A few pictures of my wilds

[bavaria36]

I have 6 greens and 3 wild browns in a 100 gallon planted tank. Here are a few shots.

Aaron

[bavaria36]

A couple more

[dandestroy]

I'm not to found of wild... but tell you what you are converting me pretty fast with these.

beautifull

[poconogal]

Two of my very first Discus were wild caught Greens, back in 1993. I really liked their looks. Your wilds look really nice and very healthy!

[Blue Ram]

Beautiful fish & great photography. I have two wilds also.

[pheonix]

Lovely wilds! I love them..they give a much softer feeling..
odd comparison but I feel they are like tabby cats:D ..thats how I feel about mine.:D

[cbkok97]

Hi Aaron,

Wow, very beautiful fishes. Really like them a lot. Thanks for sharing the pics.

Cheers,
Brandon

[bavaria36]

Thanks for the kind comments. I should be able to get some better shots once my new camera ( Canon Xti with a fast 17-55 lens ). As I shoot with no flash I need a shutter speed of around 1/25 with my current camera and this is too slow for a hand held shot of a moving fish.

I have never kept other discus before but what I notice about my wilds is that their mood changes rapidly. One day they all look good and the next day a couple of them could be looking down and showing their stripes. Not sure what it is but they have plenty of character !!

Aaron

[Jeff B]

Some lovely looking fish you have there Aaron.

[Troy Williams]

Aaron, great photos mate! Some of the best photos of wilds i have seen.

Cheers,
Troy

[bavaria36]

some more pictures. been playing with the settings a bit but I still cannot get a sharp enough picture with the shutter speeds that the camera is using.

[bavaria36]

some more

[Polar_Bear]

I especially like the couple of RSG's. They are all very nice, very healthy looking discus. I wouldn't mind them swimming in one of my tanks.

[poddan]

The look really awesome.

[tacks]

Aaron great looking fish and tank. Could you tell me what size are your wilds, your water change routine, and feeding routine. thank you very much Ed

[bavaria36]

Aaron great looking fish and tank. Could you tell me what size are your wilds, your water change routine, and feeding routine. thank you very much Ed

Ed,

the greens are around 5" and I am assuming that they bare fully grown. Two of the browns are around 5 1/2" and the little on in the last set of pictures is probably around 3 1/2" so not quite fully grown yet.

I do a 50% WC three times a week. I find that if I miss even one change their eyes start to cloud over a little. The planted tank thing is really a lot more work than a BB tank I am finding out.

I feed tetra colour bits in the morning, FBW at midday and BH in the evening. They only started taking Tetra bits around three weeks ago and two of the greens still will not touch them. I also feed chopped shrimp, earthworms and brine shrimp every now and then. I also made my BH recipe but it clouds the water so badly that I rarely feed it.

Aaron

[B@B@K]

they are very nice:)

[jack396]

Beautifu fish! I've always been attrreacted to the wilds; back in the early 70's it was all there was available.

What are your water parameters at home? Do you RO the water?

[bavaria36]

Beautifu fish! I've always been attrreacted to the wilds; back in the early 70's it was all there was available.

What are your water parameters at home? Do you RO the water?

The water here in Houston is pretty hard.. around 300 ppm TDS but it varies. I use an RO system to bring it down around 120 ppm.

A bigger challenge in the PH. After aging the RO mix, the PH settles at around 8.2. The alkalinity is really high and I have not had success lowering it with peat.

Aaron

[Darren's Discus]

Aaron,
Thanks for sharing those great pics,obviously the fish like there surrounds as they are fine looking specimens !!!


cheers