8cm wild blue discus

[teow12]

Hi to all wild discus funs!!!!

A month ago i order 6 wild blue discus from a store...discus came and they are 8 cm...i think they are very small for wild discus, when i asked from where they are, the seller told that discus are from Nhamuda river and Glaser have sent them....

So they are really wild discus or F1???

Thank you

[Jennie]

post pics

[Eddie]

They are more than likely domestic. You don't see too many wild caught discus at that size.

[teow12]

I can't post any pistures because they are hidding all the time...
The only different i have seen is that in temp 30 C they where hiding in the woods and didn't eat anything....but in 27 C they where eating...
And the other think is that there fins are coloured and not just white

[wgtaylor]

I see 5 cm wild discus being imported into United States now.
Been wondering if these are possibly farmed in South America again.
They appear too small and consistent in size than normal wild caught.
Bill

[teow12]

It is very weird Bill!!!
Too small for a normal wild caught discus....but could a discus importer sell F1 for wild caught discus???
Or we are just very very very lucky.........

[wheelsdeal]

How do you measured them.8cm with the tail?Post some pictures when you can.

[wgtaylor]

It is very weird Bill!!!
Too small for a normal wild caught discus....but could a discus importer sell F1 for wild caught discus???
Or we are just very very very lucky.........

Our importers are at the mercy of the South American exporters. If our importers import fish as wild caught then that is how they have to sell them. If they are farm raised then it is probably through natural selection in ponds and theoretically they would still be wild discus. Are we very lucky....?....the small ones are much cheaper !
I see small wilds, 5 - 6.4 cm total length, selling for $25 US.
Bill

[vera]

Hi to all wild discus funs!!!!

A month ago i order 6 wild blue discus from a store...discus came and they are 8 cm...i think they are very small for wild discus, when i asked from where they are, the seller told that discus are from Nhamuda river and Glaser have sent them....

So they are really wild discus or F1???

Thank you

could be real stuff , sometimes u can spot a difference of the wild stock and F1's that wilds have a bit bent or non consistent hard and soft rays on their fins
pictures will help

HTH

[teow12]

Here is a foto.....its the best i could get.......

[wgtaylor]

Look like wild to me. Vera made good points to look for, also on wilds tail fin is rounded and tank raised f1's come more to a point at tips.
Good luck with these, they look nice.
Bill

[Jhhnn]

One of our sponsors, snookn21, sometimes offers wild discus as small as 2-1/2", often blues and greens of 3-1/2". I'd think they were from early wet season spawns, partially grown by the dry collecting season.

If the pictured fish isn't wild, it's very close to it, indistinguishable from wild...

[teow12]

The store that bring me the wilds....has also bring and Green....The only small wild discus that Glaser could sent him was wild blue and wild green!!!
Mine was at 8 cm but the greens was in 8-10cm!!

[teow12]

Should i raise the temp to 32 C ??? I read somewhere that the first week you have to raise mthe temp to 32C just to make them feel better in the aquarium....a montyh now they are hiding in the woods....only for food they come out....nothing else

[Apistomaster]

The last group of 10 Heckels I bought over five years ago were the smallest sized Heckels I had ever seen. All 8 to 9 cm in diameter. I bought them in May which should have been at some point in the wet season but it was also a time when there was period of relative drought in Amazonia.

Pool raised wilds and tank raised F1 should be indistinguishable if the wild fish have been given a long enough acclimation period prior to shipping, imo.