Regret after impulse

[Dissident]

He got them cheap though. If they were inexpensive I wouldn't worry about five. Sounds like he bought them from a hobbyist and not a real experienced breeder. I'm not a discus breeder, more of a hobbyist, and I would probably have a hard time killing them. I regard my discus as pets. Current count: about 87 Plates (Discus) and holding.

Well that's good to know, I was hopeing that no one was trying to rip him off. Even for a hobbyist those fish should have been culled, unless the source didn't know or thought they would develop fine.

[John_Nicholson]

There are just to many nice discus in the world today to keep ones that are not nice. Go ahead and cull them and save your limited tank space for nice fish. Nothing in this old world is guaranteed a long life. In the wild animals with issues are the first to go. Why should mother natures law be broken just because we have the fish in a tank? Just because we have protected them from preditors does not mean we should keep them. It means that we need to take the place of the preditors and weed out the small, weak, deformed fish.

-john

[RobMc]

As a newbie I have to echo the sentiments of others: its really valuable to see pictures of 'what not to buy.' Sad, but good to know about.

Rob

[jim_shedden]

Mike:
Thanks for sharing this.

Jim

[pcsb23]

Mike, a lesson learned the hard way, experience is the best teacher, but it can be hard. It took some courage to post your 'mistake', hopefully other can learn from it too!
Thanks,
Paul.