Willie
08-27-2021, 04:42 PM
Thanks to Johnny's suggestion, I got a chance to visit Bay Area Discus while on a family vacation to San Francisco. My wife wanted to spend time with her sister in San Jose and was more than pleased not to have to hear my "witty" observations during the visit. So I got a chance to visit Alex and his very small, but high quality, set up in Sunnyvale. This is a video of Blue Diamonds and Checkerboards (at least, that's what I call them).
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ll_5bl0ef_c&ab_channel=WillieLoh
As you can see, the body shape and coloration are good. In my experience, BD's loses their red eye color in soft water, but regain it in harder water. Alex is cursed with soft water (TDS ~ 55 ppm). I can't say with certainty, but I'd expect these Blue Diamonds will have red eyes in harder water.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ll_5bl0ef_c&ab_channel=WillieLoh
As you can see, the body shape and coloration are good. In my experience, BD's loses their red eye color in soft water, but regain it in harder water. Alex is cursed with soft water (TDS ~ 55 ppm). I can't say with certainty, but I'd expect these Blue Diamonds will have red eyes in harder water.