You've got to see this ! Curipera Cross

[OCD71]

If you've been thinking about geting one.......DO IT ! Absolutely insane !!!!!!!! Very unique, full of color, gorgeous, and great pattern. These photos were taken the following day (with a cell phone too) after moving her from the QT tank to her new home. Light fixture has 1 watt LED's, combo of 10k white and 460nm actinic.

Thank you Miranda! It is always a pleasure to do business with you. She arrived perfectly packaged and in excellent condition.

[Rudustin]

Great looking discus! Rufus

[SPK329]

WOW!......saw them listed on the site. Almost pulled the trigger. Beautiful 4sure......Enjoy

[bluelagoon]

Very nice indeed!!!!!!

[Phillydubs]

Wow really nice! So big and round as well. Love the shape!!

I am such a fan and lover of this cross. I'm kinda wishing I had the tank, space and cash to do a pack of them. They are all so different, unique and lovely. I'm enamored by them!

What happened to the tail I see a nick there...?

[Trac]

Beautiful cross all the way around. I also love the C cross.

[Quintin]

Lovely color and shape.Excelent looking fish

[Larry Grenier]

Very nice! What are the parents? A wild Curipera and a _____?
What is Miranda's web-page?

[Chicago Discus]

Steve, thanks for posting the pictures. She is definitely a beauty. Sold the last one of the bunch today. Hopefully we will get more in the next shipment. Larry, the Curipera Cross that we had were from Lawrence Soon, Lucky Tropicals. They are a cross between a wild Curipera and a Red Cover. You can see all of our discus at www.chicagodiscus.com ... Miranda

[100fuegos]

Why do you guys call this cross curipera ? I thought it was clear in some other discussion not long ago that it was Cuipeua (https://www.google.es/maps/place/Cuipeua+-+PA,+Brasil/@-1.8874798,-54.895248,11z/data=!4m2!3m1!1s0x9287d1de1d324a09:0xcd75af30c64ee 8d8)

Please correct me if I am wrong.

[Rudustin]

Why do you guys call this cross curipera ? I thought it was clear in some other discussion not long ago that it was Cuipeua (https://www.google.es/maps/place/Cuipeua+-+PA,+Brasil/@-1.8874798,-54.895248,11z/data=!4m2!3m1!1s0x9287d1de1d324a09:0xcd75af30c64ee 8d8)

Please correct me if I am wrong.i struggled with this name as well. Some breeders are still calling it one name and others another. Pat knows the most current name. They both mean the same. There is evidently an old monicker and a new one and I'm still confused! LOL! Rufus

[100fuegos]

It is just painful to my eyes to read curipera lol

[Lucky Tropical]

Why do you guys call this cross curipera ? I thought it was clear in some other discussion not long ago that it was Cuipeua (https://www.google.es/maps/place/Cuipeua+-+PA,+Brasil/@-1.8874798,-54.895248,11z/data=!4m2!3m1!1s0x9287d1de1d324a09:0xcd75af30c64ee 8d8)

Please correct me if I am wrong.

The exact name is Cuipeua,this is the name of the river from brazil.
But in asia,it's difficult to call it,this is why asian changed the name as Curipera .
This fish is wild curpeua cross with red cover .This is why i called it curipera cross .
I must correct it,this is not breed by 2 wild cuipeua crosss F1 ,this is wild cuipeua cross with Red cover and those red cover is 10 years back already ,don't know how many generation already .
Original Red cover is from China ,i brought back from china at year 2004.
Just that female wild cuepeua cannot lay egg ,i use male cuipeua cross with female red cover .

[Rudustin]

The exact name is Cuipeua,this is the name of the river from brazil.
But in asia,it's difficult to call it,this is why asian changed the name as Curipera .
This fish is wild curpeua cross with red cover .This is why i called it curipera cross .
I must correct it,this is not breed by 2 wild cuipeua crosss F1 ,this is wild cuipeua cross with Red cover and those red cover is 10 years back already ,don't know how many generation already .
Original Red cover is from China ,i brought back from china at year 2004.
Just that female wild cuepeua cannot lay egg ,i use male cuipeua cross with female red cover .Now I am really confused because you have used the following spellings: cuipeua, curpeua and cuipeua. Please clarify what is the spelling. Thanks. Rufus

[Lucky Tropical]

Dear Rudustin ,Sorry,Cuipeua is the fish name .Just wake up and typing error.

