rate my discus

[inkbull]

http://i1289.photobucket.com/albums/b513/inkbull/027_zps23e320f5.jpg (http://s1289.photobucket.com/user/inkbull/media/027_zps23e320f5.jpg.html)
Asian PB breeder? silly noob ebay purchase all grown out and breeding with a hans yfm now id like to know what sd thinks quality wise

[lipadj46]

Nice pigeon

sent from an undisclosed location using morse code

[tonytheboss1]

:bandana: Could use some more shot angles but appears to be healthy & well colored. Congrats. "T"

[inkbull]

http://i1289.photobucket.com/albums/b513/inkbull/003_zps0d0e2492.jpg (http://s1289.photobucket.com/user/inkbull/media/003_zps0d0e2492.jpg.html)
with peppering from being in planted show tank and tending eggs

[inkbull]

http://i1289.photobucket.com/albums/b513/inkbull/032_zps5d75926e.jpg (http://s1289.photobucket.com/user/inkbull/media/032_zps5d75926e.jpg.html)

[John_Nicholson]

Not trying to be an *** but it is of average quality at best. I probably would not breed it. It has a little to much pepper, bad hard rays in the dorsal, the mouth and nose structure is poor, and the bottom fin is a little off. It looks like you have done a good job with the fish, but it was never going to be more than average.

-john

[inkbull]

peppering is completely gone once in the white tank?
and could you please elaborate on the rays in the dorsal fin as well as mouth and nose structure
ps no offence taken i want honest opinions as well as knowledge for myself about how you formed those opinions

[inkbull]

sorry duplicate post

[John_Nicholson]

About to head to work but real quick....A discus is suppose to appear round, so anything that takes away from that is a fault. Look at the rays on top. Do they meet the dorsal in a way that makes a nice smooth round appearance? No they stick up above the dorsal. On the mouth/nose area it is the same kind of thing. From the forehead to area under the mouth. Is it a nice smooth curve? Nope. You have a dent between the eyes and the bigginings of what we call a chickens beak with the mouth. It is not a bad fish. It is simply a fish of average grade. On the color. That color would have rated better 10 years ago but improvements in PB's have come a long way. The reason they have gotten better is that most breeders don't use fish with mucg peppering.

-john

[inkbull]

thank you for the clarification (how else is a guy to learn)

[John_Nicholson]

Your welcome and like I said above it looks like you did a good job with the fish but not all of them grow into show fish.

-john

[inkbull]

who's breeds the discus that Segrest Farms in Florida sells? my lfs no longer carry's Hans discus boo

[Second Hand Pat]

Why didn't you order from Hans directly. He is a sponsor here on simply.

[100fuegos]

Why didn't you order from Hans directly. He is a sponsor here on simply.

What I thought... Besides once the fish is in the lfs water anything can happen.

[inkbull]

ok so im stocked up on discus already my tanks are full im not planning on buying more just looking for info and i have a tank of hans discus and will order from him directly next time i need a 6pack of discus ooo and my lfs calls me b4 she takes the new discus out the bag so they come home with me never touching her water

[Second Hand Pat]

Where does your LFS get her discus from? One reason we recommend our sponsors here so we know where the discus come from and many of our sponsor have a proven, track record of providing quality, healthy discus and excellent customer service.

[inkbull]

Segrest Farms latley

[inkbull]

alls im asking is who breeds the discus they sell i know their are some great breeders here im not looking to buy at the moment im looking for info

[Tazalanche]

Have you contacted them & asked directly?

[inkbull]

yep thats what im gonna have to do i figured someone on here would know and save me the hassle

[yim11]

Segrest is a distributor so they are probably bred in Asia.

[inkbull]

they wont disclose the breeder and fish are from Vietnam