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ThunderBolt
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At the 4th pic, theres one that shines in the middle, what kind of discus is that? Got some of them too, but not the name


[span class="edited"][Edited by ThunderBolt 2004-03-07 15:37][/span]
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JT_in_Japan
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Here are my discus. These are pictures of my BIG discus mostly seen I was asking some questions about him after I got him, he was acting a little weird..

http://www.jt-imports.com/Discus_Pics.htm


[span class="edited"][Edited by JT_in_Japan 2004-08-11 02:16][/span]
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Lyndzi
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Angels are the opposite, they lose their stripes when stressed. My silver turns almost ...well...silver
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Got to agree with Trace-Russ with the stripes being a good primary indicator of stress. Discus use the stripes as signals as well though, my red turk pair for instance, the female shows the last three stripes when she is ready to lay eggs, as soon as I see those I know she'll place eggs within 12hrs.
With the younger discus showing the stripes more, I think its maybe something to do with camouflage, blending into roots etc?
With the wild strains, gotta agree that they are nice, breeder in my area had some Tefe's delivered last month, all I could do to stop myself drooling.
Cheers

Kenny

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ThunderBolt
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Me2...It makes them even more beautifull... But I really, really doubt it's due to stress

[span class="edited"][Edited by ThunderBolt 2004-03-09 09:38][/span]
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With my discus, it seems that the stripes are more visible in certain lighting and less in other. Wild discus have the stripes all the time and attempts have been made (successfully) to breed the stripes out and obtain a solid colored fish. Personally, I like the stripes as they add character to the fish.
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OMG! I thought it was the other way around!!

They show 'em when they cruise around, and when something scary happens, when my sis smack the door ect. They take the stripes away!

whaa!!!!!

EDIT: My angelfish did that aswell!

[span class="edited"][Edited by ThunderBolt 2004-03-09 09:10][/span]
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Those stripes you are refering to are stress bars, that show up when the Discus are not happy or prob in your case the new enviromnent.

Younger discus tend to show the bars a lot more than older Discus. Why I dont know maybe someone can tell us???

Trace
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They look very much like mine, but yours dont have the stripes..

Have a look at mine http://community.webshots.com/user/apache_pilot
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heres a better pic of him
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Hi Thunderbolt,

The discus that shines in the middle is a male Blue turk that is getting really clucky at the moment whooooo, as I have a female blue turk that he spends lots of time with.

Trace
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Hi there,

Hows about showing off your Discus and lets post some pics.

Trace

Below are my breeding pair with eggs, that have just hatched today.

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Hi Tom,

Yeah the lawnmower Discus is a new breed I'm working on Hey looking forward to seeing your pics guys.

Trace
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Great pics, I'll post some of mine as soon as I can...gotta figure out this new camera!
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ive never seen a lawn mower discus before!
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Very nice trace..
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more juvies this is one white swan and a pigeon blood both about 3inches

[span class="edited"][Edited by trace-russ 2004-03-07 04:11][/span]
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My community display tank ( with the peat in the filter)
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lets try again
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These are my juvies with my snow white and white swans

Trace

oops for got pic

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