Discus Hatchery Las Vegas

[paletka]

Hi,
the one on the picture are stunted (check the eye size and compare to body size)

chris

[fastcarsnbigfishies]

Well you do get what you pay for and that will reflect as they get older. They were stunted poor shape and some never showed their color. I purchsed his Discus because of price as at the time i had little money. I have learned that i was better off saving my money and going through a sponsor on here. I have purchased Discus from Discus hatchery and Bill at Inland Empire Discus and the Bill is miles ahead of Customer service, Shipping quality and Discus quality.

Just my opinion But even my wife said you bought a pile of crap (from Discus Hatchery) and she has no idea.

I couldn't have said it better myself.

[fastcarsnbigfishies]

Hi,
the one on the picture are stunted (check the eye size and compare to body size)

chris

possibly the leopards are slightly, but they are all growing very quickly and i am not concerned that the level of stunting will effect them in any greatly measurable way.

[Aquaben19]

First off, This is my first post. My name is Ben and I live in Burton Michigan. I have always wanted to keep Discus since I was 8 years old. Now that I am 30, have bought my first house, and am married to a great woman, I decided to buy my dream fish.

I have done tons, and I mean tons of research from when I was 8 until now.

I saw this auction on Aquabid(and I am sure there are some respectable breeders on there), for 6 Red Spotted Leopards. I thought the father(pictured on the auction page) looked gorgeous so his fry must be awesome right? No.

Unfortunatly for me I discover SimplyDiscus.com AFTER I discover Aquabid.

The fish are stunted and 3 out of the 7(He sent an extra 1, probably to make you feel better about the lemons) had horrible finnage. If you look on his feedback I sadly left positive feedback.. why? Because I didnt know any better.

Live and learn right?

I would like to thank Al and the other moderators for a great forum that I will now use as my Bible.

Wanna know the sad part of all this? I live an hour away from Cary Strong...
/cry.

Ben
Aspiring Hobbyist Breeder.

[William Palumbo]

No matter where you get your Discus, anytime the breeder will not show you a pic of the fry...the ACTUAL fish for sale, be suspect of him/her. I like seeing the pair at times, but the actual fry I would rather see. I have seen great looking pairs throw crappy looking fish...and vice versa. I do believe you get what you pay for, but I also believe Discus that size should not cost much to start with. What seems like a "great" deal, many months later, feeding, water changing, electric consumption and labor, turns out to not be a deal, but a big waste of time and resorces, and possibly leaving a wonderful hobby. Buy from the Simply sponsors...or a known breeder who can and will send you pics of the fish for sale...Bill

[terps]

No matter where you get your Discus, anytime the breeder will not show you a pic of the fry...the ACTUAL fish for sale, be suspect of him/her. I like seeing the pair at times, but the actual fry I would rather see. I have seen great looking pairs throw crappy looking fish...and vice versa. I do believe you get what you pay for, but I also believe Discus that size should not cost much to start with. What seems like a "great" deal, many months later, feeding, water changing, electric consumption and labor, turns out to not be a deal, but a big waste of time and resorces, and possibly leaving a wonderful hobby. Buy from the Simply sponsors...or a known breeder who can and will send you pics of the fish for sale...Bill

Great advice. It's always best to see the fish you are buying in person.

[fastcarsnbigfishies]

Just a little update, all 7 are still alive, which is always a good start. 2 of the 7 are slow growers so I have been trying to pull the faster growers out of the growout tank so the smaller guys don't have to compete for food. The tank that the bigger guys are now in is pretty dark so the red spotted leopards have their stress bars showing and are a little dark due to their surrounding but look as though they will have great color in a lighter tank. I am quite pleased with the color developing on the red dragons. Over all I am happy for the price that I paid, all of them lived and none of them are horribly ugly (imo). So for what it is worth, here is a picture.

[akumastew]

Just a little update, all 7 are still alive, which is always a good start. 2 of the 7 are slow growers so I have been trying to pull the faster growers out of the growout tank so the smaller guys don't have to compete for food. The tank that the bigger guys are now in is pretty dark so the red spotted leopards have their stress bars showing and are a little dark due to their surrounding but look as though they will have great color in a lighter tank. I am quite pleased with the color developing on the red dragons. Over all I am happy for the price that I paid, all of them lived and none of them are horribly ugly (imo). So for what it is worth, here is a picture.

I am glad you are ahppy with your purchase, and have no casualties.

[MSD]

For learning with discus as a newbie this is fine, If you keep up with it you can spend more for the higher quality strains. Not everyone are discus perfectionist like most of us nuts on here. Some can spend $15 and be perfectly happy with what they get, its all good as they say.