Heros sp. Curare grow out thread.

[aquaticeye]

I got my 4x from Wet Spot. Hoping they'll turn out half as nice as yours

 

[jamntoast]

I got my 4x from Wet Spot. Hoping they'll turn out half as nice as yours

right on! that was pretty quick. how do they look? are they eating well so far or just waiting for them to settle?

 

[aquaticeye]

They all look really good so far! One has some discoloration at the gill plates, but not sure exactly what it is right now. Pre-treated with paraguard and warm water (82F). They were already eating ravenously this morning 12 hours after being introduced to their new tank so I'm quite happy about that! Will be cautious and treat them for a full month before setting them loose into the main tank though. Here's a blurry pic of them all in a tank, and one of them individually...

 

[Stanzzzz7]

More pics. This is the big one

The smaller one.
And this is the tank I have the 2 best looking in tank mates are 6 guianacara dacrya, a l333 plecos, and I just added a group of brochi splendens today. It's a relatively chill tank and they are really only aggressive to each other.

Beautiful fish and set up,looks really good.

 

[jamntoast]

They all look really good so far! One has some discoloration at the gill plates, but not sure exactly what it is right now. Pre-treated with paraguard and warm water (82F). They were already eating ravenously this morning 12 hours after being introduced to their new tank so I'm quite happy about that! Will be cautious and treat them for a full month before setting them loose into the main tank though. Here's a blurry pic of them all in a tank, and one of them individually...

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they look great! cant wait to see how they turn out!

 

[aquaticeye]

Hey bud! I noticed some of my guys were definitely not eating well and recalled that you had a similar problem. May I ask how you treated your fishes? What brand of metro did you use and how did you dose? Thank you

 

[jamntoast]

Hey bud! I noticed some of my guys were definitely not eating well and recalled that you had a similar problem. May I ask how you treated your fishes? What brand of metro did you use and how did you dose? Thank you

I used seachem metroplex and just dosed according to the package. They would eat but spit it out right away, It did take a while but eventually I noticed them eat it and keep it down.

 

[aquaticeye]

I used seachem metroplex and just dosed according to the package. They would eat but spit it out right away, It did take a while but eventually I noticed them eat it and keep it down.

Yeah I started to pay more attention to their eating habits when I started to notice the discrepancy in their sizes. The big guy eats everything. The little ones don't seem interested in the pellets but will go after bloodworms at least. Just ordered the metroplex. Hope it'll work

 

[mrrobxc]

I've had good success using API general cure which mixes metro and prazi. I dose to instructions each day followed by a 50 percent water change the next day. Redoes and repeat. I've used this well whenever any fish had issues with not eating and white poo. It's also readily available and cheap. Also, I dissolved the powder in vodka.

 

[aquaticeye]

Just got some metroplex from seachem. Will continue with Paraguard a while as well. Will report progress