Got my Ornate & Delhezi!

[Spiritofthesoul]

Hey I finally got my ornate & delhezi from a LFS! Was so excited when I looked at both of them swimming together side by side, so I was thinking, well, since im planning to get 1 of each, why not get those 2?

And I did!

Special thanks to the people who helped me with my stocking ideas
http://www.monsterfishkeepers.com/forums/showthread.php?t=375399

Both of them are around 4 inches, got the ornate at $12 and the delhezi at $18. By the way, Im not sure if its a delhezi, so ill post some pictures, help me identify please

Here are some pics of them, currently acclimating both of them

Once again I can only confirm the identity of an Ornate (even a dumb kid could do that). Please help me identify if the other one is a delhezi. From my experience, it is definitely NOT a lower jaw

 

[tokyogasmask]

Yup, 100% Ornate and Delhezi.
Nice. Enjoy!

 

[putra]

congrats bro!
may i know how big is your tank as mine is just big enough for small fry..
so please suggest me a suitable one, that suits with my pocket..

 

[Spiritofthesoul]

Yup, 100% Ornate and Delhezi.
Nice. Enjoy!

Thanks for clarifying! I was unsure as the tank water they were in at the LFS is dark brown from all the tannin in the driftwood. I accidently caught an Endlicheri just now and when I took a look at it in the bucket, it was apparant it was a lower jaw, so i net it back into the tank.

congrats bro!
may i know how big is your tank as mine is just big enough for small fry..
so please suggest me a suitable one, that suits with my pocket..

Mine is a 70 gallon for now. Planning to upgrade once my babies grow up

UPDATE

acclimating them now (helicopter view)

 

[putra]

if i buy 4 or 5 feet tank, then how much gal in it?
i think i want to upgrade my tank as my babies have grown up..

 

[Spiritofthesoul]

Use this, http://www.monsterfishkeepers.com/forums/calc.php

u'll need to know the exact spec of your tank though.

Anyway I finally got them off live food, and freeze-dried. They are finally eating hikari sinking pellets! YES!

 

[putra]

thanks bro..
should i make my babies starve first before i can make them hungry for everything that i give to them?

anyway nice bichirs there!!
hope they grow fast enough to be a monster and eat everything!

 

[Spiritofthesoul]

Try starve them a day or two, then add the pellets and wait. If they don't eat after about 2 hours, take out the pellet and try again tomorrow. It's stubbornness would eventually give in to the hunger.

 

[spwd]

Very nice buddy,congrats.




Steve

 

[Spiritofthesoul]

Thanks steve, cant wait for them to grow up to sizes like yours