Iggy
10-25-2011, 07:14 AM
:angry:
It would have been nice to at least have had some notification via a PM that my thread had been moved/deleted.
:argue:
I see that this forum's falling reputation is well deserved - the mindset of the commercial breeder is too closed to new ideas or possibilities, as it is perceived a threat to their way of livelyhood.
I never said I was "dissing' the professional breeders' efforts - what works for them, works...fine and dandy. It's their life, their livelyhood; they dedicate enormous time, resources and effort into what they produce. That, I can respect.
BUT - can you people not even respect an alternative point of view? Are you so entrenched in current thinking that anything offered up that does not match must be abolished, never to see the light for fear that it may catch on?
AS promised, two links to studies regarding natural history and reproduction in wild discus:
http://www.scielo.br/pdf/ni/v6n4/v6n4a08.pdf (Natural history)(pay attention to the explanation for Fig. 9!)
http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?pid=S1519-69842005000400007&script=sci_arttext (Ovarian developement)
Oh...my final words, just as an FYI: My discus are fed 2x a day(beefheart, bloodworms, brine shrimp, and flakes); water changes are once a week, 50-90% depending on what tank they are in(55gal = 90%, 100 gal = 50%)
Good day all, and good luck.
It would have been nice to at least have had some notification via a PM that my thread had been moved/deleted.
:argue:
I see that this forum's falling reputation is well deserved - the mindset of the commercial breeder is too closed to new ideas or possibilities, as it is perceived a threat to their way of livelyhood.
I never said I was "dissing' the professional breeders' efforts - what works for them, works...fine and dandy. It's their life, their livelyhood; they dedicate enormous time, resources and effort into what they produce. That, I can respect.
BUT - can you people not even respect an alternative point of view? Are you so entrenched in current thinking that anything offered up that does not match must be abolished, never to see the light for fear that it may catch on?
AS promised, two links to studies regarding natural history and reproduction in wild discus:
http://www.scielo.br/pdf/ni/v6n4/v6n4a08.pdf (Natural history)(pay attention to the explanation for Fig. 9!)
http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?pid=S1519-69842005000400007&script=sci_arttext (Ovarian developement)
Oh...my final words, just as an FYI: My discus are fed 2x a day(beefheart, bloodworms, brine shrimp, and flakes); water changes are once a week, 50-90% depending on what tank they are in(55gal = 90%, 100 gal = 50%)
Good day all, and good luck.