Some of my wilds [Archive]

Rowland

Thu Jan 03, 2008, 06:59 AM

Hi all

Came across this thread yesterday and am really impressed. I am from South Africa and have sold all my hybrid varieties to keep only wild discus. Hopefully one day I will be lucky enough to breed them. Problem is that they are really hard to come by in this country.

Some of my semi roals from Nhamunda
http://i98.photobucket.com/albums/l243/Rowland_04/DSCN1937.jpg

A pineapple heckel
http://i98.photobucket.com/albums/l243/Rowland_04/DSCN1927.jpg

This was sold to me as a wild brown....what do you think?
http://i98.photobucket.com/albums/l243/Rowland_04/DSCN1926.jpg

The tefe greens
http://i98.photobucket.com/albums/l243/Rowland_04/DSCN1923.jpg

The other heckels
http://i98.photobucket.com/albums/l243/Rowland_04/DSCN1920.jpg

And a closer one of the semi royals
http://i98.photobucket.com/albums/l243/Rowland_04/DSCN1925.jpg

amazondicus.se

Thu Jan 03, 2008, 11:53 AM

Lovely...they look nice...your wilds...were did you buy them???

Brg Henrik... :lol:

Rowland

Thu Jan 03, 2008, 01:36 PM

Hi Henrik

Thannks for the kind words. I have sort of gathered them from wherever I can. As I mentioned we struggle to get wild discus into South Africa, a supply and demand issue, but those were collected from two wholesalersand two LFS's. I also recently imported some wild discus via Holland.

Rowland

Thu Jan 03, 2008, 01:47 PM

ozarowana

Tue Jan 08, 2008, 12:38 PM

Fantastic looking wilds. :D

Rowland

Tue Jan 08, 2008, 07:03 PM

Thank you Oz

Merrilyn

Tue Jan 08, 2008, 11:15 PM

Fantastic looking fish Rowland. You've done a great job collecting them.

Love the red eyes on the heckels but I think that wild brown has to be my favourite.

I've been looking for decent wild browns here in Oz, but they're not easy to find.

What are you feeding your fish, and what temp are you running.

Rowland

Wed Jan 09, 2008, 06:11 AM

Thanks Merrilyn. That wild brown is my favourite too....I have two of them. Must say they look like Alenquer type fish the more I look at them.

I run my systems at 28/29 degrees celsius, it gives me some room to go up a bit should I need to. I vary their diet with the following:
My own beefheart mix, a garlic and onion beefheart mix from Germany, tetrabits, discus granulate from Germany, bloodworm, artemia, cyclops, flake, spirulina flake.

Peter M

Wed Jan 09, 2008, 08:12 PM

Hi Rowland

Your doing a great job with them, honestly ….I’m in envy and every time I see them I’m motivated some more, they are stunning.

Rowland

Thu Jan 10, 2008, 05:40 AM

Thanks bud!