Post Pics of Your exCichlasoma ORNATUM.
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Very nice and thick male Balton
could you dig out some pics of your females you had too as i am curious to compare differences between the sexes to see if there might be other indications for sexing other than venting, thanks
could you dig out some pics of your females you had too as i am curious to compare differences between the sexes to see if there might be other indications for sexing other than venting, thanks
Very Pretty Ornatum, balton777, do you mind telling me what you feed him and what PH do you keep him in? Also what size tank is he in, and what other cichlids are in the tank with him? I am just asking, because mines colors looks like yours at one point and now, I don't see as much red on him anymore... Anyway, good job, he is gorgeous
Here is my old male that got killed buy the larger female. I dont have any pics of my new male right now. See what im talking about with the spangles FWP.
And here is the killer female...dont have any updated pics either. I have another female that is too skittish and hides non stop so I can get a good pic of her.
And here is the killer female...dont have any updated pics either. I have another female that is too skittish and hides non stop so I can get a good pic of her.
Very nice and thick male Balton
Sorry I can't seem to find any pics of the female...except when she was very small.
Very Pretty Ornatum, balton777, do you mind telling me what you feed him and what PH do you keep him in? Also what size tank is he in, and what other cichlids are in the tank with him? I am just asking, because mines colors looks like yours at one point and now, I don't see as much red on him anymore... Anyway, good job, he is gorgeous
Thanks. the ph as the water comes out of the faucet is 7.4-7.5. His daily diet is a mix of 1mm, 2mm and 3mm NLS pellets. But every few days, he gets treated with Massivore pellets, market shrimp, frozen krill, bloodworms or PE mysis shrimp. NLS has a lot of krill which I hear brings out the reds in fish. Do you have dark substrate?
Great pictures. Did you grow those out or buy them big? Mine grow slowly but are very active and eat well.
I think it's the light colored substrate that brightens up his reds. Look at NOLAGT's Ornatum, they don't have substrate and are dark colored, like they're trying to camoflage to the tank. I wonder what would they would look like over a light colored sand.