wat lar u all...of course those photo are choosen from the best, its a guide to how good those fishes could be.
if you wan to spend money buy big fishes straight away then its up to you.
of course must start from small fishes, and just like what cc say, groom them. buy several, and select the best to raise.
but the first thing we should do is to kill the malaysian attitude...so whats thats???

1) buy bargain fish and expect it to be champions
2) before the fish can grow to adult ,try to pair them off liao, wan to make money liao. helo kawan, cichlids that had pair off will never regain their true colours lar, especially the females...
3) when buy makan, expensive a bit make noise liao, helo rm15 per kilo pellets how to be nice ah? buy cheap food and the fish will grow big, but colour tara good, so go scold the ppl who sell you the fish.
4) have 4 feet tank, but semua taroh. helo ... fish must have space to grow properly lar
5) spend money on expensive fish , food and tanks, but then buy rm20 top box filter...wat lar,...filteration no good fish how to come out colour ah?

its the way ppl groom their fishes that makes the different.....to buy a fish and expect them look like in the photos is wrong...but try your best to get near to that standard.

cc joe has very nice fish, better than what other fs could offer. its a good start and its up to you to make the best out of those fishes.

btw ...i know cc never feed quality food...hahaha...he cant afford it since he had hundreds of fish to feed. so cc you must come see the zonatus you gave me....come time look like shit, owner tara kasi makan good 1 , now lain cerita hor, chun liao. eat aquamaster pellet tau, beefheart, and live in hard water tank

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