I have decided to do something completely crazy.....LOL

[Kirbs]

Let me know the dates!

[Chicago Discus]

Let me know the dates!

I will as soon as I get them should be in the early to middle part of November so I can be home for my favorite Holiday...LOL...Josie

[terps]

That sounds like fun! Always like seeing videos of various discus hatcheries.

[DonMD]

Josie, that's great. Have a wonderful time, we look forward to enjoying your reports!

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[rickztahone]

That is great news Josie. I hope you have a great time! I love taking trips like that with my family and photographing everything! Of course they don't like it as much, but I like having all those photos of the good times.

[kkdiscus]

If I am not mistaken, the main discus breeders or farms are located in 3 main States in Malaysia: Penang, Perak & Johor.

Penang and Perak are close, about 1.5 hours drive. While Johor is quite far from Perak, about 7-8 hours drive.

Johor and Singapore is just a cross of bridge. Can reach within 30 mins under smooth traffic.

[Chicago Discus]

Ok booking the flights and applying for Visa

[joenaustin04]

Hello guys,
In November I will be traveling abroad to Maylasia and China to document and visit some fish farms mostly discus. Im still working out all the details and booking my reservations. This will be mostly a information gathering trip and of course I will document on video as I always do.
I started this thread to document this trip before, during and after......More to come .....Josie

Let me know when you are in Asia and I can help you schedule a few discus breeders in Seoul, Korea. It is only an hour flight from Tokyo and Shanghai.
Joseph

[Nathanp]

This sounds like an amazing adventure!! Jealous !!

[Lucky Tropical]

Let me correct you.90% of Singapore discus is from malaysia.
AND i don't mind telling you Singapore land is so expensive ,even water and electric bill is so high ........

You'll love Singapore, Josie
I lived there for 2 years, and viewed several excellent discus breeder fish farms during that time. They raise great specimens there - comparable to the best exported out of Malaysia. I started keeping discus while there and got hooked. Of course, my time there was well over 30 years ago, and I'm sure much has changed - probably for the better, except for the prices - but it was so long ago, I'm afraid I can't be helpful with any information. At that time, you could buy adult discus for $10. each or less.
Have fun - looking forward to seeing pics.

[discuspaul]

Let me correct you.90% of Singapore discus is from malaysia.
AND i don't mind telling you Singapore land is so expensive ,even water and electric bill is so high ........

LOL - I don't know what there is to correct in what I said, or what you think you are correcting, I simply stated that while I lived in Singapore, even though it was a long time ago, I obtained Singapore bred & raised discus, which were not of Malaysian stock parentage to my knowledge, and they were, imo, every bit as good-looking, healthy & well-shaped as any of the many Forrest discus I have bought in recent years.

Not taking anything away from Forrest, his are the only discus I've bought in recent years.

I visited discus farms in both Singapore and Malaysia while there, and the Singapore breeders were at that time producing just as good discus stock as the Malaysian breeders.

As for your '90%' comment, again I'm not sure what you're saying - are you saying that 90% of discus sold in Singapore are brought in from Malaysia ? ( Or 90% of discus in Singapore are from Malaysian discus parentage ?) I find that very hard to believe. Should we accept that statement to be true just because you say so ?

[GeauxDiscus]

LOL - And we're still waiting for the reply...

[Chicago Discus]

Hello Guys,

I have booked my flight to Maylasia I will be leaving August 31, 2014 from Chicago............

Cathay Pacific Airlines

[pauline]

How exciting, that's not too far off. How long will you gone?

[Mugwump]

Spent some time in Singapore....beautiful city....have fun Josie....I'll likely see you in Hillside before you leave, tho....;-)