yellow Posted January 16, 2009 Share Posted January 16, 2009 after a ridiculous amount of searching and cursing i finally found a female for my male; or moreso they were found for me. this is them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the cichlid kid Posted January 17, 2009 Share Posted January 17, 2009 Looking good mate, I know you have been looking for a while. Out of interest, how big are the fish? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yellow Posted January 17, 2009 Author Share Posted January 17, 2009 Out of interest, how big are the fish? the males probably 13 inches the female 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YAL05T Posted January 27, 2009 Share Posted January 27, 2009 Are they HITH scars on the big fella? Hope he is all good now if they are, he is a very nice looking fish. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
petshopdude Posted January 27, 2009 Share Posted January 27, 2009 cheers mate lookes likes a very happy couple, good to see how you had your tank set up to get them to be so open, my festaes never act like that prehaps i need a bigger tank what size tank are the jags in?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gianniz Posted January 28, 2009 Share Posted January 28, 2009 scary fish! the pattern on those fish are beautiful but i wouldn't want to meet one underwater! HITH scare? I thought only oscars get them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yellow Posted January 28, 2009 Author Share Posted January 28, 2009 Are they HITH scars on the big fella? yeah what size tank are the jags in?? 6x2x20 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
genetik_defekt Posted January 28, 2009 Share Posted January 28, 2009 scary fish! the pattern on those fish are beautiful but i wouldn't want to meet one underwater! HITH scare? I thought only oscars get them. Why would you think only oscars get them? alot of the central and south americans seem to be very susceptible to HITH. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gianniz Posted January 29, 2009 Share Posted January 29, 2009 i've only seen hith on oscars and most hith questions were related to oscars so thats why i had the wrong info don't you have to add calcium or something to prevent hith? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CThompson Posted February 6, 2009 Share Posted February 6, 2009 It is my understanding that HITH is diet related. Craig Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cobaltcraig Posted February 6, 2009 Share Posted February 6, 2009 hilh = hole in the head Some People Say Diet Some people say water conditions Some People say protiens I am not to sure cheers craig hth Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yellow Posted February 6, 2009 Author Share Posted February 6, 2009 hilh = hole in the head Some People Say Diet Some people say water conditions Some People say protiens I am not to sure cheers craig hth im with craig. when it comes to hole in the head the only thing i know for sure is that no one really knows for sure. this fish has been fed nls/pilchards/prawns for the majority of its life; it also developed hith whilst eating nls. hes spent his entire life in his own tank which is on a 2400L system that until recently only had five fish in it; a system which has never had a spike of anything since cycled. my water quality/parameters are perfect, i buffer to ensure so. i do weekly 50% water changes. so who knows it could be an age thing, this fish is seven years old and only developed it recently. it could also be hereditary as his father had it as well; and funnily enough developed it at about the same time. but, having said this, the only thing i know for sure is that no one really knows for sure Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sofiko Posted February 6, 2009 Share Posted February 6, 2009 Very nice, Jason Thanks for the vid Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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