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Pachi
06-27-2011, 01:26 PM
Hello, I put a picture of my new discus. I hope you like it.

http://i271.photobucket.com/albums/jj128/lidera/146.jpg
Northwoods Discus
06-27-2011, 02:32 PM
Nice discus, good shape and color. Where did you get him/her?
Bill
damian_ireland
06-27-2011, 03:24 PM
Is that Discus wild ?
Northwoods Discus
06-27-2011, 03:52 PM
It looks like a red turk. The face reminds me of Kenny/Forest fish.
Discus Origins
06-27-2011, 04:36 PM
Is that Discus wild ?

That's what I'm wondering....doesn't look to be but if it is that is one amazing wild blue.
yogi
06-27-2011, 10:38 PM
It's a nice looking fish, but it's not a wild fish. It has no black ring and it's dorsal and anal fins are to high or long.
William Palumbo
06-27-2011, 11:16 PM
Great looking Red Turk!...Bill
Pachi
06-28-2011, 02:09 PM
Hello,
It's no red Turkish, although this photo may seem.
http://i271.photobucket.com/albums/jj128/lidera/17-12-2010wild016.jpg
http://i271.photobucket.com/albums/jj128/lidera/17-12-2010wild040.jpg
http://i271.photobucket.com/albums/jj128/lidera/17-12-2010wild028.jpg
http://i271.photobucket.com/albums/jj128/lidera/17-12-2010wild050.jpg

Sorry, no river of origin, but I'll ask the seller.
hedut
06-28-2011, 02:45 PM
That definitely not royal blue but is red turquoise
Larry Bugg
06-28-2011, 02:58 PM
Sure doesn't look like a wild to me either.
Discus Origins
06-28-2011, 03:31 PM
Pachi,

I don't think its the coloration that's throwing most of us off here.....I've seen some very high quality Royal Blues especially from Manacapuru, the amount of red can increase if fed high carotenoid diet. The problem I see is having been experienced with wilds for many years, the fins do not look to be from wild..especially the tail fin.

Almost all wild fish have been chewed on by some sort of fin nipper (piranhas, silver dollars, etc) during their whole life and do not have perfect fin shapes and patterns. Your fish exhibits perfect fins, especially the tail or caudal fin. I've never had a wild,even smaller sized ones, ship in without some sort of deformity in the tail fin. Usually there will be crooked rays in the fin, mis-shapen tail fin, etc.

Your fish looks to be either and F1 or F2, but definitely not a fish from the wild.
Discus-n00b
06-28-2011, 06:05 PM
Not a wild to my eyes either.
DiscusKev
06-28-2011, 10:18 PM
wild or not still a nice discus, I very much like photo 1 in post #1. The redness on the pelvic fin is amazing, nice colours overall and body shape is good.
Sameen
06-29-2011, 03:02 AM
I have the same, two of them which is a pair. Red turq for sure.