Discus

@Reedfish

All these discus in this thread are Malaysian fish I obtained in March last year. These guys are not the para-free discus I obtained in Sept this year.

At some stage I will start a new thread and document my progress with the pf fishes, but for now this thread is purely relating to my Asian fish.

But yes, with the parasite free discus, the fry will be clean too.

hope this clears up the confusion.

 

@jpvd007

Howzit Jason

Thanks for the call earlier, was great to catch up.

Here are some updated photos of the leopard and snakeskin discus I bred last year.



Andrew

 

Stunning fish.

 

@pHish_man Number 3 looks real great.

 

Thanks Jason

As you know, when you breed discus you cannot keep them all, so i will need to get rid off quite a few of this batch as i have a second batch that is now 3 months old. And then coupled with my MONSTER parasite-free fish that are rocketing in growth i have my hands full.....lol

Anyway, the plan is to retain a few of the young that look like the spotted snakeskin as shown in pic 2 and then use these down the line to form breeding stock and select for the red spotting and enhance this trait.

Andrew

 

Beautiful fish Andrew! Absolutely stunning! Next time i'm in Slaap Stad, I'm definitely popping in for a peek.

 

Awesome Sean, will be great to meet up. I'm itching to see the progress of your xingus.........

 

Some more pics

 

Some awesome colours are starting to develope.

 

really needed to read this again at my first attempt :beer: lost 70+ fry in two days... only 50 left... if i can get just 5 to grow to three months, only then I would proceed to pat myself on the back, ...

 

Great group dynamic between these 18 youngsters

 

3rd batch of youngsters from the same parents. Leopard male and ss female.

 

Awesome:love:

 

Thanks for all the kind words @Reedfish and @mattie

So today I have started the process of re-homing the youngsters in the last pic. They are on their way to their new tank in Stellenbosch. The first 6 guys to go are the smallest of the batch ( 6-7cm ) and once they are settled the rest of the group will follow ( another 13 fishes ).

Nice to see their new keeper is as passionate about discus.

 

Quick measurement for the records

 

Very nice quality discus those are. Very rarely seen in SA

 

Thanks for the compliment. Truth be told, Ive just followed the basics as far as discus go, and the parents pretty much did the rest.

Andrew

 

@pHish_man: Looking very good and very healthy fish also. Well done on breeding them!