Bugman's Wilds

[Larry Bugg]

The 125 wild blue/red tank was planted and I decided to take it down to a light layer of sand and manzanita. It already had one large piece of manzanita and I ordered some more from Simply sponsor PC1. I also ordered wood for the 75 wild green tank at the same time. A week ago I found a 125 on craigs list. I traded the 75 stand and light for the 125, stand and canopy. Stand needs some paint but I thought the greens would appreciate the larger tank. The manzanita takes a while to waterlog so it is still floating some but thought I would go ahead and get some pictures.

Wild Blues and Reds

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And the Wild Greens

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[Jennie]

SWEET! a 125 yes? love the rams too

[YSS]

Love your fish, especially the greens. Those are not the green river discus, right?

[Eddie]

Gorgeous wilds Larry! Really nice.

Take care,

Eddie


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[jball1125]

Beautiful fish dude! I really like how you escaped the wood in the greens tank.

[Larry Bugg]

SWEET! a 125 yes? love the rams too

Thanks Jennie, yes 125.


Love your fish, especially the greens. Those are not the green river discus, right?

Some of them are the green river discus. Wish I knew what the "green river" stood for. Never heard of a green river green but thats the way they came in to Snookn.


Beautiful fish dude! I really like how you escaped the wood in the greens tank.

Lol, wish I could take credit. I do sorta like it also. I was soaking the manzanita in a 44 gallon trash can for about 10 days now and decided to go ahead and put it in the tanks. The pieces in the green tank are still not sinking and that is why they are "scaped" that way.

[jball1125]

Haha that's funny it actually looks very nice. I have always been a fan of scapes that had wood that looked like it was coming in to the tank instead of just sitting on the bottom.

[YSS]

Some of them are the green river discus. Wish I knew what the "green river" stood for. Never heard of a green river green but thats the way they came in to Snookn.



I ended up getting two from John as well. They look exactly like my other RSG minus the dots. Actually, one of the two I received has a few dots.

[Larry Bugg]

I ended up getting two from John as well. They look exactly like my other RSG minus the dots. Actually, one of the two I received has a few dots.

A couple of my are spotted as well. Just not enough spots to be labeled a rsg.

[Larry Bugg]

Haha that's funny it actually looks very nice. I have always been a fan of scapes that had wood that looked like it was coming in to the tank instead of just sitting on the bottom.

I may play with that idea and see what I can do like that permanently. I've seen tanks like that also and liked them. Thanks for the idea.

[Second Hand Pat]

Larry, your wilds look wonderful, both the red/blues and the greens. Really like the red/blue which is striated down the forward third of its body. Bet it ends up being a royal. Some of the greens are green river, where the other greens from? I like the 125 size tank also. Nice deal you got on the second 125.

[wgtaylor]

Great setup and awesome bunch of wilds.
The greens probably like those "floating plants" too.:D

[Disgirl]

Larry, those are about the most beautiful discus I have ever seen!!!!
Barb:)

[YSS]

Haha that's funny it actually looks very nice. I have always been a fan of scapes that had wood that looked like it was coming in to the tank instead of just sitting on the bottom.

Hans has a display tank in his fish house that looks awesome.

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[dadecountyalan]

gorgeous!

[Larry Bugg]

Thanks guys. I really appreciate the compliments. You have all probably heard me say this before but its worth repeating. Wilds have a very unassuming, classic beauty about them. I like a lot of domestics but there is just something about a nice wild that really makes it stand out above the rest for me. The chair in my fish room is always sitting in front of the wild tanks.

[ikevi]

Glad to see them looking so happy. BTW that one Alenquer that you decided to pass up on is starting to look really good.

[Larry Bugg]

Glad to see them looking so happy. BTW that one Alenquer that you decided to pass up on is starting to look really good.

LOL, are you saying I should come pick it up? They did mix in very well with my blues.

[Larry Bugg]

Here is the 125 Wild Green tank - my favorites.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-zu0L42hFEY

[Disgirl]

That's a beautiful tank Larry, so peaceful looking.
Barb

[YSS]

Very nice, indeed. Your fish look very healthy and active. Congrats!

[scottishbloke]

I had the privilege of seeing these beauties up close and in person at the last SEDE meeting, and I can tell you, they are just amazing- I was hooked immediately. I have to agree with Larry here, they really do have a subtle, natural beauty to them that is nothing like that of many domestic strains, they are very different indeed. I can definitely see a tank of wilds in my future as a discus keeper...

Colin

[scottthomas]

Now thats a great discus tank. The fish look perfect in that lighting. Great job.

[Second Hand Pat]

Love the tank and especially the greens. The greens I received last week are quickly becoming my favorites. Very outgoing fish.

[Larry Bugg]

Thanks guys. I can sit back and watch these guys forever. Interesting the blues and reds which are in a 125 also, are pretty laid back and don't school up much. These guys like to hang together as a group which makes it a lot more fun to watch. The manzanita is still pretty new so I am getting a lot of tannins in the water which they really like.

[jimg]

Very nice! Now I know why every time I try too get more manzanita from pc1 he says their sold......you bought them!

[Fishwhispererpam]

Have you by any chance sold some to our local (Gwinnett County) LFS ? if so, I've seen in person and they are fab!

Pam

[Larry Bugg]

Nope, never sold to a lfs.

[rscarpenter]

Gorgeous Fish!! Simply Gorgeous!!

[Txredneck]

Very Nice lookin Wilds you got there