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Offline Nick

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Discus Pics
« on: March 09, 2013, 10:38:31 PM »








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Re: Discus Pics
« Reply #1 on: March 09, 2013, 10:50:43 PM »
PUR-DY! The blue is really showing up better today than in the pics yesterday. Really nice looking fish!
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Re: Discus Pics
« Reply #2 on: March 09, 2013, 11:30:34 PM »
Nice!
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Re: Discus Pics
« Reply #3 on: March 10, 2013, 01:43:45 AM »
Very Nice Nick!

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Re: Discus Pics
« Reply #4 on: March 10, 2013, 10:18:27 AM »
Really nice discus ,really like the red and white marbley looking one  ( a sciencitific  term).
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Re: Discus Pics
« Reply #5 on: March 10, 2013, 10:26:27 AM »
wow nice discus
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Re: Discus Pics
« Reply #6 on: March 10, 2013, 11:43:13 AM »
Thanks everyone. They are doing pretty good so far. Swimming around the tank freely and don't seem nearly as skittish as they were the first few days. They are eating blood worms but spit out the beef heart.
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Re: Discus Pics
« Reply #7 on: March 10, 2013, 01:32:35 PM »
You have a very nice group of discus.  Is the one in the first picture a blue cobalt? 

What strain are the two white with orange trim ones cruising the bottom in the second picture?

Will they eat anything besides bloodworms?  I had to break mine of the bloodworm only habit that they had when I got them. There was a one week stand off before they'd eat anything else. It'll be a long time, if ever, before they'll get bloodworms again.   

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Re: Discus Pics
« Reply #8 on: March 10, 2013, 04:45:26 PM »
You have a very nice group of discus.  Is the one in the first picture a blue cobalt? 

What strain are the two white with orange trim ones cruising the bottom in the second picture?

Will they eat anything besides bloodworms?  I had to break mine of the bloodworm only habit that they had when I got them. There was a one week stand off before they'd eat anything else. It'll be a long time, if ever, before they'll get bloodworms again.

It is a Blue Diamond ( I honestly can't tell the difference most of the time. I assume they are different breeders that give them different names)

The two white with orange are the Flamingo Throwbacks. I really wasnt being to picky on which ones I got this time around and because of the limited supply of others ended up with these instead of one of the more expensive varieties. In person they are even cooler. The pattern around the perimeter of the fish is a nice contrast.

As of now they are only eating the blood worms. I put in some pellets...nope...Put in beef heart...tried it but spit it out. So I figure Ill give them 3-4 more days and then they will only be getting alternatives. No more blood worms for a while.
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Re: Discus Pics
« Reply #9 on: March 10, 2013, 04:58:26 PM »
You have a very nice group of discus.  Is the one in the first picture a blue cobalt? 


Oops! Sorry, I didn't read that correctly. The Blue one in the first picture is called a Reflection D Cross.
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Re: Discus Pics
« Reply #10 on: March 10, 2013, 07:07:12 PM »
They look really good and will get more beautiful as they grow.  I get amazed at how mine look each week as they settle in more and more.  Best of luck with them.  They have such nice shape.