The Colorful world of Bobo the Chocolate Cichlid!
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I only have one tank in my office, that's the one with my BP Tango. The other tanks are in a separate room with the door open. When I walk out I pass the fishroom at an angle, so I can peep in at times. Good thing too, the inmates often get into mischief (my Oscar all the time).
Ok, here's Bobo this afternoon. Not sure what you'd call this color scheme..if you look right at his head stripe you can see the beginnings of a head hump. I had started doing a water change and have been sweeping the sand multiple times to clean it (My Oscar left his log tokens everywhere).
Bobo's quite chunky, but not as thick as you would think.
Bobo's quite chunky, but not as thick as you would think.
To show how quick Bobo changes, here he is squabbling with Boss minutes later. This always happens when the water level gets low during a change and everyone is out of room.
He backed down after this pic was taken (Bobo isn't a fighter). But you can see his stripes showing. His eyes get very bright when he's mad.
Nothing important happened, btw. Boss nudged him and he swam off.
He backed down after this pic was taken (Bobo isn't a fighter). But you can see his stripes showing. His eyes get very bright when he's mad.
Nothing important happened, btw. Boss nudged him and he swam off.
Chocs are on my to-get list, along with a few Pearsi's and Bocourti's. I like the body shape and personalities of these fish (from what I've heard and seen). Really cool fish, but they need a lot of tank space.
Other than koi, Bobo is the calmest, most laid back fish I've ever had. He just kind of 'hangs around.' If I'm spot cleaning and need him to move he'll just sit there and let me push him away with the net.
He patiently waits for food (like minutes) and takes forever to come up and eat. He's like a 'sleepy' Oscar without the mischief, drama and power O's have. The only time he shows any speed is when my O Brick chases him 
other than that its like he's stuck in mud. My BP Boss just shoves him all over the tank most of the time. Here and there he's chippy but doesn't spend the energy to do anything about it! But he lets me pat him, something only my Oscar allows.Speaking of the differences from Oscars...I'll be posting up small news on Brick. He's back in "Oscar" mode again.
I never considered chocolates until this thread...now I gotta get one. Also, where’d you get the blue sand?
My chocolate is a big, sweet poof. He just 'floats' when he swims and doesn't spend any energy he doesn't have to.
The sand is from a Canadian company SANDTASTIK. You can google it. They have nearly 30 colors in both play sand and floral sand. You want the floral sand for aquariums. It's like heavy sugar crystals and made for plant drainage. My 225 only needed 80lbs for 1 1/2" layer. There's space between the grains. I never even rinsed any of mine, just put it in. Very heavy sand.
Appreciate the info...I’ll look into Sandastik.
Enjoy your posts, especially how your personify your fish and give them character. I’m hoping to get a chocolate if I can find one as I don’t recall seeing them around often
