Heckels

[Jeroen]

Very nice

[dwarfciclid]

nice fish.
are they from bay fish? if you want to sell some, tell me price please.

TAO

[samir]

yup they are from Bayfish. Xtreme could probably get you some if you asked. atm Bayfish have 10cm heckel williscwartzi .

[Squid]

I noticed a comment before about Heckels liking a diet rich in veges - too true. Hey - in their natural environment, the pH is too low for even mozzie wrigglers to live. Up in Townsville, I met a guy who used to import wild discus in Europe for over 20 years before he moved to Aus. He told me the same thing and what he suggested was to put some broccoli floretts in the tank. I gave it a shot being a sceptic. I attached a small broccoli peice to a lead plant weight. next day, only a stem left with the heckels. No cat fish in my tanks either. give it a go and see what happens. If nothing gets eaten, then just take it out and ignore all my further replies/advice - I think you'll be surprised though!

Squid

[samir]

I wouldn't be they have been eating my cichlid mix which has a lot of veggies in it.

[scuba123cliff]

Hi Squid you didnt say if the broccili was cooked or raw .
Cliff

[Squid]

raw or blanched (2-5secs in boling water just to soften it). They didn't seem to care either way.

[samir]

they are now 11.5 cm so they've grown 1.5cm in seven weeks and are pretty healthy now. Will be moving them out of the 2 footer tonight, to a 240litre, as they are starting to mark territories and things are heating up.
got three more 12cm coming tomorrow so they should all be the same size.will post pics soon.

[scott bowler]

sounds good mate good work hehe pics are a must too

[Merrilyn]

Wow Samir.

I'm impressed mate.

Where's the piccies