New discus

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Well they’ve all grown. I’ve moved the 3 raffs into one of the 125s and they’re doing fine.4E838828-E1E8-4C85-89CA-0E3CDD8AC11A.jpgEFF9015B-2CBB-4181-879D-7AE48B70C019.jpg02ABF030-D840-4988-9538-8784752C915C.jpg. All are around 5” now but look nothing like what was expected. Last looks like a panda.

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The yellow marlboro doesn’t look like a Marlboro anymore and also not yellow. Was looking like a raff for awhile but has now grown some white bars. Not sure what it will be.56C17EE8-D552-489E-BBB8-8BFAA837FA93.jpg. And the first 2 I’ve had for 4months now and are both growing nicely.8A178F91-1CFE-47B8-BC4F-892ED9CFC746.jpgC0D8876E-976E-4244-B5B1-1944083F02C5.jpg. Still wondering what these are.

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Moved the red guy into 1 of the 125’s yesterday.8B54C3A1-1BF4-45CC-9E36-5A39573859B3.jpg. Doing good so far.1C5727D4-88F8-4773-8971-8D2BB95041BC.jpg. The other guys still in the 50A8304B9B-509D-44D6-9A04-55BB59E9E426.jpg

[pablos]

your red one looks stunning. Which strain is it?

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No clue. Got it at local pet store at about the size of a quarter.

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Well did something I shouldn’t have. Went to a local store to look at discus. Someone had bought a withe discus that looked really good so I wanted to see. Been to this place before but wasn’t impressed. Funny place. It small but you have to open doors to really see what’s in it. This time I opened the right door. Took me down a flight of steps. Mind you this place is in the middle of queens Chinatown. So at the bottom of the steps (think walking into an unfinished basement) behind yet another door there are around 30 40g breeders. 10 of which are full of some really nice looking discus. Was very surprised. But I walked back upstairs and was leaving when I decided I should have one more look. So I bought this red leopard 75337B75-7D52-4521-AE90-7AF1D1DACDD3.jpg. Got it home and it looked like thisD58AA5A6-035F-4CC1-BFD8-6578136DB854.jpg. Lost some color but hey I knew it was stressed some. Also guessed the lighting was making it look redder than it was. But I’m still very happy. This pic was right after I dropped it in. After one week it looked like this.2133FB0B-93B8-4809-95E1-E45E9D559CF5.jpg with the right lighting this DBCC17DF-01FA-4617-B413-FC060A5B041A.jpg I’m happy plus no sign of anything wrong. I mean this discus was eating the 2nd day. So I went back today and bought 2 more. In the week I was gone most of the leopards were sold. Only 4 left. Still found a nice one . Than I also picked an albino red pigeon. This is also a very nice looking discus24C159D7-A6C9-4F0F-8234-801C3758BC89.jpg. For me I’m just surprised these fish look this good from a local store. The prices were reasonable and no shipping. Here’s all 3 together. E2D6029D-CF9B-46B1-A5B5-1647844DF189.jpg Middle guys from last week. These discus are all allready around 6” and they still look young. So now time will tell what I got .

[seanyuki]

Those discus from Monster Aquarium Inc looks pretty good.

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Yeah I got to say they have some great looking discus! Shocked! Been a long time since I’ve seen discus like these at a lfs. White one seems to be a bit of a bully and not eating much but the 2 leopards are eating everything that I drop in.342B3AB1-05DB-4268-90FD-9BF34DBE7961.jpgA971975C-E95B-4F4B-8FCD-ABECAE317A0F.jpgFCDAF06D-D9D0-4919-8675-E87A059C9E11.jpg0C468E56-58BD-44D2-867B-BED5044536A3.jpg.

[CliffsDiscus]

Those discus from Monster Aquarium Inc looks pretty good.

Ditto!

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New guys are doing great! Now what tank do I put them in? I’m thinking the 2 leopards in one tank and the white in the other. C26BB798-E8C8-433E-AAD8-D1208EB8FB2E.jpg

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Well today was moving day . The 2 leopards went in the first tank. 5D7D328F-990C-4CC7-BB1A-ACCFF4A90C94.jpeg3437B3D0-9F53-4D40-B6F4-55215EC385D7.jpegA130482C-29E2-4D72-813B-10475201AD0A.jpeg. I moved them first and all is well. Lots of bickering at first but they held there own and it looks like they’ve been accepted. Next the white went into my second tank and seemed to think it was it’s tank (not sure if male or female but leaning now toward female). Got right involved with the biggest and longest pair.2B893029-920F-4F9A-8375-5FC254C6AE6D.jpeg when done there it checked out the rest of the occupants C57721C8-E1B2-42BF-B539-9FF7D255DF38.jpgBCD2EA93-D7A4-42F5-AE3D-22D0C09C7D88.jpgA7AEA385-C321-482C-8156-3E3099B64468.jpg again all good. Should have bought 2 of the white ones!
Went back to the store again today and was let down. Same fish but conditions were not as good. Looked like the average pet store where the fish had been there too long.

[jpm995]

May i ask the store's name? I'm guessing Pet Wearhouse in Lindenhurst.

[seanyuki]

I think he got them from Monster Aquarium


https://monsteraquariumus.com/

May i ask the store's name? I'm guessing Pet Wearhouse in Lindenhurst.

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Hey Jim well yes I use that Pet warehouse and the one by Roosevelt field. But these discus I got from Monster Aquarium off college pt blvd queens. A member here pointed the place out and 2 members on the Facebook site bought from them. All the fish have been good. No cc and good looking fish. Couldn’t get any info from owner on where he got them from but what he had was very similar to what Dennis discus is offering now.

[andicca]

He gets his Discus from Vietnam, I was there a few years ago when the shipment came in. Fish are usually very nice and the prices are reasonable.