Slug

Got them in from my man Kenny in California today! This is my second shipment from Kenny/Forrest in Malaysia. And once again, awesome.

More pics to come as they settle in...just a teaser for now.




Tiger SS

WildxAlbino Cross

gremlin

Aww They look like they are half asleep - I guess travel is exhausting no matter what method you use.

Jess

They look pretty sleepy. But markings are beautiful. I know you'll post more when they color up. Thanks!

Slug

Haha, yeah those pictures came just as they came out of the dark box. Their eyes will be fully red and colors should return soon. They are settling into their tank now. Swimming around looking a little light, but great.

Lucy

LOL, everyones right, they do look asleep.
I can't wait to see how beautiful they look once they're in your tank.

Martinismommy

Hey! They sent those little guys to the wrong address! lol......I LOVE discus fish!!!!!!!

Shawnie

omg they are beuts!! you musta been a good boy this year matt!! cant wait to see them all colored up

Slug

Wild x Albino cross




Tiger SS






Then some of the group.

Shawnie

wowsers! beautiful markings....how many are you up to now ?

fishlips

They are absolutely gorgeous.

Slug

21 total discus, 24 if you count the real small fry.

Thanks.

gremlin

Looks like they are all waking up just fine. They are so pretty!

Martinismommy

They are so beautiful....Each one has their own little look.....

MeGustaUnaPez926

Cool. What do you do with the fry?

fishlover78

they're soo pretty!

fishlover78

I want friends like that!

Slug

Thanks everyone, here are some more.

Tiger Snakeskin




Group

Shawnie

still amazing even after waking up!!

do they make blue variations of discus?

Butterfly

Oh WOW! Beautiful! Santa loved you this year
I was reading in one of my Old, Old fish books that discus were shipped at that time stacked on their sides in a container. Can you imagine! Shipping techniques have so improved since those days.
Carol

Slug

Thanks.

They still are shipped that way out of the jungles of the amazon to Import/export facilities. Its actually not as bad as you think. It keeps the fish from swimming around to much banging itself up as well as keeping it from jumping.

It is nice though how much shipping fish has improved.

Lucy

Wow, they're beautiful fish. Did I miss the fry pics?

Slug

No, the only fry i have are (were) 4 small sub 1"ers i got from the last club auction. Sadly i've lost 2 of the 4, which is common especially with discus fry. The other 2 are still with me but it looks like out of the 4 i had, only 1 will grow up to be a viable adult.

angelfish220

what happened to the last one

Iron waffle

Yup, the cobalt and diamond blue variety. Nice discus, i I like their markings

Slug

What last one?

Sure they do! See here Cobalt Blue Discus

And since you insist... Just a couple of my Blues...

Lucy

The blue ones are gorgeous! Thanks so much for posting their pics.
I have to say, I do enjoy looking at your fish.

I'm really sorry you've lost the 2 fry and are in danger of losing a 3rd. Are they that hard to raise?

Slug

At a young age yes. The 2 that died were much smaller to begin with so i was semi expecting them to die off. And this third is much smaller then the largest.

angelfish220

That is the last one! You said you have 4 fish, 2 died, so you will have 1 adult. I wanted to know what happened to the last one.

Slug

Its still alive but not looking good. Looks like i'll end up having to cull it.

panchax

They look sooo healthy and vibrant!!!
Im sure you are an expert. I do know that dicusses are hard to keep/maintain.