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    Curious what everyones favorite strain of discus is today? I'm very partial to wild greens and blue snakeskins as my favorites.. Probably next up would be san merahs and a close follow up would be red based wild blues and Heckels.

    What about you? Whats your favorites?



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    Default Re: Favorite strain?

    I have never owned one, but the Piwo Red Turquoise is my favorite.

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    I'm pretty much with Al on this. My favorite are SSs with a strong blue base. My second pick would be the brown based reds. I love a good wild of any type, but never felt the urge to try owning and breeding them
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    If I had to choose wilds - I absolutely LOVE wild greens, especially the ones I've seen previously posted by Pat.

    Domestic breed? I spotted a video of Chicago Discus lately, and I'm sold on the Rose Red, Super Panthera, and Ruby Red Spider.

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    Default Re: Favorite strain?

    Quote Originally Posted by SidJones View Post
    I have never owned one, but the Piwo Red Turquoise is my favorite.
    Those piwo red turqs with the horizontal striations are really sweet looking fish and can have a really nice shape. RED turqs in general are on my top 5 list.
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    Default Re: Favorite strain?

    Blue Turq's

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    Default Re: Favorite strain?

    For me, blue fish…. my preference, reflection Ds or Cobalts.

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    Blue tiger turqs, but the super panthera at Chicago discus are amazing!

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    My personal preference is wilds also. I really love the wild greens and also love the red-based browns (or Cuipuea)
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    Default Re: Favorite strain?

    My favorite strain is the Browns with vertical dark bars

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    Default Re: Favorite strain?

    Wild Tefe Greens hands down. Wild Browns and Heckles in that order. I've never been a huge fan of the "manufactured" strains we have now. The closer to wild the more enthused I am.

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    I think it's pretty obvious by my more recent posts that I like the spots, lol... But, I also like many of the other traditional strains as well...

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