Why low interest in wilds?

[Second Hand Pat]

If you want to see the difference a year can make (or longer) then checkout this thread...Growing-Out-Wilds

[AngryBird]

less than a week ago i Pm'd asking pat for wilds everyone loves wild... if only we can get easy access

Based on what I see on the forum and the PMs I receive I would say the interest is alive and well.

[Second Hand Pat]

less than a week ago i Pm'd asking pat for wilds everyone loves wild... if only we can get easy access

Added you to the list

[musicmarn1]

Im on the list right?! I wrote a while back saying id be honored to get any of yours ever!!

I want more wilds im in love with my tefe greens I think they love me too lol I really do they follow me and look for me, have been hand feeding wrigglers and there colors are getting stunning, fins are almost totally healed and I am pretty sure I have a male and female who go everywhere together!


I thought I was obsessed with domestics, then I got 4 green tefe, they are stunning and bold and really make me happy watching them, never seen a fish play under the water changes so much ! They are goofy about it haha so I do two now a day just to please them

One went pale the one who was beat up in shipping but on the worms his eyes are geting red like the others and his color came back beautifully I just havent found more tefe anywhere, where the hell do I get more !? I cant wait to get them out of qt and into 230g (its not ready yet) I intend to make an amazing biotope for them

More wilds please!!

[rickztahone]

I agree with Matt and Paul completely here.

When I left the hobby a few years back it was all about Domestics. You could hardly find ANY wilds anywhere. Now, I see a lot more people owning them, and a few more sponsors having/selling them.

Believe it or not, I actually came back to the forum because I wanted to set up a 240g tank one day. That day is slowly coming up and I thought that a Wild Biotope type tank would be killer. I get on the forum and look at how far wilds have come!

Pretty amazing really.

[brewmaster15]

Been a long while Ricardo! nice to see you are thinking about a return to the Hobby.

"You can check out but you can never leave...'"

best always,
Al

I agree with Matt and Paul completely here.

When I left the hobby a few years back it was all about Domestics. You could hardly find ANY wilds anywhere. Now, I see a lot more people owning them, and a few more sponsors having/selling them.

Believe it or not, I actually came back to the forum because I wanted to set up a 240g tank one day. That day is slowly coming up and I thought that a Wild Biotope type tank would be killer. I get on the forum and look at how far wilds have come!

Pretty amazing really.

[dirtyplants]

"You can check out but you can never leave...'"

Welcome to the Hotel Amazonian Discus what a lovely place.

[rickztahone]

Been a long while Ricardo! nice to see you are thinking about a return to the Hobby.

"You can check out but you can never leave...'"

best always,
Al

Thanks Al. The outside of the hotel looks a bit different but the service is as good as ever

Welcome to the Hotel Amazonian Discus what a lovely place.

Lol. Indeed it is.

I see so many old faces here but what a plethora of NEW faces!

[aquadon2222]

They are seasonal as the rainy season limits collection of them due to high waters. These are all hand caught fish remember and not farmed like our widely distributed colorful domestics. And along with hand fishing comes fishing regulations and of course suppliers grading their fish and that cuts down the number of quality fish making it to the market. Most of the amazing wilds go towards asia because they will pay a LARGE amount more than us here in the states which again will cut down the numbers you see coming in here.

Up until a matter of a few years ago the states really had no constant good supplier selling/importing here. I think popularity for them is growing but because of the limited number coming in each season and a higher demand its tougher to get than any domestic. The interest in wilds is higher than ever IMO.

And just because its a wild topic who doesn't love photos of them.....

Ahhh beautiful! Where'd you get the reds? I talk to a lot of people in the hobby who like wilds, but jeez they're hard to find and none of the big sellers seem to offer them but I wish they would (ahem Kenny and Hans ;-)

[Discus-n00b]

Thanks. That red is a wild Mangal from Mark (discus orgins).

[aquadon2222]

Thx, Mark will be getting an email from me soon, I'll tell him you sent me.

[Discus-n00b]

Keep in mind, this fish will most likely be yellow when you first get it. It takes wilds at least a year to bring on color like that IME.

Before of the same fish

After

[Larry Bugg]

Just one more thing about discus that seems to me to be different from some many other tropicals. Even ones that come from the same regions. When I first heard it took up to a year for wild discus to settle in and really show their color I wasn't a believer. Then I got wild discus and found out it was true. Other wild fish seem to get their true colors pretty quickly but not so the discus.

[winn0923]

Yup, gotta love wild. I was always a biotope guy, even when I kept SA, CA, Centrals I tried to get WC fish as often as possible and keep their environment as real looking as possible. I do love the color of wild discus, but it's their behavior that does it for me. Completely different than their domestic counterpart.

[dirtyplants]

They are intelligent, and curious, real curious, they will over come their fears to check something out. At least mine are like that. It is fun to watch.