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2" Orange Melon Discus - Omaha, NE - P/U or Shipping
Hi fellow discus lovers!
I’ve got a nice discus pair that has raised quite a few spawns. I’ve supplied local hobbyists and LFS, but Omaha is a small market so I’m checking to see if there is interest in the SD community. As you can see in the parent photo they are a nice solid orange color with black trim on fins and tail. I’m calling them Orange Melon, but perhaps there is a more appropriate name for this strain – let me know what you think.
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The young I am offering are from a 3-18-2017 spawn and are +/- 2” at the time of this posting. They’re very healthy and growing fast, eating a variety of bloodworm, brine shrimp, beefheart, and freeze-dried tubifex daily. No hormones or color enhancing food, so the young are still fairly plain-looking & just starting to color up. In my experience with the parents and their previous spawns, they don’t reach full color until 10-12 months.
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Worth the wait in my opinion as I think the adults are quite pretty. Here’s a link to short video of the young on the parents at a couple weeks free-swimming: https://photos.app.goo.gl/xFnl0C6kXI7sh8zC2
I’m asking $20 ea - willing to discount if you want 5 or more. Happy to donate 10% back to the forum. Drop me a message if you’re interested and I can give you a shipping estimate.
Jim
Re: 2" Orange Melon Discus - Omaha, NE - P/U or Shipping
This is an awesome opportunity. I wish I had the tank space.
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scubasaurus
Hi fellow discus lovers!
I’ve got a nice discus pair that has raised quite a few spawns. I’ve supplied local hobbyists and LFS, but Omaha is a small market so I’m checking to see if there is interest in the SD community. As you can see in the parent photo they are a nice solid orange color with black trim on fins and tail. I’m calling them Orange Melon, but perhaps there is a more appropriate name for this strain – let me know what you think.
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The young I am offering are from a 3-18-2017 spawn and are +/- 2” at the time of this posting. They’re very healthy and growing fast, eating a variety of bloodworm, brine shrimp, beefheart, and freeze-dried tubifex daily. No hormones or color enhancing food, so the young are still fairly plain-looking & just starting to color up. In my experience with the parents and their previous spawns, they don’t reach full color until 10-12 months.
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Worth the wait in my opinion as I think the adults are quite pretty. Here’s a link to short video of the young on the parents at a couple weeks free-swimming:
https://photos.app.goo.gl/xFnl0C6kXI7sh8zC2
I’m asking $20 ea - willing to discount if you want 5 or more. Happy to donate 10% back to the forum. Drop me a message if you’re interested and I can give you a shipping estimate.
Jim
Thanks Jim! Looks like a very healthy group of fry and nice shape. Best of luck with your sale!
al
Re: 2" Orange Melon Discus - Omaha, NE - P/U or Shipping
Where are the parent's originally from?
Re: 2" Orange Melon Discus - Omaha, NE - P/U or Shipping
Hi
I got the parents direct from a breeder in Florida. The photos of the fish he had listed looked like checkerboards with big white spots. The group he sent me were REALLY young - about fingernail size and I guess no more than 4 weeks old. As they grew out over the next 12 months, it was obvious they weren't what he had pictured. They developed into what you see in my listing here - a nice solid orange color with no body pattern at all. Perhaps he got them mixed up with other fry at the time of shipping - that's why I'm guessing and calling them orange melon...
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Growing fast and starting to color up. 2-2.5" now. I need the tank space and I'm motivated to find good homes for these guys so make me an offer
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Looks like you got some winners in that tank. That guy in the top left is extra tall.
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scubasaurus
Growing fast and starting to color up. 2-2.5" now. I need the tank space and I'm motivated to find good homes for these guys so make me an offer
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I'm very interested if you have any left. I don't live that far away and can pick up on most evenings. Thanks, Ray
Re: 2" Orange Melon Discus - Omaha, NE - P/U or Shipping
Quite a few left - send me a PM and we can arrange pickup
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Wow I can't believe you haven't sold out of these yet. You're practically giving them away and you're willing to ship.
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How much to ship to Joplin, mo 64804 or 64801
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Hi - depends on how many you want. you're not far from here - usps express look like approx $30 for 1 or 2. about $50 for up to 8.
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Wow I can't believe you haven't sold out of these yet. You're practically giving them away and you're willing to ship.
thanks - yes, about 40 left. two spawns behind this one are about big enough to sell now too. I need to separate the parents :S
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Thanks again for posting here. I sent you a PM to take 8. I'm putting them into a 55 g BB, with plans to move them to my 125 when adult.