Amazing recovery and transformation!! That cichlid is looking really good! Really like the red on its throat.
12" Black Belt - Before and After!
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Heh, I do have one video, he got in a fight with a cat...fish...
http://i743.photobucket.com/albums/xx78/Jeff_Campbell/17197712.mp4
Nice video. ... very funny cat... and awesome tank. you should make more vids.
Nice video. ... very funny cat... and awesome tank. you should make more vids.
Thanks. It's from my iPhone so I know it's not the best quality. I just found out my college library rents out DSLR cameras and HD video cameras for free, so I'm going to get on that when my new tank is running and take some nice stuff.
Very well done, absolutely turned that bad boy around. Awesome job!
I use the exact same method, same w/c schedule, NLS, etc, with Vieja/paratheraps and their hybrids. I learned about the danger of parasites with my first flowerhorn. After him I began treating every new large cichlid for several things as soon as I got them. Any larger cichlid that has made the rounds of lfs and or internet fish sellers is at risk. Even fish from reputable sellers/dealers can succumb to health problems due to the stress of shipping. Of the hybrids I own, the fish with more Vieja/Paratheraps blood seem to be more susceptible to parasites.
I can't reccomend NLS enough. I've yet to have any fish turn it down and every fish I've fed it to pure or hybrid, shows a marked difference in health/color.
I use the exact same method, same w/c schedule, NLS, etc, with Vieja/paratheraps and their hybrids. I learned about the danger of parasites with my first flowerhorn. After him I began treating every new large cichlid for several things as soon as I got them. Any larger cichlid that has made the rounds of lfs and or internet fish sellers is at risk. Even fish from reputable sellers/dealers can succumb to health problems due to the stress of shipping. Of the hybrids I own, the fish with more Vieja/Paratheraps blood seem to be more susceptible to parasites.
I can't reccomend NLS enough. I've yet to have any fish turn it down and every fish I've fed it to pure or hybrid, shows a marked difference in health/color.
Yes, NLS is a great food, unfortunately some people seem to have something against it? I don't know, that's another thread.
I've only been doing a once a week WC these last couple weeks, really need to get back on top of that, but I did get rid of about 20" worth of fish out of the tank as well. I'm going to test the nitrates tomorrow before I do the water change, curious to know where I'm at.
In the next couple weeks the 225 will be running and everything will be moved around and much happier. Going to be getting some new fish here too.
I've only been doing a once a week WC these last couple weeks, really need to get back on top of that, but I did get rid of about 20" worth of fish out of the tank as well. I'm going to test the nitrates tomorrow before I do the water change, curious to know where I'm at.
In the next couple weeks the 225 will be running and everything will be moved around and much happier. Going to be getting some new fish here too.
Bit silly, test it first, thats what I did. I'll never use anything else again.
I get mad results with their fry formula too, I'd say twice the growth rate I get with other brands. Another interesting factoid, my first FH had to be treated for internal parasites on a semi-regular basis until I put him on Thera A. After that he rarely if ever had a problem.
Good enough for me!
Almost missed this, great job with him. You really broufght him along. I always love to see saved cichlids and them turn out great after some TLC.
