A Few New Discus Pics From Pet Planet

[clayt101]

I worked out a deal with the guys at Pet Planet (LFS) when I saw these discus. I traded my brand new Mag 18 pump (too powerful for my aquarium) for 2 of the spotted guys. I then went back 2 days later and picked up the 3rd.

With my little knowledge of discus, these do not look stunted at all. You might be able to see how small the eyes are compared to the red one (the red one is from Mark, another hobbyist).

With this batch, I am going to "train" them to eat aggressively. I think that the main reason some of my discus are stunted is due to being outcompeted at feeding time, so hopefully, this will work. I guess I will find out in a year.

 

[Lycanthropic]

Oooh im jealous. My P.P doesnt sell anything but dog and cat acessories >.<

 

[montanafish gal]

very pretty fish. good luck!

 

[huffmagx]

Beautiful fish! Good luck on the fish training!

 

[sushiray]

nice! what are the spotted ones called?

 

[Arturo]

Very nice Discus.

 

[Rbishop]

Nice looking red....

 

[clayt101]

Nice looking red....

I actually have 2 more reds that are about 5 inches across (not stunted at all). This red is about 3.5 inches and from the same batch. Hopefully he will grow.

nice! what are the spotted ones called

I would call them Red Dragons (http://www.aquabid.com/cgi-bin/auction/auction.cgi?fwdiscus&1252540806) or Checkerboard Pigeons (http://www.slipperylittlesuckers.com.my/cutenews/data/upimages/3_DSCF2616_26_1_1.jpg)

They like to give them fancy names for marketing :grinno:

 

[Star_Rider]

nice

I'll be interested in your progress of training.

 

[clayt101]

I was planning on keeping them in the 10 gallon for a week or so, but now they are scarfing down everything....worms don't even reach the bottom. Plus, they now recognize me as the food source. I may move them to the big tank to see how they compete for food.