Man, I bought 2 gorgeous little discus today and I havent even had them for 3 hours and Im already obsessed and thinking about getting more!!! What a BEAUTIFUL fish. Ive never had them before but can already picture a massive tank filled with just them! Does anybody know of anyone in chch who breeds/sells discus? Im after some more turquoise blue babies, am hoping to get a pair that will eventually breed some day

why stay to Chch breeders? if you want a few it's worth the shipping..more variety up this side of NZ

I got some very nice discus from Majik who is based in Nelson. You can but ask.

I have four breeding pairs but they keep eating their eggs

lol sounds like youve got the bug.Thanks for the positive feedback Jim Ive got a few nice pairs but my males are being typical boys,theyre young lads what can you expect lol im sure it wont be long before they sort it out.

Try Discusguru on this forum he has some awesome Discus.

thanks for the replies people! Yeh i might actually look into getting some from somewhere other than chch but hoping for some good luck here first lol. I have another question, why is it some discus have black spots on their faces? Like they look a little sick, Ive seen many like this even in petshops yet other types of the same variety are stunningly pure and unblemished in their beauty? Just wondering what is up with that. Disease, old age or bad tank mates?

Pigeon base discus will alway have peppering. It will show up when they are sick, excited, breeding,bad water condition and of course poor quality pigeon or pigeon base cross with patterned discus.

ron

I think what youre refering to is what is called "peppering " this is thought to be mutation of the "stress bars " shown in turq /brown based fish breed out in the production of pigon strain.In show fish this is undesirable and can be minimised by light surroundings background etc .HTH