yes sir.. love the Taiwan Reef, mine is getting huge, very beautiful, take Care mr. ochart👍

@BenOchart

7 жыл бұрын

Thank you Michael. I always wanted one but I had heard horror stories about how long it would take for them to color up.

I LOVE my TRC! Actually , I purchased one online and being new to Protomelas at the time, and coupled with the other 4 fish that I purchased I wasn’t even sure which one was the Taiwan.... Until one day he suddenly started coloring up drastically. Within a week he went from the common silver body with black vertical bars and the black horizontal as well to a blue face , yellowish side with only the vertical black bars remaining. Unbeknownst at the time the Red shoulder MALe that I bought turned out to be a she. He got her, and he then went back to silver.... luckily she swallowed the eggs and I ended up letting her go as I just can’t keep females. Waaay too much aggressive behavior among the males, as many of you know. He’s now fully colored up, royal blue, massive white streak from nose on up to the dorsal fin, solid body, no evidence of bars whatsoever. I guess I like him so much because he was finicky with his color for so long that I was proud when he finally committed. He’s about 4” . I have him in my grow out . He’s alpha. I moved my full size red empress into the grow out to let him recover from having a piece of gravel lodged in his cheek. Mr TRC got 1 look at that big “actually very mellow” empress and I watched his bars return INSTANTLY! He was smart enough to stay on the empress’s flank at all times. The way little fish follow sharks. The red empress healed 100%, I put him back in the 125 with my big fish and mr TRC was instantaneous back in control of the 55g grow out . Something about his intelligence that got my attention . People always expect me to prefer my big OB, or Turkis, or Red Empress, otter point or even the Yellow blaze . I just favor the TRC 🤷🏻‍♂️. So, when I saw a male, already starting to color at a LFS (a lighter turquoise blue one) I couldn’t resist. He kept his color but he absolutely submitted to the main , bigger one immediately and despite being a fast, rather lively little guy he sees that other TR and he doesn’t challenge. I could go on and on talking about my Africans .. I guess that’s why we do it , huh. Thank you for your hard work Mr Ochart. I know you are not a full time you tuber so I gotta give my respect for the time you put in to make this videos and you keep beautiful tanks . Keep it up.

Awesome dudezito, mine came in almost all black/dark grey and after 1 week it started to color up ( still growing ) very happy with this fish :)

@BenOchart

5 жыл бұрын

One of the things I enjoy the most in this hobby is watching the fish blossom. One reason I post to YT is to go back sometimes and see how far a fish has come. Thanks for tuning in, much appreciated.

yes Ben, the intro is great now. nice job !!!

@BenOchart

7 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the input and thanks for watching and commenting.

Good intro, great list I had bought three Taiwan Reefs first one died. Bought another one sold him and pick up another one and i still have him i enjoy you videos subscribe you keep you the good work🖒!

Your tank looks amazing!! Taiwan reef is a must have !

@BenOchart

7 жыл бұрын

Thank you Diver Joe! I agree and I thank you for watching and commenting.

intro is perfect, thanks for the great videos!!

@BenOchart

7 жыл бұрын

Thank you Martell!

thanks for appreciating me for and it felt good when i read that! Glad you surpassed that mildstone of 2,000 subs your channel is great and Mike is a great guy i hope people get over to sub him. And i liked your last intro i think its cool you take your time out to play something nice for us but on the other hand i watch all ads and videos the full length to see something i my miss if i didn't lol. The T. Reef is amazing and thanks for sharing. Most people dont read my comments but its cool as long as i left one 😎😎😎😎

@BenOchart

7 жыл бұрын

Hey Deon, thanks for the input. You are appreciated and valued ;)

My wife just bought me some of these for my birthday

gorgeous tank and love the new intro Ben🖒 congrats on 2k✌

@BenOchart

7 жыл бұрын

Aquariums by Mike Thank you Mike, I appreciate the input.

Hey man love the fish, do you have any recommended sites for some?

I feel myself going to the hap side. haha! nice video intro is good now. congrats on the 2k subbs.

@BenOchart

7 жыл бұрын

Thank you Thomas. Yes, Haps can be amazing.

Totally agree with you in this. You one my favorite haps.

