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crazie.eddie
01-09-2007, 06:02 PM
Need ID on this discus. Also the sex, if possible. It's 5" from mouth to end of tail...
http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a25/crazieeddie/Aquarium/Fish/UnIdentified/Fish-DiscusUnknown1wtmk.jpg

The following discus was a donation. A little over 5" from mouth to end of tail. The skin looks wrinkled, is this an old discus? What type of discus? How about sex?
http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a25/crazieeddie/Aquarium/Fish/UnIdentified/Fish-DiscusUnknown2wtmk.jpg
ShinShin
01-09-2007, 06:08 PM
1st pic is a fine line SS of some sort and the 2nd a pigeonblood variety. Anything more specific than that would be strictly a guess.

As far as gender, I'd say 2 females.

Mat
billeagan
01-09-2007, 06:15 PM
I agree with ShinShin... I would guess M/F, respectively... But, we all know that me sexing discus is like Rex Grossman completing a touch down pass before his first interception of the day (sorry Rex - Go Defense)
Polar_Bear
01-09-2007, 06:41 PM
I would reverse Bill's sex guess Female/Male (although I really can't see the second one well enough to guess)

I do agree with both Mat and Bill that it's an SS and a PB though. The SS looks to be a bit unusual, so not a straight SS, but the PB looks like a regular PB to me.
crazie.eddie
01-09-2007, 11:06 PM
Thanks. Here's another photo of the 1st one (Snakeskin?)...

http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a25/crazieeddie/Aquarium/Fish/UnIdentified/Discus-FinelineSnakeSkinwtmk.jpg
Jessie555
01-09-2007, 11:45 PM
Fine line female Snake Skin and a Male Pigeon Blood in a to dark tank, will probaly look much better in a tank with a light back ground?

"Jessie"
crazie.eddie
01-10-2007, 12:25 AM
Cool. Thanks.

Unfortunately, all my tanks are painted black, included the 125 gallon tank, where the new discus are housed. I started with a planted tank a few months ago, but the plants didn't do well. I'll eventually give it a try again in the future to add more color to the tank.
Darren's Discus
01-10-2007, 02:20 AM
The first one looks abit like a couple of my stendker red scribbelts.

cheers
billeagan
01-10-2007, 10:49 AM
The first one looks abit like a couple of my stendker red scribbelts.

cheers

I was thinking the same thing, but given the size the spacing and pattern should be more defined.
grelot
01-10-2007, 12:48 PM
maybe red scribble X SS but one thing is sure there is SS in it no matter what is crossed with.