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Tharr
03-25-2013, 01:31 AM
My discus looks a lot like the discus in this video at times. At other times, he's a bright golden yellow with the same fin markings. Could someone tell what kind are they, if possible?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2es76BLcVrw
strawberryblonde
03-25-2013, 01:45 AM
Can you post a picture of him for us to see? It's impossible to say what strain he might be without a picture. The video is of a pair with fry, so they are very dark in color and not their true colors.
Jeff O
03-25-2013, 02:09 AM
Can you post a picture of him for us to see? It's impossible to say what strain he might be without a picture. The video is of a pair with fry, so they are very dark in color and not their true colors.

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Trier20
03-25-2013, 02:17 AM
looks like an alenquer to me
Tharr
03-25-2013, 07:06 AM
Kinda hard to get a pic of him, but here is one78265
lofty
03-25-2013, 01:01 PM
yep, alenquer for sure.
Tharr
03-26-2013, 01:11 AM
Okay, one up for Alenquer. What about the other guys here? Come on, I would love to be 100% sure on this :p

Oh, and btw, I got him in the beginning of December and he around 3 1/2 in long. Now, as measured on the previous Friday(15th I guess), He was just 5 in. Is that good growth in size? I think it is :D But, I'm still a noob, so only the experts here can decide :p
Trier20
03-26-2013, 02:07 AM
sounds like good average growth. Keep up water changes and good food and he should keep growing. You should start seeing it fill out and become less beaky and round out some more.
Tharr
03-26-2013, 05:57 AM
Ok, thanks!!

So, it's definitely an Alenquer then?
Elliots
03-26-2013, 07:29 AM
It is probably an Alenquer. If it turns a reddish brown then it could be a Santarem. Or it could be some other wild type but I would go with Alenquer.
Tharr
03-26-2013, 02:13 PM
Wild type meaning, wild or wild derived strain? Alenquers and Santarems are wilds or wild derived?
lipadj46
03-26-2013, 03:25 PM
Wild type meaning, wild or wild derived strain? Alenquers and Santarems are wilds or wild derived?

Both

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Tharr
03-27-2013, 03:04 AM
Ohk, so there are WILD Alenquers and Santarems and also WILD-Derived ones like the F1 and F2 generations?
Tharr
04-08-2013, 10:47 AM
Okay, so I just dug up a few photos of when I first got this guy, and I am myself surprised at how much change there is!

Just a pointer, this is an LFS-purchased fish.

Couple of days after arrival - December 2012
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On the left
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Last week - April 2013
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Moving shot :D
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I would say there's a lot of improvement, what about you?:p
My parents first thought that I was wasting money on this "dull, colourless fish", but now even they agree that it was a good choice:D

This is my first and only Discus by the way ;)
Tharr
04-10-2013, 07:45 AM
Also, just a slight issue. He doesn't seem to like the taste of garlic at all. Anything soaked in garlic is refused totally. Anyone seen this before?
I feed him TetraPro Energy, TetraPro Colour and Frozen Bloodworms.