Macro pics

[blue acara]

A couple pictures showing the sensory canals on a discus's head.

http://i101.photobucket.com/albums/m72/blueacara/discussclose1.jpg

http://i101.photobucket.com/albums/m72/blueacara/discussclose2.jpg

profile view of same fish

http://i101.photobucket.com/albums/m72/blueacara/discuss1.jpg

[FLGirl1977]

Great pics! What camera are you using?

[blue acara]

Thanks, its a Canon 450d

[Singularity96]

lens ?

[blue acara]

Tamron 90 mm

[Singularity96]

Very nice :D

[Eddie]

Those are some super crazy close up pictures. I can see the fishes cornea!


:D

[wolfbane]

Fish lips!!!

[Discus-n00b]

Awesome. Awesome pics and amazing fish i love it.

[Rod]

wow, great pics. Great looking discus too :)

[GrillMaster]

Very impressive! I love macro pics...

My Samsung has a macro option but I dont think it recognizes it. ;) :D

[stevey87]

Is that hole in head disease?

[Discus-n00b]

HITH is usually much more craterous and you can tell the skin has been eaten away. HITH will look like bomb craters on the head. These are just sensory pits on the fish's head, all discus have them.

[kenhappen2u]

these pics have been very helpfull to me .....thanks for sharing

[YSS]

Great pics! Do other fish have these "sensory canals" or are these specific only to discus? What do they sense with the canals?

[FLGirl1977]

Great pics! Do other fish have these "sensory canals" or are these specific only to discus? What do they sense with the canals?

Sure do! For example: sharks detect 'smell' so to speak and movement, electric pulses, etc...

[Discus-n00b]

Great pics! Do other fish have these "sensory canals" or are these specific only to discus? What do they sense with the canals?

Yes they do.

blue acara i hope you don't mind me putting up these 2 pictures i took to show examples of more sensory pits on other fish. If you do feel free to let me know and i will take them down. :)

You can see pits on both of these African cichlids towards the mouth area.
http://i207.photobucket.com/albums/bb199/Clemmatt2/Fish/Peacock1b.jpg
http://i207.photobucket.com/albums/bb199/Clemmatt2/Fish/headshot1b.jpg

[plecocicho]

Great pictures blue acara. Now show that heckel to all discus keepers who say heckels are ugly.:p

[stevey87]

I just noticed there are may similarities between angelfish and discus.

[blue acara]

Thanks all for the kind comments:) I was suprised by the number of canals, they are all over the head, behind the eye, under the mouth... You cant see them clearly just with your eyes.
They help the fish detect its prey and predators.




blue acara i hope you don't mind me putting up these 2 pictures i took to show examples of more sensory pits on other fish. If you do feel free to let me know and i will take them down. :)


Nice pictures D and you are are welcome to post them:)


Great pictures blue acara. Now show that heckel to all discus keepers who say heckels are ugly.:p

Ppl say Heckels are ugly? They must be mad:p