@BenOchart

7 жыл бұрын

Thanks IK. I appreciate you stopping by.

Do u strip your fry eggs an if u do can u do it after 5 days

Gorgeous fish

I’ve watched many many of my juveniles color up. Various haps and peacocks. NOTHING has given me more gratification than seeing my Taiwan Reef color up. He has grown at an average rate but it’s still been a long wait . Recently he was still silver and black until roughly 3 weeks ago. Overnight he started to change and within the past 3 weeks he looks amazing! He’s still coloring up more as I write this. Every day after work I go straight upstairs to see the 55 I put him in . I have a 125 with a lot of much bigger fish so I moved him to the 55 which I setup to house a few small cichlids. Well.. now its a grow out tank... Oh boy. I think I need another tank. , perhaps a 240-300g ?🤷🏻‍♂️🤦🏻‍♂️ this never ends, does it?!

My Taiwan Reef colored up like overnight.. he was grey for about 6 mos.. then POW!

@BenOchart

6 жыл бұрын

I LOVE it when that happens. Usually it's a day before you've given up and decided to sell them. Makes you glad you kept them.

What do you use to film the tank, look incredible clear?

@BenOchart

7 жыл бұрын

Orlando Felix Thank you. I use my Samsung S6. Thank you for watching.

Very nice indeed he's got some good colour in him 🤗🤗

@BenOchart

7 жыл бұрын

Thanks PB!

Mr Ochart, love the intro phenomenal job as always. Joe Munoz

@BenOchart

7 жыл бұрын

Thank you Joe. It was to long in the first version. Thanks for your input. It's appreciated.

Wow Lovly colours Some day soon I get some more And update my Africa Cichlids

@BenOchart

7 жыл бұрын

Thank you and good luck with your new fish. Alway a lot of fun to add stock.

@eddieryan5619

7 жыл бұрын

Thanks Seen a new 1 today That I be getting in 2 weeks But worryed about adding him As he only just about 2 inchs

New intro is nice Ben.

@BenOchart

7 жыл бұрын

Thanks Frank. I appreciate and value your input!

just got minez thanks for ur pic.

great looking fish

@BenOchart

7 жыл бұрын

Thank you Brian.

beautiful fish

@BenOchart

7 жыл бұрын

Efrain's Cichlids Thanks Efrain!

Cool The fish are looking amazing. I got a new intro too. New year new look 👍

@BenOchart

5 жыл бұрын

That channel icon is rocking!

@JustMyFish

5 жыл бұрын

@@BenOchart Thank Ben👍

Beautiful are these fish hard to keep?

@BenOchart

6 жыл бұрын

Gotta watch a lot of videos and do a little reading but once you've got the hang of it, it's pretty simple.

intro bout perfect now, by the way. take care

@BenOchart

7 жыл бұрын

Thank you Michael and thanks for bringing up the T Reef ;)

looks nice

@BenOchart

7 жыл бұрын

Thank you David!

I can't believe the two little guys I have now are going to grow to look like this!

@BenOchart

7 жыл бұрын

Of of the biggest rewards of keeping African Cichlids is watching them color up. It's pretty amazing.

had 2 one month bk he went all black suddenly and passed 1 week later water pramaterters checked out fine though

@BenOchart

7 жыл бұрын

Sorry to hear that EW. I have read that they can be a bit sensitive to even minor water issues that we wouldn't even consider out of range. Did you lose anybody else? But who knows. Sometimes they are older than we think and they just reach the end of their normal life span and us fish keepers go crazy trying to figure out what we did wrong.

@electricwater83

7 жыл бұрын

Could be both that you mentioned Never considered the taught of old age thanks Ben 👍

That Taiwan reef is smoken!

@BenOchart

7 жыл бұрын

Thanks KG, he's certainly one of the stars.

Ben. Who's the yellow dude profiling at 4:20 mark?

@FrankieKennethL

7 жыл бұрын

Is it a lwanda?

@BenOchart

7 жыл бұрын

I think that you're referring to my Lemon Jake. One of the Peacocks I'll be discussing in my next video.

@FrankieKennethL

7 жыл бұрын

awesome...I have an order into Amy for one of those...looking forward to your roll up.