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beta
09-25-2003, 04:57 AM
Looks like a mix of a lil bit of everything http://www.iaquaticsb.com/Photos/Calico/index.html
chinoz
09-25-2003, 05:32 AM
niceeee..interesting breed :o
O
09-25-2003, 09:25 AM
i don't like 'em. They don't even look like discus anymore. :-X
jeep
09-25-2003, 09:47 AM
Looks like an f1 Snowflake X something ???
Mattzilla
09-25-2003, 11:35 AM
i personally don't like the colouration.....

matt
Carol_Roberts
09-25-2003, 12:06 PM
I like them.
Here is a picture of a tri-color from Majestic and a link to Nebula Discus these are ghost based rather than a Snowflake or white cross
http://www.nebuladiscus.com/
cesar_1304
09-25-2003, 12:27 PM
I like them... and they will only get better looking as the strain becomes more established...

-Cesar
jeep
09-25-2003, 01:09 PM
Carol,

What is the difference between a Ghost and a Snowflake? Is a Ghost a PB strain?

I was just looking at the white eyes.
beta
09-25-2003, 01:31 PM
Correct me if im wrong!
Ghosts have a single stress bar running over its eyes and otherwise donot have any stressbars, so they were used to develop solid strains, dont think they've PB blood as otherwise the offspring would have peppering ,. Snowhite was developed from browns and do not have stress bars and no black trim which is seen in ghosts
crazy4discus
09-25-2003, 01:41 PM
yep they look pretty kool to me
Carol_Roberts
09-25-2003, 01:59 PM
Ghosts and whites are both mutations from browns. Neither are pigeon based.
09-25-2003, 05:23 PM
this discus strian of calico's are good sellers in japan!

Japan Buys alot of these fish
in america it isnt so popular due to the weirdness of the color

mike heppner
Carol_Roberts
09-26-2003, 12:08 AM
I bet they will catch on here too
Jeff
09-26-2003, 12:17 AM
Probably not until the price drops on them. They are a very expensive discus. I can't wait to have a tank full of them. :)
ChloroPhil
09-26-2003, 08:44 AM
They look like Koi Angels to me. I'd rather get some Angels and spend the 200.00 I'd save on a pair of Nhamunda Heckels. :)
fishfarm
09-26-2003, 09:15 AM
I got a batch of snow flakes last year that had all the orange spots and blue ramdom thru the fins and sold them cheap to get rid of them. They were culls to me, I wanted solid white fish, Red/whites and Tancho throw fry like that all the time. Just a marketing scheme. Ken