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High City Rida;4047851; said:
Ok all it's not good news but it's news. I talked to Rick about how they were doing a couple of weeks ago. Unfourtinalty he lost the Occellaris the main sp he was looking for and 1 of the reasons why I did this donation. Apperantly it died of an unkown Myopathy at least this is all they could come up with after necropsy. The other news is the Largest Pinima tried to take the Tem down. Both are ok Rick and Alex saved the Tem apperently but after this discovery the Large Pinima was moved to another holidng tank and developed some sort of virus which was treated and it appears that it was saved. But the worse news is last of course. All of the Cichla will not be put on display for a while at least 8 months. Those of you that have seen the display can understand why! The enclouser is big but not that big. But the occupant's that are already in there are HUGE. I agree with Rick that it will take them some time to put on enough size to ensure there survival and this is what we all want. I am sure the feeding regimine there on now will bulk them up to size in the 8th month wait. I am sure no matter how long we have to wait it will be well worth it. I will see if he will let me make another visit to come check them out and see how there doing. I will get as many pictures as I can. And thank you you everyone that has responded. Lets all keep our fingers crossed and say a prayer for Rick. This has been something he has wanted to do for a very long time. If you have seen the Pacu in the main display he raised them from under 10'' and he has been trying to keep Cichla since this time as well. To give you an idea of the tme he has dedicated to this display and Conservation projects, the Pacu are now 3'+ and we all know what it takes to raise monsters. It's no easy task. So I am wishing him the best and praying that he is succesful. It would be mine and his dream come true to share the passion of C.R.E.A.M (Cichla) to the world. And just down right amazing to complete his main tank with the Lightning and the Thunder of CICHLA!

C.E.
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lets hope and pray they do well for the next 8 months!
 
There is always ups and downs in the hobby. But good to hear everyone else is still kickn. Hope you get to go check out your cichla soon.
 
I was at the zoo the other day with the kids, and got to see the first two of Mike's cichla to be put on display. Snapped a couple of pics that turned out pretty crappy but still ok. The two pinima, are still not on display but seeing the size of the tank mates it's probably better safe than sorry.

Here are a couple of pics of the temensis and occel(which they're call a mono by the way).

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Man they are looken nice for sure Wonder why they are calling it a mono if mike told them Ocell?Alittle off topic but is that a big old golden dorado in the second to the last pic Bl00drock?
 
Yeah that's a big dorado. He's awesome looking. He's about 2 ft maybe a little bigger, so it can't be long before the pinima are ready. The guy who runs the aquarium doesn't know too much about pbass so I think he just mislabeled it. There's a big dovii in that tank with the arapaima and dorado, but my pics of him are terrible. He's got to be pushing two feet himself.
 
That Big Dovii would be the one to tear up the bass those suckers are mean!!!!!
 
True that, but the bass aren't the ones to be worried about in that tank. Those 'paimas are 6ft easy I would say and there are a couple of 4 ft redtail cats in there.
 
bl00dr0ck;4361115; said:
True that, but the bass aren't the ones to be worried about in that tank. Those 'paimas are 6ft easy I would say and there are a couple of 4 ft redtail cats in there.
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Fish that big are Always hungry!!!!!:headbang2
 
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