Favourite discus strains

[caspias]

Hi all discus lovers...........

Just curious, what strains of discus do you like most???

Top 3 of my fave : (at least from the picture from the internet ;D )

1. Leopard Snakeskin
2. Red white
3. Blue Diamond

What about you ???

Leopard Snakeskins aren't a strain, are they? I don't think they breed true leopard snakeskin offspring and therefore couldn't be considered a strain. I really like some of the red fish, and definately the blues too.

If the ability to breed true defines what is a "strain" then most Discus types are not strains. I like most of my Discus, Red Spotted Diamonds, Wild Red Santarems, SRRBs, Canary Yellows, Golden Pigeon S/S, (all snakeskins for that matter), clean Pigeons, Alenquers, Red Melons, Tangerines... On the whole I like any large, healthy, clean, round, thick Discus that eats heartily. Especially if it's a fertile male that doesn't eat eggs and fertilizes huge batches of eggs.

Dave

Hey Dave,
Wattley is where I found out about the definition of a strain. It does make sense to me. However, many crosses are beatiful fish, I just don't think they'd create that same pattern in their offspring.

[Tyler]

I started out liking the most exotic and new strains out there. I realize now that the basics are best. Like Dave said anything big and round is good to me..... but if i had to choose i would say some Blue Diamonds or just some wilds. Back to the basics .

Tyler

[Chris-C]

My favorites are the reds and golds. Healthy and round ofcourse

[April]

my favourites are the red and brown base fish. love my manacapura x alencers and love my santarem x alencers from mike. ...and the sans are nice..love the blue snakeskin..and of course goldens. and wilds...and the rt and blue turq family. ok so thats alot of fish. ;D

[redlines]

Reds. Blues.

All Big & Round.

[beta]

Heckels of course!

[OEG]

Hey Dave,
I like that list but mine would read as follows.

1.snakeskins
2.snakeskins
3.snakeskins

ohh yea I forgot snakeskins big round and fat.

Oh I LOVE dicsus with that prominant 5th bar...I want some Heckel crosses SOOOO bad

[mas]

tefe greens. i have a couple of babies and happened to see an older one in an lfs display tank the other day.. it was great!

white ghosts and good looking browns can be pretty spectacular as well.

greens, browns and whites definitely for me.

.marcus

[Carol_Roberts]

Pigeon bloods with bright red eyes and very little peppering.
Carol

[arpanlib]

hi,
i love the
red malboros
yellow face maboros
spotted leopards
san merahs
snake skins
blue diamonds
pandas
etc etc

arpanlib

[Pick]

Red Turquoise

I love a lot of the others, especially SS's, LSS's, and many are prettier to look at too, but RT's are my fave. Just like my first glimpse of the orion nebula through a pair of binoculars hooked me forever on the night sky, the first discus photo I saw was a red turk and I waited years to get some - It was SOOO worth the wait!

TC