Awesome pickups! Cichla Orino

[tydus]

Just 3 days ago I went to my lfs and saw 6 cichla labeled as "peacock bass" and were selling for $9.98 each which I thought was pretty cheap. I had a slight feeling they were orinos and took the risk of getting 2 at first but decided to get another one the day after since some members on here said they were orinos. Well I dropped by my lfs again and the 3 remaining ones were all still there so I scooped them all up and now I have 6 orinos! Excuse the photo quality since they were from my cell phone. Let me know what you guys think.

 

[oscarfishguy]

Nice, what size tank do you have for them?

 

[tydus]

These guys are in a 20 gallon long waiting to be transferred into a 90 gallon. Right now some of them have ich and I've been treating them so that's why the silicone is blue. The new guys came out of the bag eating minnows.

 

[dirtbikerider]

Nice pickups, especially the 2spot

 

[tydus]

Thanks. I can't wait to see how the 2 spot will look like.

 

[Houdini89]

Very sweet 2-spot

 

[fish junkie]

Nice pickups, especially the 2spot

agreed

 

[tydus]

Very sweet 2-spot

agreed

Thanks guys! I think I got lucky with these. Couldn't be more happy.

 

[gangster]

Is the 2 spot like that on both sides? And what is your temp at? 87-89 w/ some salt and the ich will dissapear pretty quick w/ reg. wc's. Get those guys eating bloodworms and brine shrimp......feeders are a pita!

 

[tydus]

Is the 2 spot like that on both sides? And what is your temp at? 87-89 w/ some salt and the ich will dissapear pretty quick w/ reg. wc's. Get those guys eating bloodworms and brine shrimp......feeders are a pita!

Yes the 2 spot is like that on both sides. My temp is at 82, so maybe I should bump it up a bit. But I'll try to get them onto other foods once I can get them bigger cuz I don't want them to starve to death since they are still young.