My New Heckel.........

[the_oracle]

Tired of keeping domestics, I tried keeping Wild for a change. Hope this one works. Got it last week. A little bit scared though, but settling in slowly.

[jules]

Nice Discus - looks pretty big.

[roger]

As you may know, I happen to have a tank of wilds

Its actually 2 tanks of wilds at the moment.

Yogi here in Florida has a small garage full of wilds and they do look nice.

I found that the wilds tend to have a lot more personality once they settle in. It usually takes mine about a month to do that. Once they do the colors brighten up and they get pretty frisky. The heckels though are usually the more reserved of the bunch.

The heckel looks nice, feed it well and dont crowd it and you will find out just how nice a wild can be.

Peace,
Roger

[the_oracle]

Tanx Jules.
It's almost 5" big.
You're right roger, they have their own personality. I'll definitely take good care of him.

[DISCUS USA]

Hey Oracle,nice wild you have..is it wild caught or f1..

[Sindhu Lim]

Yo Oracle,
looking good. Best of luck and some new photos when it's settled in, please.

Rgds
Sindhu

[the_oracle]

Hector:
Not too sure, but the LFS owner said it came from Peru ???

Sindhu:
I'll definitely send in new pics. when it's settled in.

Tanx.

[Rod]

Nice heckel oracle, i like the red eye which is fairly uncommon with them i think.

I don't think heckels come from peru, mostly they are found around the negro river area.

Rod

[the_oracle]

Hi Rod,
They don't come from Peru? I'm still new to keeping Wilds.
I guess I just believe what the LFS owner told me. Need to do more homework regarding this ......

[Rod]

Hi Oracle

The peru discus is a form of green discus, it is in the most western range from where discus come from. The heckel is found in the central amazon basin, around the rio negro.

[the_oracle]

Hi Rod,
Now I know. Good piece of info.
Tanx........
It's settling in slowly. Been a week since I had him/her.
I'll post some pics. soon............

[Fishin dude]

Hey Oracle,
I have three good sized Heckels...one will eat the kitchen sink...one will eat worms and beefheart only and one will eat nothing but worms. You will probably find out soon why the Heckel strain is not as easy to keep as the Browns and Blues.
Good luck with your wild venture...they are the best! Lee

[the_oracle]

Hi Fishin dude,
Kinda weird diet amongst them. Maybe I'll find out later what mine is up to. BTW, good piece of info.
I won't be shocked when mine started having axclusive diets.........
Tanx, man.......

Good luck from me also.

I know you will enjoy the Wild side of Discus ;D

Ronald

[the_oracle]

You bet I will, Ron. 8)