My Visit to Chicago Discus

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I feel lucky that I'm only 2 hours away from Chicago so that I have the chance to visit Chicago Discus.:D Josie and MS are gracious enough to spend time with me and show me how they operate the hatchery. I was totally amazed by the quality of their stock and how clean and elegant the fish room is. Every tank is spotless and every single fish, pairs or juvs, local bred or imported, are at their top condition. It's a pity that I forgot to bring my camera:p, but next time I will for sure. I took a lot of random cellphone pictures, you know they don't do much justice... Thanks Josie and MS, I look forward to visiting you ladies again and see the crazy 8 again (definitely my favorite among all your fish :D)


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small piwo red turqs

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piwo cobalt. Very very nice blue color and shape in person. I hate my cellphone cam... :(


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My favorite fish :D


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One of the best pigeon blood I've seen. a big wow when i saw her.

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Piwo red turq pair



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Scribbles bred and raised by Josie and MS. Truly impressive fish. :)

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Interesting german x asian. would like to see the outcome.

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Xiaofei :)

[warblad79]

Top quality fish!

[timmy82]

They certainly do a great job and have some very nice stock!:D

[Kal-El]

I feel the same way glad they are only 25 mins from me... All all my Juvie except 3 Piwow from Kraig are all from Josie and Miranda. BTW what did you end up getting?

[Discus-n00b]

Love this fish!
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[warblad79]

I'm glad she's to far far away from me, otherwise I'll be broke.

[saputra]

Very nice stock. And How many fish you brought home Xiaofei?:p
You should bring some of those Piwo cobalt and red Turk

[Chicago Discus]

Xiaofei,
When you said you wanted to take photos I didn’t know you wanted to post them on simply LOL... Well guys this is as candid as you get LOL. We had a nice time with you enjoy the Discus you got and have fun with them..........Josie

[seanyuki]

Hey Josie .....Nice fishroom(sooo clean tanks) and impressive discus too....thanks for posting Xiao Fei.

[papyol]

WOW beautiful fishroom, super clean....:thumbsup:

[Chad Hughes]

Beautiful fish room! You use a lot of plugs. Lol! What's your monthly electric bill? I think I have three plugs in the fish house.

[Chicago Discus]

Beautiful fish room! You use a lot of plugs. Lol! What's your monthly electric bill? I think I have three plugs in the fish house.

The room is pretty warm the heaters are mostly for back up. And I use UVs in the grow outs that's why it looks so heavily plugged LOL. but yea the electric bill definitely did go up after the build. But my home is pretty large so it didn't make that much of a difference.......LOL....Josie

[Chad Hughes]

Lol! The UV does sort of explain all those plugs.

[Chicago Discus]

Lol! The UV does sort of explain all those plugs.

LOL...I know its like a electricians nightmare......Josie

[Chad Hughes]

And I'm an electrician... See where my head is? Lol!

[Chicago Discus]

And I'm an electrician... See where my head is? Lol!

That makes sense LOL..josie

[MSD]

UV's are great with discus, and I got a great wallpaper for my computer with the leopards!