Ugliest Discus.You know you got them!

[caffers0]

Poor little guy but you did good by him.

[8ftbed]

Hey, you know how they graft cactus? Might be a celebrity future for old scallop head.

[Bill63SG]

I think Bill likes having bragging rights on the Ugliest Discus.

Give it a fancy name, a high price, and watch it sell!...Bill

I'm pushing Unicorn Discus.

[musicmarn1]

GOOD LORD ! Lol

[blueluv]

Give it a fancy name, a high price, and watch it sell!...Bill

I vote for calling it the half moon discus.

[Trier20]

I'll have to get a picture of the one I keep to remind me that growing out fry in 100% RO is not a good idea

[Ryan]

I hate to burst Bill's bubble, but those actually turn up more often than you realize.

I've seen angels and discus with giant dents in their heads and bodies like that. It's some kind of birth defect rather than an injury. The fry just develop that way, and oddly enough it doesn't seem to have any bearing on their ability to eat or swim around. Some people call them unicorn or rhino discus.

See here:

http://www.mrdiscus.es/blog/wp-conte...oads/rhino.jpg

http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/228/48382.jpg

[camuth8]

Geez, that's crazy! I used to look around the internet when I was new to discus a lot, but I never saw one like that!

[Ryan]

I've had quite a few Heros and Heroina fry end up that way, but these are fish that have 200 - 400 fry per spawn, so maybe they appear more often than discus. Usually it's noticeable by the time they're a few weeks old and I just cull for it. They become snacks for larger fish.

[Bill63SG]

Call me nuts,i kinda like that second picture.Reminds me of Sid Vicious.

[William Palumbo]

LOL...Reminds me of a Stickleback Minnow!...Bill

[nc0gnet0]

I've seen angels and discus with giant dents in their heads and bodies like that. It's some kind of birth defect rather than an injury.

It's the result of a bacterial infection when young, not a birth defect IMO.

Rick

[blueluv]

LOL...Reminds me of a Stickleback Minnow!...Bill

Looks more like a rock fish.... Lol

[Bill63SG]

Looks more like a rock fish.... Lol

Rock n Roll fish!

[blueluv]

Rock n Roll fish!

Lol. Punk Rock n Roll