View Full Version : The true 8" monster!
Eddie
03-07-2009, 06:48 AM
Here you go everyone. I couldn't hold a wheel barrel up next to him while taking the picture for a reference but this guy is as tall as a breeding cone. MONSTER!!! $1000 dollars they want for this guy.
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Enjoy!
Eddie
Beutiful fish !! and is HUGE !! What some people don't understand is that its the individual fish, not the whole strain that grows huge.. Those are probably his siblings in the tank with him... Thanks for sharing !! David T
Eddie
03-07-2009, 07:45 AM
Your welcome David, he is big. All the others are going for $150.00 a piece. There is another quite large one in the tank that I wouldn't mind having but it's too large for my boys right now.
I wouldn't even know what to do with a Discus that big. Biggest I have seen in person.
Eddie
hawg_hauler
03-07-2009, 08:12 AM
Holy, that discus doesn't even look that old, may get even bigger yet!
FLGirl1977
03-07-2009, 08:15 AM
Very nice! But you know what I'm going to ask Eddie...... ;)
Eddie
03-07-2009, 08:19 AM
Very nice! But you know what I'm going to ask Eddie...... ;)
Yeah, where is the hand bag...;)
Eddie
FLGirl1977
03-07-2009, 08:23 AM
Well? :p
Bright red eyes, nice shape and pattern, and sitting on $1,000 at your local hardware store...Priceless!
GottaBeKiN
03-07-2009, 09:25 AM
Good job Myth Buster!
mikel
03-07-2009, 09:28 AM
NICE!!!! I dont care for the spotted fish, but this one is truly one of a kind! It is Ginormous! Ask them if they would bargain with you, and get him for $500. Tell them that otherwise, the fish will only sit there taking up space. I noticed on the third or fourth picture, the fish behind the giant is actually kind of stunted, with huge eyes. Goes to show there is such a variation in discus too.
mike
MostlyDiscus
03-07-2009, 10:16 AM
LMAO Renee
I would bet that one is a male. That fish is so big it may not even breed. Not a bad fish selection for a hardware store either. Now Im wondering what the quaility of the LFS is much less a true breeder.
Ed
Eddie
03-07-2009, 10:43 AM
LOL, the funniest part of it all is that I can go 2 isles over and buy nails and wood. HAHAHA
Eddie
Eddie
03-07-2009, 10:45 AM
NICE!!!! I dont care for the spotted fish, but this one is truly one of a kind! It is Ginormous! Ask them if they would bargain with you, and get him for $500. Tell them that otherwise, the fish will only sit there taking up space. I noticed on the third or fourth picture, the fish behind the giant is actually kind of stunted, with huge eyes. Goes to show there is such a variation in discus too.
mike
For sure Mike, 3 or 4 are LARGE eyed. They only want 150 for those, no way. LOL
Eddie
seanyuki
03-07-2009, 10:54 AM
Hi Eddie,
Nice big fish and I think it's is bigger than April Ross huge snakeskin displaying in her shop.
Cheers
Francis:)
thebigone
03-07-2009, 10:58 AM
Eddie that is a monster! Nice looking fish too. So did you take him home yet? LOL;)
Eddie
03-07-2009, 11:00 AM
Told you he was a big dawg! For the price I would rather fly to Tahiti. LOL
Eddie
scottthomas
03-07-2009, 11:08 AM
Thanks for the picture Eddie. That is a really great fish. Ive never actually seen a $1,000 hardware store discus before. I dont usually go for that strain but I would like to have a huge one like that in my tank. I would be worried it might eat one of my discus for lunch.
Scott
Eddie
03-07-2009, 11:17 AM
Thanks for the picture Eddie. That is a really great fish. Ive never actually seen a $1,000 hardware store discus before. I dont usually go for that strain but I would like to have a huge one like that in my tank. I would be worried it might eat one of my discus for lunch.
Scott
I know! I think the reason they brought these guys in is because I bought so many initially from there. All my fish came from the hardware store! After I got my fix and then ordered some from Forrest, they go a ahead and set the bar up higher bringing in a few big dawgs. It is a nice fish but I could not even handle that thing. I need some juvies to grow out, not a beefneck. He does look nice though. LOL
Eddie
Greg Richardson
03-07-2009, 12:48 PM
Eddie. Very nice fish.
Kacey in Seattle had one that big. I saw it with my own eyes many times.
What is funny about his fish and the one you are showing is there is a myth out there those types of fish can't get that big.
When that thread started about the biggest fish I pm Kacey to post it. Unfortunately the fish no longer is around.
Give Kacey a few more years my bet is he will have another one.
cmich
03-07-2009, 01:06 PM
Thanks Eddie! That is a monster! Mission accomplished.
Blake
rickztahone
03-07-2009, 02:42 PM
that is a big boy. i'm still waiting on the "man-bag" pic as well though, lol
mcsinny99
03-07-2009, 04:13 PM
What are they feeding that thing and where can I get some?:D
waterfaller1
03-07-2009, 06:10 PM
Maybe he is getting in the puppy chow at night.:p Can you take pics of this hardware store/fish store?
