A wild Idea!!!!

[Francisco_Borrero]

...unknown location. Oliver suggested that looks like heckels from Abacaxis

[Francisco_Borrero]

Unknown location. Several people have suggested Nhamunda, and it does look like their pics

[Francisco_Borrero]

unknown location. Oliver suggested Mari-Mari and it does look like some in his web site. [s][/s]

[Francisco_Borrero]

Green discus, unknown location, have been suggested Nanay

Wild Brown with wrigglers. Unknown origin.
Jimmy.

[Francisco_Borrero]

Plain green, unspotted. Unknown location, Nanay?

[Francisco_Borrero]

"Blue heckel", unknown location.

[Francisco_Borrero]

Blue discus, Location Curipera, 23days after being home.
Male on left, female right.

[korbi_doc]

Francisco, love that pair!! & pray tell, why are the Curipera, one reddish, one gold, called blue?? Just wondering, Dottie : : :

[Francisco_Borrero]

Hi Dottie:
To the question of "what makes them blue when one is red and one gold...?", there is a bad, multiple-part answer. Bad because it brings us to what is a blue, a brown, a green, and there are only "concepts" that work better with some specimens than others. Particularly when it comes to blues and browns.
Hopefully people with more expertise will shime in here, but my understanding/interpretation is that in addition to the two species (S.discus [heckel] and S. aequifasciata [all other wilds]), there are within each geographical variations in color, and these historically have been used to define the "green, blue and brown", which has been a useful squeme, albeit incomplete and perhaps not based on taxonomical truths. But there is substantial overlap, and exchange, in addition to individual variability. The same, although pehaps less dramatically so, can be said of S. discus, with the "blue, red" heckels.

Curiperas are considered blues, but I agree that they are much alike browns. Mines have not colored up to very red yet, but are getting there.

Cheers, Francisco.

[korbi_doc]

Thanks for the explanation Francisco, guess I'll just hafta keep trying to ever get it straight in my mind. Whatever, they are beauties. The real dark reds that I have seen on this forum have intrigued me, & they may be the only other color/type that I would seek out, but I do also like the wild golds. Always something to strive for, yes???? Dottie ;D ;D

[aquatechnics]

Hi,

Here are some of my personal collection.

Nanay RSGs .... ;D

Alberto

[aquatechnics]

... another Nanay RSG

[aquatechnics]

Peruvian Green from the Nanay River in Perú ......;D
Alberto

[aquatechnics]

Some Madeiras....