What type of discus are these?

[mrelxr]

Can anybody tell me what type of discus these two are?

[Goerge_of_the_Jungle]

I'm only new to keeping Discus, but i thikn the first one may be a 'Blue Discus" and the second one ... hmm .... possibly a "Red Turquoise Discus". But i will need some one to confrm.

[mrelxr]

the blue one im thinking is an alenquer whilst the red i think is a leopard snake skin?

[Goerge_of_the_Jungle]

Leopard snake skins generally have smaller markings.

Have a look at this link, it defines some strains of Discus, may help.

http://www.aquariumhobbyist.com/discus/strains/index.html

[mrelxr]

good site, mine looks almost like the red leopard skin on the site, but as for the other one, still not sure but tending towards alenquer?

[Goerge_of_the_Jungle]

alenquer, generally speaking, have stripes down their side.


check out this thread

http://www.discusforums.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=7409

[mrelxr]

mine does have stripes

[Matt15]

The first picture is certainly a Cobalt.

The second looks like a type of Pigeon blood but given the photo its hard to confirm.

[Jim Curtis]

The first picture is some sort of snakeskin, the second is a classic pigeon blood.

[mrelxr]

anybody else have an opinion on what they are?

[zar]

The first one can be called a blue snakeskin,
or just snakeskin if you like. Not a cobalt. Cobalts look more like blue diamonds with visible stressbars.
Your's has more than 8 or 9 stress bars which straight away means that it's some sort of snakeskin. Snakeskins have usually 12 or 13 if i remember correctly. The fine pattern on the face also indicates that it's a snakeskin.

The bottom one is obviously a pigeonblood strain, the face again says there's snakeskin blood in it. I bought a similar fish years back as pigeon snakeskin.

But, i'm sure you'll find thousand names for those discus, especially that pigeonblood one is a potential candidate for being called something very ridiculous and more poetic/metaphoric which lots of people like to do.
I'd call it crouching pigeon hidden snakeskin personally :)

I still hope some of the senior members reply to this thread as there's a few of us who've answered all with different opinions.

zar

[mrelxr]

Thanks for your opinion zar, i too think the second is a pigeon blood but the first i really dont know. Its face is a snake skin but its body i dont know. It has a orange/brown body with blue fins which dont really show in the pic. If more experienced discus owners have an opinion id like to hear it.

[mistakes r crucial]

Snakeskin and PB but that SS doesn't look real happy in that pic.
Cheers
MAC

[Dave+Amy]

I think the first is an Alenquer (looks exactly like mine) not a snakeskin 'cos you can see the pattern isn't all over its body and the second one is a Pigeon Blood, was tempted to get a Pigeon Blood but went for the Pigeon Checkerboard instead.

[Hollowman]

I think the first is an Alenquer (looks exactly like mine) not a snakeskin 'cos you can see the pattern isn't all over its body .

Dave+Amy,
It is a SS, it does not have to have pattern all over it's body to be one. You can tell a SS by the number of vertical bars it has. An alenquer will have only nine bars, SS's normally have about 14. This fish also has a fine line patter over it's face, which is also a SS trait.
hth

H :wink:

[Dave+Amy]

oops didn't even look at the bars....My snakeskin looks sort of different like has fine line as usual but also has tiny spots on its flanks? Bought as a snakeskin