Identify this discus

[Discus323]

I bought this discus a little while ago and it was being sold as a royal red discus but from my research it doesnt resemble the fish i found when i searched royal red discus unless maybe its a royal red tefe?im pretty new to discus so any insight would be cool

[rickztahone]

I see no picture?

[Discus323]

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[Discus323]

It is a pretty young discus its only like 2.5 to 3 inches maybe.i know it might be hard to tell but im pretty sure its not a royal red..

[Keith Perkins]

On the smartphone screen it looks like a red turquoise.

[Discus323]

That would be pretty cool i figured it wasnt a royal red i already have a red turq and they have a similar pattern do red turqs get more red as they reach full size my bigger one i bought as a red turq is more of a yellowish gold will the yellowish gold turn more red with age?

[Discus323]

The bigger one im talking about is my avatar and profile pic

[MadMatt]

Lol.... Are you serious... No one can tell the sex of this fish.
Unless someone can... I can't.

[Discus323]

In not asking about the sex im not worried about that im curious of the strain of the discus is cuz it was marked as a royal red but i know thats not what it is it might be a red turq but i really dont know

[Discus-n00b]

Don't get to hung up on the specific name. It's some type of Turq. The blue hue of the lighting is washing the color in the photo out a bit. Royal red, red turq....to me it's pretty much the same. Call it a red turq for now and see what happens when it gets a bit older. And yes, the yellow/orange/gold colored striations look like they should turn more red as the fish ages to me.


Lol.... Are you serious... No one can tell the sex of this fish.
Unless someone can... I can't.

Sex? Who asked about the sex?

[DISCUS STU]

It's some type of, sorry, common Red / Blue Turquoise. A different picture, showing more of the fish with less of a closeup would help. Probably not a Royal.

[Discus323]

Cool thanks i appreciate the input

[DISCUS STU]

It still looks like a decent fish and should grow out to be pretty nice looking.

[Discus323]

Its super healthy eats and hangs out with the other discus i have even tho there a bit bigger than this one but everythings good no issues all my fishy are healthy growing and thriving

[DISCUS STU]

Its super healthy eats and hangs out with the other discus i have even tho there a bit bigger than this one but everythings good no issues all my fishy are healthy growing and thriving

That's the important thing! Best of luck here.

[Discus323]

Thanks

[jmf3460]

Lol.... Are you serious... No one can tell the sex of this fish.
Unless someone can... I can't.

????

[Second Hand Pat]

Lol.... Are you serious... No one can tell the sex of this fish.
Unless someone can... I can't.

Best to read the first post vs just the title. lol
Pat