A few new discus pictures

[Ryan]

I've been having water issues lately so tonight I decided to try PP. The fish seem to be feeling really well after the treatment. Here are some pictures during the tank refill. I still have 5 of my original pigeons from Forrest/Dan that I received in July of 2006. The rest of the fish came from Al a couple months ago. They include an Alencer female, a turk female, a PB male, a small wild heckel, a domestic heckel cross that came from Kenny, and two Ocean Green x White Butterflies that were originally owned by Matt (aquaticplantman here on the forum).

Group shot #1
http://i77.photobucket.com/albums/j49/ryansmith83/IMG_4129.jpg

Group shot #2
http://i77.photobucket.com/albums/j49/ryansmith83/IMG_4141.jpg

Group shot #3
http://i77.photobucket.com/albums/j49/ryansmith83/IMG_4148.jpg

Two of my male pigeons (the female is in the background -- she's paired to the male on the left)
http://i77.photobucket.com/albums/j49/ryansmith83/IMG_4161.jpg

Two female bachelorettes :)
http://i77.photobucket.com/albums/j49/ryansmith83/IMG_4157.jpg

My new little friends... some wild Mesonauta acora (a less-common species of festivum)
http://i77.photobucket.com/albums/j49/ryansmith83/IMG_4143.jpg

[Ryan]

PS - The color on the first picture is different because I didn't use flash. The rest all have flash in them. Note that the turk appears really blue under fluorescent aquarium lighting, but almost green in the camera flash. :D

[Anthony]

Ryan, nice collection indeed. I like your Wild Heckel & heckel cross the most.:D.....while you not free do send me those Heckel I taking good care for free..... haha. Awesome collection Ryan.

[Diamond Discus]

Ryan, nice collection indeed. I like your Wild Heckel & heckel cross the most.:D.....while you not free do send me those Heckel I taking good care for free..... haha. Awesome collection Ryan.Very nice looking fish, and your PB's look huge! I have a serious weakenss for PB's. LOL

[Rod]

Wow Ryan,

Your tank looks great, the discus are glowing. PP seems to have done the trick!

Love those Mesonauta :)

[poconogal]

The Discus are beautiful, Ryan. And I love the Festivums, had one many years ago, it used to jump out of the water to get its food from my hands and was very protective of other fish that my Jewel Cichlid tried to bully, a very interesting fish.

[Kindredspirit]

I think that the picture without the flash tells the true colors as we see them.:) Great pictures and fish Ryan!

[Kenny's Discus]

Ryan, great shots and beautiful fish indeed! Maybe a Heckle Butterfly will be one of those new strains in the works?:)

Thanks for sharing,

Kenny

[Discus_KC]

Nice collection Ryan !!

Jack

[Ryan]

Thanks for the comments, everyone.


Love those Mesonauta :)


The Discus are beautiful, Ryan. And I love the Festivums, had one many years ago, it used to jump out of the water to get its food from my hands and was very protective of other fish that my Jewel Cichlid tried to bully, a very interesting fish.

The festivums are really closely related to angelfish and they remind me a lot of angels. They are curious, voracious eaters, and like to annoy the larger discus just because they can :D Connie, I've noticed the same thing you have. They tend to want to jump. Mine actually jump out of the water to try and eat stuff off the bottom lip of my Aquaclear filters. They also tend to crowd in the top corners when frightened, and jump when scared whereas most cichlids would dive to the bottom. They are really neat, though.

[brewmaster15]

Everyone is looking great Ryan... Now... get that 40 breeder running:);)

-al

[Ryan]

Everyone is looking great Ryan... Now... get that 40 breeder running:);)

-al

Painting it today :D

[White Worm]

I think that the picture without the flash tells the true colors as we see them.:) Great pictures and fish Ryan!

I agree

[Green Country Discus]

Looking great Ryan ;). Who is going in the 40 breeder?

[Upper Canada]

Hi Ryan,

That is a fine collection of beautiful fish, and they look to be in perfect condition. Well done.

Bob

[Darren's Discus]

Ryan,
WOW mate the tank and fish look awesome.keep up the good work !



cheers

[Ryan]

Looking great Ryan ;). Who is going in the 40 breeder?

Andrew, two of my original five pigeons. I'd like to see if I can get a successful spawn. I've never raised discus fry, but I'd like to try and see what the fry would look like if I crossed the siblings from this batch. Forrest says the parents are WB x Golden, so I could get any number of things from the cross. I have a few more combos that I can try if these two don't work out.

Here are the fish going into the 40 breeder:

http://i77.photobucket.com/albums/j49/ryansmith83/IMG_4170.jpg

http://i77.photobucket.com/albums/j49/ryansmith83/IMG_4169.jpg

The female is the second picture. I've never been really impressed by her shape. She's always been the smallest in the group. She is the most willing to spawn though, so we'll try her out for now. Ideally I'd like my nicely-shaped female to show an interest in breeding. She's got the best shape of the bunch, IMO:

http://i77.photobucket.com/albums/j49/ryansmith83/IMG_4171.jpg

[phidelt85]

Wow, Ryan, that's a really nice group of Discus you got there. I like those festivums as well, they are pretty sweet looking.

[Green Country Discus]

Ryan, I don't have a prob with the shape of any of the above. All have nice strong chins and are round. Strong chins on PBs are rare! You should get some WBs out of the mix. Several generations and you will be the man on WBs. Yours colored out nicely BTW. I hope you have success cuz I want a few ;). They would be a great cross with our BPs. Very nice Ryan and they mirror the work you put into them!

[pcsb23]

Nice collection Ryan, oh and yeah terrible shape - Not! :D Good luck with the breeding program.

[Ryan]

Thanks for the comments everybody. It's encouraging :)

Al, I now have 100% confirmation that the blue turk is a female. She was laying eggs tonight on the heater cord. Of course, the male PB and the female alencer went right behind her, eating all of them. She tried to spawn with both of them as they were going at it.

Did that male PB ever raise fry for you?

http://i77.photobucket.com/albums/j49/ryansmith83/IMG_4174.jpg

http://i77.photobucket.com/albums/j49/ryansmith83/IMG_4173.jpg

[phidelt85]

Nice BT, Ryan! Send it my way I gotta a male that will be happy to play house with her.

http://i157.photobucket.com/albums/t78/cuervogold85/Discus%20Aug-Oct%2007/DSC02910.jpg

[brewmaster15]

Ryan,
Thats great news! thanks for sexing that fish for me...you can pack it up now and send it back now:D:D:D

The PB never raised fry and I'm only "reasonably" sure that its male based on its attempted spawnings with females...... The alenquer has raised fry...

-al

[Bas]

These fish look very perfect. I like the one with the big stripe in the middle.
Not the Heckel, but the one with a "Heckel look".
The pigeons look awesome too!!
Also nice to see that you Blue Diamonds got red eyes. That is difficult to get good ones over here

[dpt8]

Ryan, post a pic of the newly wed PB's in their new tank when you get all set up.. Maybe some nice WB's in the mix :9)

[Diamond Discus]

You have some really great looking fish! My Sunshine pair laid on the heater cord their first time too. LOL Congratulations, in the BT spawn and I can't wait to see your PB babies when they pair and spawn!!