My Heckles

[blue acara]

Hi all, first time I've posted a topic so

Just got some Heckels, thought I would post a diary type thing here.:
My new wild Heckels arrived yesterday morning. I have 7 of them in a 55 gallon bare bottom tank. The tank has a couple pieces of wood and I have thrown in some weighted down plants for them to hide in. Water is GH 3 KH 2 TDS 110 ppm. No pics yet but their shape looks pretty good.

So far they are still very stressed and are all huddled together behind the wood and plants, the good news is they have eaten-I have seen most, maby all of them eat. I have fed them live bloodworm and live brineshrimp, and some have eaten a small amount of Tetra pro. I have used a turkey baster to get the food near them.

This morning, after having the room light on for an hour I turned on the aquarium light (60 watts). They did not appreciate this at all, some of them swimming erratically on the bottom of the tank. So I turned this off right away and put on a small 11 watt light.

Hopefully some good news and pictures to follow over the coming weeks. Wish me and the Heckels luck

[blue acara]

Day 3 with the Heckles- I'm really happy to say every thing is good with them.
They are eating well, they still love the live foods and they are also enjoying some earthworm stick.

Here are some pics-





They look good don't they!? There 3 inch long approx. After only 3 days of being in a new tank, I'm well impressed with them.

They don't seem to mind me getting close to the glass, or the camera.

They are beginning to interact with each other. flashing their tales at another ect.
When I turned off the 11 watt tonight(with the room light still on) they started swimming around the tank quite freely, always schooling tightly. Also I have seen them all together at the middle bottom of the tank leaning to the right then swimming a few inches forward, they seem to be showing off to each other- Very interesting to watch them.

The earthworm stick is great as it breaks up quite slowly in the tank, they enjoy nibbling at it.

[Darren's Discus]

They look awesome,I want some !!!!


cheers

[bavaria36]

They are beautiful. My next tank will be filled with Heckels....

Aaron

[White Worm]

Where did you get them?

[B-O-F]

They look good don't they!?

No.

They look FANTASTIC

I love wilds, especially Heckals.

[blue acara]

Thanks for the comments guys.

I got them from http://www.plymouthdiscus.com/ a UK seller.
They had acclimatized, wormed and fed them. I got them in already excellent condition.
They were fairly expensive, but well worth it.

[Kindredspirit]

Nice site! They have Arowanas...and they are micro-chipped! At first I thought they do that since they are jumpers...but it isn't like you won't find them....lol! Why do they microchip fish?

Your Heckels are nice

[B-O-F]

Why do they microchip fish?

by the time they are filleted they are to small to have with full size chips.

[Tropical Haven]

Very nice looking discus, keep us updated with pics of these guys in the next few months.

[Rod]

by the time they are filleted they are to small to have with full size chips.

LOL BOF....but i think the americans only have fries!!

[Rod]

Day 3 with the Heckles- I'm really happy to say every thing is good with them.
They are eating well, they still love the live foods and they are also enjoying some earthworm stick.

Here are some pics-





They look good don't they!? There 3 inch long approx. After only 3 days of being in a new tank, I'm well impressed with them.

They don't seem to mind me getting close to the glass, or the camera.

They are beginning to interact with each other. flashing their tales at another ect.
When I turned off the 11 watt tonight(with the room light still on) they started swimming around the tank quite freely, always schooling tightly. Also I have seen them all together at the middle bottom of the tank leaning to the right then swimming a few inches forward, they seem to be showing off to each other- Very interesting to watch them.

The earthworm stick is great as it breaks up quite slowly in the tank, they enjoy nibbling at it.

Great looking Heckels, i want i want.

[vera]

Great discus,i want some too
BTW do u mind telling what make earthworm sticks are , i've never seen them b4

[blue acara]

Nice site! They have Arowanas...and they are micro-chipped! At first I thought they do that since they are jumpers...but it isn't like you won't find them....lol! Why do they microchip fish?

Arowanas are paternal mouthbrooders and produce small broods of fry and take a long time to reach maturity, so they've been vulnerable to exploitation for both food and the aquarium industry.

As a result, Asian arowanas have been protected under CITES, the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species.

The fish are not banned, and it is perfectly legal to trade in them, but the fish do have to be bred in captivity and all fish need to be tagged with a special identification microchip so authorities can tell that the fish are not taken from the wild.

Great discus,i want some too
BTW do u mind telling what make earthworm sticks are , i've never seen them b4

Here is a link to where I got them http://www.ta-aquaculture.co.uk/index.htm

Earthworm is a good food for fish.
Apistomaster recommended them to me.

[Dan S]

Hello Blue Acara,

They look great!! Heckles are so beautiful!! Chris has some beautiful fish down there in Plymouth.

I was tempted to get some myself but lack of space prevented it (always get the timing wrong!).

Good luck with them and keep us posted with thier progress.

Dan