Starting a SOLID Cichla Thread!!

  • We are currently upgrading MFK. thanks! -neo
cool orinos! i like the second and the last picture
 
1. HOW LONG HAVE YOU BEEN INTO THE HOBBY..? fish keeping in general my whole life, monster fish keeping a few years
2. HOW MANY PBASS DO YOU HOUSE or HAVE...? 4 ocellaris and 3 monoc
3. are they WILD COUGHT or FARM BRED...? farm
4. WHAT, HOW DO YOU FEED THEM, any DAILY ROUTINES..? live feeders and market shrimp and pellets
5. HOW LONG DID IT TAKE FROM WHEN YOU FIRST HOUSED PBASS, FOR THEM TO START SHOWIN THEIR COLORS...? a day
6.FROM WHEN YOU FIRST BOUGHT THEM HOW BIG WERE THEY, AND HOW MUCH OF A GROWTH SPURT DID THE HAVE SINCE THEN...? in 1 month my ocellaris have double in size
7. HAVE YOU WITNESSED OR HAD ANY SUCCESSFUL SPAWNING OR PRESPAWNED IN YOUR TANK... IF SO SHARE YOUR EXPIERIENCE!! nope
8. WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE SPECIES OF PEA'S..? azul/orino
9. HOW BIG IS YOUR TANK THAT YOU HOUSE THEM IN...? 55 and 100
10. LAST BUT NOT LEAST...... PLS. SHARE PIX... OF YOUR MOST BEAUTIFUL PRIZED PEACOCK CICHLA.... later lol
 
#1-Involved in Hobby-

Off from somewhere in my first Decade on the planet :D
I've learned 90% of what I know in the last 3 years. Hence 30 years of experience statement don't mean much to me ;) Unless it's Oddball :D


A3.jpg
 
#2-

2 Monos at my pad :)

1-Tem recently departed overnight attack.

1-Mono at a friends waiting to be big enough to hang :D

DSC_4410.jpg
 
#3- Wild/Farm ?

I only believe those that can give me a source I trust .. Other thatn that I don't bost Wild caught ESPECIALLY from ANY pet store...

DSC_3339.jpg
 
#4- Feeding.....

Pretty much like anyone else...

BUT I ALWAYS HAVE LIVE FOOD IN THE DIET ;)

Though sometimes I make tank mate errors that don't get fixed before the mate is dead :D :eek::WHOA:

Oh and When feeding Frozen or non live market shrimp or other shell fish I implement more Thiamine enriched food and vitamins ;)

DSC_2393.jpg


DSC_2386.jpg
 
#5- Color ???

Mine have never made more than five minutes in my tank without coloring right up ;) They go through stages.. But they always have had awesome color :)

First purchase :)
05.jpg


Second shipment.
DSC_7688.jpg
 
#6- Growth from purchase...


2.5-3 inches Pretty much the size of my thumb almost literally. on or about 16 months ago... I think... April 2006
DSCN1625.jpg


A month ago ;)

DSC_2392.jpg
 
beautiful cichla brotha..... you have some true beasts.... i cant wait until mines develops adult colors like yours...;)

thanx for sharing.....:headbang2


anyone else............:popcorn:
 
MonsterFishKeepers.com