[Rudustin]

Dear Rudustin ,Sorry,Cuipeua is the fish name .Just wake up and typing error.
Thank you very much. That clarifies. Much appreciated. Rufus

[Chicago Discus]

A rose by any other name, etc, etc. Curipera and Cuipeua are synonymous. It is the same fish. Lawrence Soon, the respected breeder and exporter of our discus, calls it Curipera, and that is what we call it... Miranda

[Second Hand Pat]

Either way it is a beautiful fish with a lovely halo. :)
Pat

[Rudustin]

Okay I'll call it either one! LOL! It is a beautiful discus. Rufus

[100fuegos]

I would have no problem with the name if it was just curipera, but if the word cross is added then curipera has nothing g to do there. Curipera or Cuipeua Cross, the way I see it.

[bluelagoon]

Just that female wild cuepeua cannot lay egg ,i use male cuipeua cross with female red cover .

I'm not sure what you mean by this?A little confusing to me.

[Second Hand Pat]

I'm not sure what you mean by this?A little confusing to me.

Hi Mervin, what Lawrence means is getting a wild female discus to spawn is not easy. Wild male discus are much easier to work with for breeding purposes.
Pat

[bluelagoon]

Hi Mervin, what Lawrence means is getting a wild female discus to spawn is not easy. Wild male discus are much easier to work with for breeding purposes.
Pat

OK,Thanks Pat.

[Lucky Tropical]

Hi Mervin, what Lawrence means is getting a wild female discus to spawn is not easy. Wild male discus are much easier to work with for breeding purposes.
Pat

You are right ,my friend,everybody knew that wild female usually not easy to lay egg ....this is why i use wild male cross with red cover .

[rickztahone]

You are right ,my friend,everybody knew that wild female usually not easy to lay egg ....this is why i use wild male cross with red cover .

Has a female ever laid eggs in captivity that you know of? Good way of line breeding on your part to throw the offspring of that pairing back to the wild form. Thanks for sharing that with us.

[Second Hand Pat]

Has a female ever laid eggs in captivity that you know of? Good way of line breeding on your part to throw the offspring of that pairing back to the wild form. Thanks for sharing that with us.

I'm not sure about Lawrence but I have had a wild Cuipeua pair form, spawn and had fry from them. http://forum.simplydiscus.com/showthread.php?102762-Wild-Red-Cuipeua/page3&highlight=Cuipeua.

[rickztahone]

You got a commodity there Pat! I hadn't seen that thread. TFS

[Lucky Tropical]

I'm not sure about Lawrence but I have had a wild Cuipeua pair form, spawn and had fry from them. http://forum.simplydiscus.com/showthread.php?102762-Wild-Red-Cuipeua/page3&highlight=Cuipeua.

I am not a hobby,i am operate a farm .
If i have 10 tank,i will guarantee i can breed wild male and wild female,no problem. RO system, soft water ,Low PH ,simple.
But as a farm,and with lots of strain,i can't only concentrate with wild discus .And my storage tank with aged water is 2400 US gallon x 9 =21600 gallon,,,,,,,just imagine if i want to breed those wild fish ,i need a set up a special room only for wild discus .

[Lucky Tropical]

You got a commodity there Pat! I hadn't seen that thread. TFS

And i also need to set up a RO system ,make it soft water ,and set up a special room with those wild cueipera.
So just make it simple ,i choose male wild discus cross with NOT WILD red cover female , then i don;t need to set up those tank or special room(facility).

[Second Hand Pat]

I am not a hobby,i am operate a farm .
If i have 10 tank,i will guarantee i can breed wild male and wild female,no problem. RO system, soft water ,Low PH ,simple.
But as a farm,and with lots of strain,i can't only concentrate with wild discus .And my storage tank with aged water is 2400 US gallon x 9 =21600 gallon,,,,,,,just imagine if i want to breed those wild fish ,i need a set up a special room only for wild discus .

I totally agree with you Lawrence. Breeding wild fish is considerably more effort and time compared with breeding domestics and really not cost effective in a farm setting.
Pat