Festae Colony Update: 6-11-11

[Community Disorganizer]

Awesome looking colony and nice choice of music!

 

[Jeb77]

very nice

 

[AcsFoolMike]

Growouts are looking great, and I agree, great choice of music!

 

[Gruff Master]

Who could ever get bored with a tank full of Festae?! They are all looking very nice, full of color and good size.

 

[Freshwaterpredators]

Awesome video. Love them. Already showing great color.

Thank you

Looking good and looks like they pig out with those bellies.

Thank you lol yeah thet do eat good

Looking good their siblings are doing well,will post pics of them alittle later.

Thank you, looking forward to seeing them all together.

Your video bored the hell out of me after I watched it a bunch of times LOL...That set up is to die for the fish are gorgeous and active. Knowing your track record they'll pair and spawn by mid-week.

Thank you very much Ira I really hope i can get a pair or two out of this group and this is a new set up for me so hopefully theyll get it done

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Wow bro! that guy is awesome great pic

nice festae ...

Thank you

Awesome looking colony and nice choice of music!

Thanks bro

very nice

thank you

Growouts are looking great, and I agree, great choice of music!

thank you

Who could ever get bored with a tank full of Festae?! They are all looking very nice, full of color and good size.

Thank you Al

 

[BillyBlanco]

Wow Nice looking Festae I cant wait till mine get that size!

 

[Peacock Rey]

They are looking really nice and getting bigger ! Hope you get your pair, Good luck with them !

 

[Peacock Rey]

Just a question.....What do you feed your festaes ?

 

[Freshwaterpredators]

Wow Nice looking Festae I cant wait till mine get that size!

thank you and you are in for a treat the fry you bought from chris and my F1's have the same mother different dads.

They are looking really nice and getting bigger ! Hope you get your pair, Good luck with them !

Thank you and so do I

Just a question.....What do you feed your festaes ?

I feed these guys alot of variety. i bought a bunch of food from Kens fish and feed krill pellets, large growth formula, color pellets, NLS, Massivore, sprulina pellets. and i also feed market shrimp, frozen talapia, and frozen blood worms a couple times a week i feed twice a day and i only give a couple dif types a pellets each feeding and sometimes they only get fed once a day cause i get busy with work and stuff and dont like feeding after 7pm

 

[BillyBlanco]

our fish are half brothers/ and sisters... lol

I feed mine NLS, Massivore/Carnivore, Bio-Gold, Bloodworms, Mysis Shrimp, Spirulina Flake, Kelp Pellet. It says a lot online and a study made by scientists of wild specimens proved (ugh hate the details on this one) that wild Festae have higher average plant matter in diet than other large aggressive omnivore cichlids and it is in their opinion that Festae is a true omnivore and benefits from plant mater more than say a Red Devil(etc). Meat should be primary but a more extensive plant supplement is good fro them. Not more plant than meat, just more plant than usual.