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I have recently moved house with a 500l tank and changed it from black background and black gravel, to light blue background and some Byron Bay Cream gravel. I confirm peppering on PB's definately...

HI Substrate Change Advisors.....

Just like to add that this post was good timing for me as well, since I have wanted to change my "black substrate" and black painted background for some time in...

HI Sue

Sorry the "Green Discus" profile pic is a real photo of a real Blue Diamond that I no longer have, BUT the colour is generated by Adobe Photoshp haha !!

The babies above however are...

Thanks for the comments Merrilyn

Ill post you an update in a couple of years :shock: haha

This for me is the thrill of course and we all have various diverse slants on this great hobby - mine...

Hi Merrilyn

I only have Solid Coloured Discus which is why I was so surprised to get some significant striping !!

Since I only have two interested guesstimates, the cross I made to produce...

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Hi Forum

I attach a photo of two Siblings that I have reared to almost 3" - Who can guess the parentage !?

Also I would be interested in knowing if the forum think the one without the blue...

Great Feedback thankyou folks...

Clearly a pretty imotive subject with a wide divergence of views !!

My initial view that it may be wrong to purchase Wild Caught Discus in order to preserve...

Illusn - I think your ranting box is placed at about the same level as mine !!

I can see the point about it being down to a few lucky fanciers to be able to preserve these wonderful fish, and...

Hi Forum.

I have been browsing the web site (again) and I have been in awe of some of the Wild Caught Disus photos in that section. However, this question is not in there because the "Wildies"...

Thanks Merrylyn

I have never used Tetra Bits just Beef Heart or Bloodworms, a diet that has not changed since I got them.

I guess I was amazed such old breeding fish could change colour so...

Hey thanks for that Illusn.

Yes they were 4inch in size some time ago, and I thought established breeding adult pairs would be well past significant colour changes !!

They had been alone in a...

Hi Matt

Thanks for that - yes I need to get a water tank, since I have had water quality issues, and we are soon to get flouride in the water !!!

Just got back from Byron Bay and the amount of...

Hi Matt

I am on the West Sde of Brisbane, but currently have had a shake out of my discus adults and babies after some disappointments.

For quite a while I have been trying to improve on what I...

Hi Forum

After purchasing a couple of clean yellow pigeons with black caudal fins a year or so ago they paired up and bred three times before I split them up due 90% peppered in the young - I now...

The Yellow Female Dickson only has those grubby edges like that when breeding of course. The male has now gone much more golden as he gets older. Babies are unfortunately pretty variable but a few...

Hi IVO
I purchsed the attached two discus (now a pair) ex Penang as DicksonYellows in Brisbane a year or so ago.
Cheers Mike

Hi Aaron

A bit past the event, but I find the following works for me for the light coloured parents !

When wrigglers are evident on the laying pot, I cover the 75mm black sponge filter with a...

Thanks Guys

Just wondered what is the reasoning for "breeding back with mum and dad" rather than with very similar clean siblings ??

So between you we think 3-8 years is needed to get a new...

Thankyou Merrilyn

Clearly this is much more of a long term challenge than meets the eye. However, this is part of the thrill of breeding modern pidgeon strains, since as you say they are...

Thanks Illusn

Whilst I felt like replacing them with a pair that may give a higher percentage of viable young, I guess we also breed Discus for the challange and fun of not knowing what you will...

I am at a bit of a quandry wot to do next........

Last year I bred my nice yellow "clean" pair of discus only to find 95% of the babies were badly peppered or lacking in colour and shape, so I...

Hi Cliff
My "real job", apart from keeping discus, is Energy Management, and to be honest your INSULATION is the key to running costs for both scenariaos. The amount of energy needed to heat the...

Paul - I used to keep Discus in Eastern England and the Calcium Carbonate from the chalk furred up your kettle in days. This coupled with Nitrate from Agricultural Fertilser run-off was not good for...