Vintage Strain Development

[Second Hand Pat]

Thanks plecocicho, I will keep my eyes open. I did bring one Schmidt Foecke books from the NADA 2012 show but need to check the content.

Thanks Sune, I was planning on carefully tracking both line (A, B etc ) and F1, F1 etc. I have no idea if there is such a classification system here in the US.

[Second Hand Pat]

Promising results in Batch A (Line 1)...

[trusty]

Of course pat you know it Wilds they are from wantabe and the first shipment from mark. I got 6 in total...

[Second Hand Pat]

Of course pat you know it Wilds they are from wantabe and the first shipment from mark. I got 6 in total...

Trusty, you lost me

[Moon]

I was talking to Dieter during NADA and he mentioned that he still has the original Schmidt Focke line and maintains them in his fish room. He does not ship but sells locally. So if anyone is planning a trip to Germany there is an opportunity to obtain some great pedigree discus.

[Skip]

I was talking to Dieter during NADA and he mentioned that he still has the original Schmidt Focke line and maintains them in his fish room. He does not ship but sells locally. So if anyone is planning a trip to Germany there is an opportunity to obtain some great pedigree discus.

thats a heck of a shipping charge.. ROUND TRIP TICKET to Europe.. for old line discus.. priceless!!

[gwrace]

hi its great to see that more discus breeders are going along the line of trying to bring back the old colours.far to many discus keepers are not interested in the old type colours and thats a shame.i for one applaude the efforts of people like yourself for not getting sucked into the hype of the what i call the candy coloured discus scene.i love wild type discus and slowly more breeders are thinking the same way.good luck in your future breeding attempts.regards lawrence

It's a personal point of view but I own and enjoy both the "candy colors" and wilds. I've had people ask me if the candy colors in my show tanks are salt water fish because they are so pretty. It's a little like having a reef aquarium without all the headaches of a reef aquarium. Where would we be without all the genetic mutations we enjoy in every other pet we keep. It would be pretty boring if every dog looked like a wolf....

[zimmjeff]

hmmmmm I have a friend in Italy right now wonder how close she is?

[Moon]

I have a pair of Wattley's original solid turq strain that I got from Dale Jordan. Dale got them from Japan. Not quite sure who he got them from. They are were little stunted when I got them. So I won't post any pics of them. I am working with them to get get some fry and grow them out.

[nc0gnet0]

Hey Pat,

Here is something I have been playing with, an F2 from one of my cross's.

[Second Hand Pat]

Appears to be from wild green stock Rick, Is it? You have some nice spotting going on. I would love to see a better picture.
Pat

[Second Hand Pat]

Since I have not touched this thread in a while an update is in order. A year ago this month I started with this.

Mom



Dad



and today I have two of these which are a year old this month.




I also have two wild Tefe RSGs up and coming adults which will comprise the F2 generation.

[Trier20]

I didn't know you had this mission going on! Sounds like alot of fun! Good luck Pat. You're definitely patient enough to do this!

[Second Hand Pat]

I have also been asked if I should add domestics to this mix. Since this is the laboratory I would be most interested on the pros and cons of such an addition.

Some thoughts...

Possible pros
1. Quicker process to an end result.
2. Quicker maturity of the fish from fry to breeding age.

Possible cons
1. A muddy genetic pool.

[Second Hand Pat]

I didn't know you had this mission going on! Sounds like alot of fun! Good luck Pat. You're definitely patient enough to do this!

Lets hope I live long enough Brandon. This could easily be a 20 year mission.