discus import

[spock rider]

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Hi all,so I landed a few items today, very excited!.......again!

What do yous think of this number, any guesses what strain?

[HennieRoux]

Dit lyk soos n Red Turqouise? Maar sy/hy is n bietjie jonk?

[spock rider]

Try again

[disco]

i dont know, but would like to know as i have one with similar pattern colour...

[Verndog]

Still tiny, looks like maybe a pigeon blood?

[spock rider]

It was bred under the name "zebra"

[spock rider]

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Last guess anyone?

[disco]

guess it looks like an albino zebra? ...so many variations and names that people tend to mix it up. Would like to see a tank shot with them swimming around...they look dead in you hands.

[Verndog]

guess it looks like an albino zebra? ...so many variations and names that people tend to mix it up. Would like to see a tank shot with them swimming around...they look dead in you hands.

Hahaha true, but taking decent pics of a swimming fish is tricky. Ask me!

[Altum]

Last guess anyone?

Hi Cobus
New discus are always a nice thing to get, hey?

I'll play!
That's the base Albino fish exported out of Malaysia..called Albino Golden.
Strictly speaking they arent GOLDEN as a strain , just a catch-all name for what feeding imparts to the overall appearance.

I have had Albino Tiger Turquoise ( think pic is somewhere on tasa)
Currrently I keep Albino CheckerBoard Turquoise, and Albino Red Leopard Snakeskin

Here's a pic from 3days ago, of my own import
10803
~100mm Tiger Turquoise

literally 2minutes after placing into a tank
... I photographed slightly from above, Discus began turning AWAY, makes it looks "flat-chested"

Whatever the importer ordered, is what his breeder supplier named those as...
Your fish IS a type of Red Turquoise, actually Scribbled Red Turquoise selectively bred....CheckerBoards also involved in deriving similar striation.
Thailand called them Zebra Tiger (can't make their mind up!?) lol
Malaysia called them Tiger , as well as Tiger Turquoise, Zebra Turquoise.

Fish of that nature and appearance Blue Tiger Turquoise , and "Vertical" were bred 1991-97 , and popularised by the THEN prolific Gan Discus Fish Farm from Singapore, as well as by Koh Tong Heng and his more strongly reproducible fish, approaching +90% Vertical Striations.

Anyway, enjoy your feesh!:bigsmile:

[spock rider]

thanks Altum

You are correcto except these guys are from Singapore.
Will be sure to post some more pics.

[spock rider]

So here are some pics as promised11506

[spock rider]

1150711508

[spock rider]

Does anyone know what this item is? I know it might look like a turq, but it has absolutely no red or blue. It is goldish yellowish brown.

11509

[spock rider]

Sorry wrong pic, that will be a ss.
New with this BB thing and I suck

[spock rider]

11510 here is the fish in question.

[Altum]

hi cobus,

When you have fish as young, and small size, you can't play "match'em up" easily

can you list what your supplier imported for your order?
Did you get each fish ID/strain, on bag label?
If so(or not!), was supplier accurate with strain ID?

This way your guesses can be more targeted!

reminds me, I really ought to document fish I've brought into SA, kept, forwarded into trade, and/or passed onto hobbyists
...would help for comparison too!

Always nice to be surrounded by Discus..LOTS of them:cheesy:

[spock rider]

That was the problem Liaquat, nothing was labbeled and it was a matter of me sorting through stacks of individual bags, trying to figure out who's who. I ordered 6 golden albinos (which I got) 6 zebras (which I got 6 tiger turqs) 6 alencer (which I got 1) 6 ss (which I got 5) and 6 leopard rings (which I got 5 normal leopards and then 4 USO (unidentified swimming object)