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DREW
11-22-2002, 04:34 PM
Just Curious to what Degen has been up to. I know he had a publishing company "Bede" but other than that I haven't seen anything on him. Is he still breeding his discus?
mutfish
11-22-2002, 04:42 PM
If you believe what Jim used to say he probably has drank himself to death by now :P
Rod
11-22-2002, 04:53 PM
Mr Degen is currently producing an excellent discus magazine for the hobby. Currently it is only produced in the German language.

How about a little respect for that great discus man Muttfish >:(
keno
11-22-2002, 05:12 PM
I have a few of his books, and Ive enjoyed them very much.

Ken
Carol_Roberts
11-22-2002, 05:33 PM
Muttfish needed to add a few more of these " ;) " The bad thing about "in" jokes in cyberland is your audience changes all the time.

Jim Quarles had a strong dislike for Mr. Degan and never missed an opportunity to run the man down.

I bet Muttfish was more reminiscing about the good old DIP days than commenting on Mr. Degan.

CArol :heart1:
fcdiscus
11-22-2002, 05:50 PM
Well, His name is Bernd, and I know Jim disliked him. He really wasn't to fond of Mr. Axelrod either! ;) Frank
DREW
11-22-2002, 05:51 PM
Does he sell discus anymore?
mutfish
11-22-2002, 06:04 PM
Thank you Ms. Roberts ;)
gj555
11-22-2002, 06:11 PM
October 2002, chat sessions with Mr. Degen:

http://www.dphnet.com/masters2002/html/chat-sun-degen.shtml
DREW
11-22-2002, 06:27 PM
Thanks for the link it was a good read. I wonder if Wattley would ever come here ;D
11-22-2002, 07:54 PM
I bought fish from him years ago, I think I posted a certificate, anyway, he was very nice to deal with and sent absolutely fantastic fish.. Best packed box of fish I've ever gotten. Warm as toast inside the box and dry as a bone. Fish looked great. I got some red scribbled and even shipped one of them to Jack in exchange for a pair of his turquoise. The red scribbled was pretty new at the time..1990? or so. Pretty fish. Wish i had a tank full of them. The understanding I had was that Bernd never really had a big setup..6 or 8 tanks is what i was told.
Don_Lee
11-22-2002, 08:41 PM
I certainly enjoyed Mr. Degen's books, I felt they were top notch.

Don
BLUEKNIGHT
11-22-2002, 11:23 PM
I will have to agree with Don. I also like axelrods book. ;D
rfidiscus
11-23-2002, 05:15 PM
I loved the quote in one of Degan's books... that all americans keep pink gravel and a skull and cross bones in our tanks.
Ralph
11-23-2002, 05:21 PM
Yea, we have pirate skeletons in our tanks and we're proud of it!
Lynn
11-23-2002, 07:54 PM
I resent that quote in the book about treasure chests and pink gravel......especially when most of the photos in one of his books has blue gravel >:(

But there is some useful info in them, and have them in my library.