I watched his channel before but had to stop as my dad died not long ago from cancer and it was too painful for me to watch as he was going through the same as him. I clicked back today and left a tribute message, life really sucks sometimes
@@bigfishlad4847 Oh mate, sorry for your loss also then...The last fish my dad wanted was a red shoulder severum so in tribute I bought one, I'm putting up a video later today so if you get a spare 5 minutes I'd appreciate it if you could have a quick look. The tank has already changed since the video with some exciting news but that will have to be for another message as this has already turned into an essay haha
Love the look of these. My LFS has had a tank full of these for sale for months. Juveniles that are probably less than 1" long. They have just started to turn from pure black to lighter colours. I'm not keeping large tanks at the minute, otherwise I would have taken a couple.
@@bigfishlad4847 lol.. Leicester Aquatics. Great little shop (although it's like a tardis inside) that's been there years. Worth a visit if you are around Leicester 👍
Pattern and shape of this fish reminds me of the Vieja species. Love the hat. I was wearing that exact same hat yesterday (my son is the batter development coach for the Boston Red Sox and gave me that cap). Someone on my livestream mentioned this fish, so I decided to look into it, and here I am. Do you think that fish would get along with Oscars, Chocolates, JD, GT and a Salvini? I've subbed to your channel and i'll take a look at Tommys Tanks as well. Thanks!
Hey Ben thanks for the sub and I am already subbed to you buddy 👍 yes my favourite cap is my red sox one but being from the UK I have a lot of different teams lol, so the heterospila was a Vieja until it was reclassifed as Oscura and they are amazing in temprament they are so chilled in my experience and also very slow growers, they should be fine with those fish 👍
It's quite difficult to come across people keeping fully grown adult Oscura heterospilas because of their intensely slow growth rates. I've kept heterospilas in thr past and i am keeping them at the moment. It's a great species and i love both of my pairs. Ofcourse, one of the most slowly growing cichlids out of the vieja and vieja related genus but it's worth the wait !
I watched his channel before but had to stop as my dad died not long ago from cancer and it was too painful for me to watch as he was going through the same as him. I clicked back today and left a tribute message, life really sucks sometimes
So sad mate feel for you too its an awful thing to witness isn't it I lost my dad too with cancer 😢
@@bigfishlad4847 Oh mate, sorry for your loss also then...The last fish my dad wanted was a red shoulder severum so in tribute I bought one, I'm putting up a video later today so if you get a spare 5 minutes I'd appreciate it if you could have a quick look. The tank has already changed since the video with some exciting news but that will have to be for another message as this has already turned into an essay haha
Good looking fish my friend ❤️👍🏽✌🏽
Thanks Jesse
Nice fish
Very beautiful 🥰😍😍
Thank you very much
How long was I trying to get you on these 😂😂 Incredible fish. Making me miss them watching this
Hahaha amazing mate my favourite fish now by a mile 👌
Beautiful these
They remind me of my blue spot Vieja
Do you have blue spots?
Yes got 2 small ones about 2 inches
Love the look of these. My LFS has had a tank full of these for sale for months. Juveniles that are probably less than 1" long. They have just started to turn from pure black to lighter colours.
I'm not keeping large tanks at the minute, otherwise I would have taken a couple.
Cheers mate where are you based bud? Great fish too own but take ages to grow
@@bigfishlad4847 South Leicestershire mate near Lutterworth. The shop is in Leicester.
I was in Leicester today as well lol what's the fish shop called I could have got some lol
@@bigfishlad4847 lol.. Leicester Aquatics. Great little shop (although it's like a tardis inside) that's been there years.
Worth a visit if you are around Leicester 👍
Can't believe that lol 2hrs away from me too lol
Pattern and shape of this fish reminds me of the Vieja species. Love the hat. I was wearing that exact same hat yesterday (my son is the batter development coach for the Boston Red Sox and gave me that cap). Someone on my livestream mentioned this fish, so I decided to look into it, and here I am. Do you think that fish would get along with Oscars, Chocolates, JD, GT and a Salvini? I've subbed to your channel and i'll take a look at Tommys Tanks as well. Thanks!
Hey Ben thanks for the sub and I am already subbed to you buddy 👍 yes my favourite cap is my red sox one but being from the UK I have a lot of different teams lol, so the heterospila was a Vieja until it was reclassifed as Oscura and they are amazing in temprament they are so chilled in my experience and also very slow growers, they should be fine with those fish 👍
Real nice Paul
Thanks Tommy and I really hope you get some subs from my video 👍💯
@@bigfishlad4847 Its ok Paul i happy with what i have .You are all great people to have on my side.
Could you keep one of these in a 300 litre tank. Would that be big enough with a couple of Rainbows and Firemouths? They seem quite placid.
Yes very much so these only really get to around 10in and all mine are really placid
I keep mine with a firemouth. Both about 4 inches. They do tussle for tank king abit but not too bad. In a 400
Awesome vid bud, striking colours, we’ve Subbed to Tommy, gotta support the fishtubers 🐟🌎👊
Cheers mate appreciate the support and I hope you enjoy Tommy's vids
Whats your lighting system BFL
Its just the led lights that come with the Juwel tanks bud 👍
@@bigfishlad4847 cheers mate
These are amazing, definitely on my list
Cheers Matt yes I wouldn't blame you mate lol
Love watching the video I have one myself but can they breed with a chocolate cichlid as mine are acting very flirty lol
Thank you very much, I wouldnt think they will actually do it lol
@@bigfishlad4847 thanks for getting back to me
The tubes are down and they keep digging lol
@@TheYonone oh no lol
Stunning fish, I should have got a pair when Predator Aquatics had them in a few months ago 😔
To be honest they weren't great to be fair had crooked fins cheers though Bill
It's quite difficult to come across people keeping fully grown adult Oscura heterospilas because of their intensely slow growth rates.
I've kept heterospilas in thr past and i am keeping them at the moment. It's a great species and i love both of my pairs. Ofcourse, one of the most slowly growing cichlids out of the vieja and vieja related genus but it's worth the wait !
Yes my favourite species and well worth the wait my 2 small ones haven't grown much since I got them but amazing fish mate
@@bigfishlad4847 Absolutely bro 👌 i was lucky with the 2nd. pair of mine and they spawned. Btw are these from COTA as well ?
@@arindamscacichlids7113 yes all from COTA mate 👍
Great video just had two donated to me...
You won't be disappointed thanks for watching