in the group are all doing well and I still have them.

Look at your pics make we want to give it a try again....

[brewmaster15]

Look at your pics make we want to give it a try again....

boy Henry are you in trouble ! If the pics do that... whats going happen when you visit here tomarrow?! ;D ;D ;D

-al

[jim_shedden]

Al.............I have a herd of these. Three actually and they are adorable. I have been doing a lot of reading on heckles and it appears that they are more difficult to breed than most. They say that they require a little more acidic water than the other wilds. Is this correct? The other question is : Do you know what river they came from. I purchased mine from Oliver and he informed me that they were from the Rio Maderia. I have started a personal reference collection with pics of the wilds and the rivers they came from.

Paulio ....................great fish.............thanks

Jim

[Rod]

I agree the heckels are the best shaped discus, and the 5th body band really makes these fish something to behold. Those 4 you have look beautiful brew, one day i'd also like to attempt what you are doing. I've been waiting for years now to buy f1 heckels, but here in australia i have never seen them offered for sale. One day, i am patient

Brew:Very nice Heckel you have. It's a challenge to breed these fish. They are so perfect and don't need haircuts.

Jim:Heckels do need very acid water. Dennis bred them and they need a Ph very close to 4.0. It's very hard to stablize the Ph at that stage. A little bit of detritus from the pair will crash the Ph in small volume of water. I'm setting up a 120 gal system trying to breed them. No luck so far.
Jimmy.

[Steve_Warner]

Hi all,
Hey Brew, send some to me and I'll do an experiment on them. ;D They should LOVE my pH in my tank. It hovers in the low 4's range consistantly! I have NEVER(knocking on wood now) had a pH crash. You just have to keep a keen eye on your fish's behavior and watch your water params.

Steve

[Sketchy]

Wow! Gorgeous fish...I do like heckel's a lot...

[Francisco_Borrero]

Well Al, you got yourself some beuties there !!!
So that makes it what.....?.....14 heckels at your home now ? Or is my memory wrong and my math of the fuzzy kind ?

I owe you a personal communication soon, hopefully tomorrow. I hope everything is going well at home and the enhanced human family is all good and happy. We have our challenges around here but are generally well.

Cheers, Francisco.