usdiscus
11-11-2002, 12:27 AM
HI, EVERYONE, I AM NEW TO THIS SITE AND JUST WANTED TO GIVE EVERYONE A LITTLE BACKGROUND OF MY EXPERIENCE. IN THE LATE 60S( NO NOT 1860) I WAS ALREADY HOOKED ON TROPICAL FISH FOR 12 YEARS. I BECAME A DISCUS NUT SOON AFTER THAT, LATER ON BECOMING PRESIDENT OF SEVERAL MIDWEST CLUBS AND LEARNING ABOUT THE RATHER DULL LOOKING DISCUS FISH. I BECAME AQUAINTED WITH A MAN BY THE NAME OF DICK LOCKE IN ILLINOIS WHO HAD SOME BLACK ANGELS THAT I WANTED. UPON ARRIVING AT HIS HOUSE I NOTICED HE WAS TAKING OUT THESE FISH THAT WERE THE SIZE OF DINNER PLATES, DARK COLORED, DULL LOOKING, FLAT AS A BOARD
HE SAID THEY WERE DISCUS AND HE HAD GOTTEN THESE FISH FROM A GUY I NEVER HEARD OF BY THE NAME OF JACK WATTLEY. HE WENT TO S. AMERICA AND WOULD SEND DICK THESE FISH TO TRY AND LEARN ABOUT THEM AND MAYBE EVEN BREED THEM. I WAS CURIOUS BUT NOTICED THAT WHEN THEY WERE RELEASED INTO THE 100 GAL. TANKS DICK HAD SET UP FOR THEM, THEY SCATTERED IN EVERY DIRECTION...UP, DOWN, SIDEWAYS, PLAYED DEAD, SEVERAL SMASHING SO HARD AGAINST THE GLASS THAT THEY DIED RIGHT AWAY. I MADE A MENTAL NOTE TO MYSELF TO SKIP THIS FISH....MORE TO FOLLOW
HE SAID THEY WERE DISCUS AND HE HAD GOTTEN THESE FISH FROM A GUY I NEVER HEARD OF BY THE NAME OF JACK WATTLEY. HE WENT TO S. AMERICA AND WOULD SEND DICK THESE FISH TO TRY AND LEARN ABOUT THEM AND MAYBE EVEN BREED THEM. I WAS CURIOUS BUT NOTICED THAT WHEN THEY WERE RELEASED INTO THE 100 GAL. TANKS DICK HAD SET UP FOR THEM, THEY SCATTERED IN EVERY DIRECTION...UP, DOWN, SIDEWAYS, PLAYED DEAD, SEVERAL SMASHING SO HARD AGAINST THE GLASS THAT THEY DIED RIGHT AWAY. I MADE A MENTAL NOTE TO MYSELF TO SKIP THIS FISH....MORE TO FOLLOW