Wild Discus and Wild caught Discus

[Griffin]

Hello guys.


Recently, I bought bunch of Wild Discus from LFS
I just little confused about this.
What my understanding is Wild Discus is kind of F1
and wild caught is literally caught in Amazon.

is it right??

if so then wild Discus that is available in LFS
, Are those one that are bred in by someone somewhere??

I'd like to clear on that.
Cheers

[Hollowman]

If they are advertised as wild discus, then they should have been caught in the Amazon.
F1's are the direct offspring of a pair of fish, be they wild caught or domestic fish.
If they are wild F1's then you can say that they are domestically bred direct offspring of wild caught fish. Not too confusing I hope.

hth

H

[Griffin]

As far as i know, No one has bred wild discus.
so appearently, there are some wild discus breeder out there by sounds of it.
Thanks for you info anyhow
cheers.

[Hollowman]

My friend has got a couple of pairs of wild caught canuma blues, he is breeding these very successfully. Here is a link to his youtube vidoes of them. They are absolutley stunning fish.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nhJuk...eature=channel

Here is a link to the thread on bidka.org (my site ) where Dan documents his breeding of these fish. http://forum.bidka.org/showthread.php?t=8304

You may have to register to see the photos, but it is definately worth it.

I think you have probably heard that wild caught Heckles have never been bred in captivity, this, I beleive is true.

H

[lpiasente]

They really are beautiful fish, they look too perfect to be real.

[Hollowman]

That particular shipment of fish were hand picked by Heiko for Discus South in the Uk. These ones of Dan's were spectactular examples, but Dan is an exceptional keeper. I was helping Dan pick out some wild caught heckles just the other day, I know his goal is to try to breed them.

[m.ingram]

Hollowman your friend has a stunning pair there it makes me want to change to wilds.

[Hollowman]

Yes, me too...These are some more of his wilds. I think they speak for themselves.

[DiscusDave]

Wow, they are absoluteley stunning

[Matt15]

WoW... those pictures just blow me away. What a magnificent collection of Wild Discus. Truely stunning..!!!!!!

There's being F1 grade Wilds sold here in Brisbane many times before..... and they sell them for the same price as a Wild Caught if not more which is BS. But many of the people buying these fish are uneducated and haven't got a clue.