Eddie
03-07-2009, 07:54 PM
that is a big boy. i'm still waiting on the "man-bag" pic as well though, lol
HA HA HA Ricardo, no man bag posing for this guy. LOL
Eddie
That is one nice and big looking fish. However, no myths are busted as no physical proof of 8" SL is provided. :D
Eddie
03-07-2009, 08:35 PM
That is one nice and big looking fish. However, no myths are busted as no physical proof of 8" SL is provided. :D
Yeah, they wouldn't let me catch the fish and measure him with a tape measure. :D
Eddie
doc3toes
03-07-2009, 10:13 PM
Yeah, they wouldn't let me catch the fish and measure him with a tape measure. :D
Eddie
At least you had a pic of a big fish. Thanks for sharing! tell the shop owner 'sooner or later it will get sick and be worth nothing' lol. April - you need to get a pic of your SS up, or did i miss it? who was the photographer (sorry i forget his name) at your shop in Jan. he took lots of pics.
Darren's Discus
03-08-2009, 01:35 AM
Eddie,
nice fish thanks for sharing. Ive had some whoppers over the years but the biggest one i have seen was at Rod's he had a monster that was about 5 years old,I think he died but he was huge.
cheers
Eddie
03-08-2009, 06:13 AM
Your welcome everyone!
Darren, I wish I could have seen it. I am sure Rod grows them BIG! Even the fish that were the control for the first contest were super nice and big.
Eddie
wendy9722
01-07-2011, 08:13 PM
Is that 8"er still at the LFS?
spiffyfish
01-07-2011, 08:33 PM
what do you even have to do to grow a fish that big?
Melissa
01-08-2011, 05:06 AM
Yeah man! What happened to big ol' spot? Do you know if they sold him? Or is he still there with that huge a$$ price tag on him! Lol!
prabuddhasarkar
01-08-2011, 10:13 AM
Its awesome eddie.thanx4 sharing.I hope I can see these strains in person someday.its priceless.one thing,do these huge character inheritable if the offsprings are provided good care?or just somatic?another question is that,can any strain go as big as that?or it is restricted to some particular kinds?
Eddie
01-10-2011, 12:17 AM
Yeah man! What happened to big ol' spot? Do you know if they sold him? Or is he still there with that huge a$$ price tag on him! Lol!
Oh, it died in the tanks. They kept him for sale at 1000 dollars and nobody even looked at it for that price. Its too bad, he was nice.
aceeagle7
01-10-2011, 01:36 AM
That is epic thats its at a hardware store of all places.
DiscusKev
01-10-2011, 07:09 PM
ouch, poor monster (as in big). I'm sure the LFS regret placing such an unrealistic price tag on that discus; bad investment.
jball1125
01-10-2011, 10:29 PM
That sucks. Do you know how he died Eddie?
Eddie
01-11-2011, 04:59 AM
That sucks. Do you know how he died Eddie?
Just degraded daily in the tank. Every few weeks I'd stop by and see it looking worse and worse until it was just gone. Lost all color, dark and clamped fins, hiding in the corner, painful to see really.
What a shame such a great looking fish , it had better chances to b sold at aquabid
Jennie
01-11-2011, 07:51 AM
or to me! lol:)
jball1125
01-11-2011, 08:27 AM
What a shame, That was a nice one.....
Melissa
01-11-2011, 08:31 AM
A www so sad.......
joshua 74
01-11-2011, 10:37 AM
thats so sad wounder how old the fish was.
roundfishross
01-11-2011, 11:50 AM
this just plain sucks!!! and sadly is the attitude most lfs I have encountered will take. about a year ago I went in a pretty nice little new lfs. they had 200 watt heaters on sale for $45 each when I asked them why was the price so high they replied If we cant get that much for it. it can sit there! and sit there it did untill they cleaned all the shelves when they closed down!! it took about 9 mos. :confused:
or to me! lol:)
sigh , such an apportunity to invest passed by :) keep watching this thread lol
discus_novice
01-14-2011, 09:52 PM
oh it's huge!!!
JL15219
01-14-2011, 10:00 PM
WOW!!!!!! Just WOW!!!!
Jennie
01-14-2011, 10:01 PM
LOL Vera, only discus I get to see that big are in photos only! I see you FINALLY have avatar up!
sigh , such an apportunity to invest passed by :) keep watching this thread lol
LOL Vera, only discus I get to see that big are in photos only! I see you FINALLY have avatar up!
Pat kindly made me one :)thats 5 inch beast and more growth expected :)
Jennie
01-15-2011, 08:43 AM
I think that one is bigger. I have discus that are 6 inch SL and don't look as big as that one!(not that size matters)
might be an optical illusion :) 6 inch would b perfect
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