ID this fish

[JaredP]

My father-in-law sent me a picture from the Georgia Aquarium, and I couldn't quite pick what it is (plus it looks a little sickly to me) My guess is a wild blue, a very stressed wild blue.


http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v349/raven97990/photo.jpg

[Wahter]

Doesn't look like a wild blue to me - looks more like a colbalt and you're right, it does look stressed.

Wild blues often look more like fancy brown discus. Take a look at this webpage for some wild blue discus.
(I've removed the URL until we find out if it is a malicious attack site)


Hope that helps,


Walter

[JaredP]

I thought Cobalt is a domestic breed variant. Man I'm trying to learn all the strains and colors! It's a TON to remember.

I should call the aquarium "Yes, I've recieved a image of one of your discus, he is stressed and underfed, would you kindly provide proper care to the fish"

Also, that site is being reported as a "attack site" Anyone else get those warnings?

[darkknight87]

Yeah, Id say its a cobalt, which is a domestic..but Ive seen pictures from Georgia Aquarium before and apparently they have several domestic..vs. the tennessee that only has wilds..( wilds that stay hidden so you can't see them)

[Wahter]

Here are some photos of some colbalts from the Stendker website:

http://diskus.vs121046.hl-users.com/gb/Farbschlage-gb/Kob/

The wild blue is Symphysodon Aequifasciatus Haraldi - you can find some more photos doing a google search on that. There is a list of strains on the forum here:

http://forum.simplydiscus.com/showthread.php?t=71055

Hope that helps,


Walter

[srusso]

Doesn't look like a wild blue to me - looks more like a colbalt and you're right, it does look stressed.

Wild blues often look more like fancy brown discus. Take a look at this webpage for some wild blue discus.

[url ]http://www. amazon-exotic-import.de/Gallerie/Diskuswildf%E4nge/INDEX.htm[ /url]

Hope that helps,


Walter

Dont click link, hoster must be compromised or is looking to start his own botnet... or just down right mad that an image is being linked...