First Discus (Pics) (First attempt at Beef Heart)

[Nick]

Well I finally bit the bullet and ordered some Discus. Looks like they will ship late next week. I am super excited! 

[Regalblue]

Which kind(s) did you order?

[Nick]

Which kind(s) did you order?

2 - Reflection D Cross 2.5"-3"
2- Flamingo Throwback 3.5" 
2- Blue Diamond           3.5" 
2- Checkerboard Pigeon 3.5" 

From Kenny's Discus

[Regalblue]

Awesome!

[PaulineMi]

Great!  Kenny is a very good choice.

[Nick]

Great!  Kenny is a very good choice.

He seems to have a darn good reputation and for the price point I don't think I could go wrong. I was able to talk to him on the phone too. Very nice guy and willing to answer any question to best of his ability.

[DimSum]

  subbing along, since I've decided that Discus will be my next obsession.

[VWalker]

Please update us with some pictures once acclimated. If/when I get back to discus breeding I would like to explore my choices other than some big ones from Hans and Rocky Mountain.

[Nick]

Please update us with some pictures once acclimated. If/when I get back to discus breeding I would like to explore my choices other than some big ones from Hans and Rocky Mountain.

I surely will. Hans and Rocky Mountain were both my next choice. It just happen to work out with Kenny. Super nice guy and very knowledgeable.

[VWalker]

Awesome. Good luck!

[Nick]

Looks like ill be getting them this Friday by 10:30am. ill post pictures on Friday night or Saturday morning.

[jcunningham0295]

Awesome, good luck Nick. 

[PaulineMi]

Please update us with some pictures once acclimated. If/when I get back to discus breeding I would like to explore my choices other than some big ones from Hans and Rocky Mountain.

Also check out Mike Beals, Central Ohio Discus. Very nice stock and may be able to save on shipping costs due to his being in Ohio.

BTW....Kenny is in CA, he imports stock from Forrest in Malaysia, Mike Beals imports from Jeffry Yang. Forrest & Jeffry Yang do some kind of work together in Malaysia.

[Nick]

Fish arrived at 10am this morning. Everything went pretty good but the one of them was DOA. I wasnt upset though. They were all bagged individually so there was no contamination of the other fish. All in all I was very pleased with the way they were packaged. The dead one doesn't bother me because ive been doing this long enough to know some fish just don't handle the stress very well....And the fedex guy pulled the box out on its side instead of right side up. (it has a big arrow pointing up and says live stock on each side too....what a tool). The others are in the tank and moving around nicely though. No major gasping or anything. It's only been a few hours and their color has already shine up a bit. Ill post some pictures tomorrow after they are a bit more comfortable.....The Pigeon Checkerboard look amazing.

BTW. Kenny has already refunded the money and was very cool and apologized over and over again about the dead fish. He said he would hook me up on the next order as well.

[Nick]

Here they are! Well.....Three of them. The others wont come out from the behind the rock  They are all doing fine and I plan on feeding them tomorrow. As for now they were swimming around the tank and I wanted to show them to you guys.


Left to right....Flamingo Throwback, Pigeon Checkerboard, Blue Diamond