hovmoller Posted July 21, 2017 Report Share Posted July 21, 2017 So I know I'm not the only one wondering about this but why does no one ever import any discus that look like they do in the wild? Plenty of other weird looking discus gets imported. Most other aquarium fish do and these wild discus types are certainly popular overseas so why not in NZ? I'm not after real wild discus.. too expensive and too risky for me. Been there done that. So if anyone can import some good quality brown/blue/green wild looking discus at normal discus prices then I'll be the first to buy a group I promise! e.g. from here: Stendker in Germany or from Asia I don't care as long as they meet the criteria above. I can't post in the commercial topic but would love to hear what any importers or shops have to say about this? Thanks! David R and camtang 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adrienne Posted July 21, 2017 Report Share Posted July 21, 2017 Ron imported them (I am fairly certain) but as far as I know they didn't sell. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hovmoller Posted July 21, 2017 Author Report Share Posted July 21, 2017 19 minutes ago, Adrienne said: Ron imported them (I am fairly certain) but as far as I know they didn't sell. Yeah just only recently found out about that.. I would have bought some... He could have contacted me, he knew I was after wilds. Benny on TM also had some called "Alenquer Red" bred in Vietnam I think, which you would think would look wild. But they looked like some weird red/melon/wild cross so I was not interested. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
livingart Posted July 21, 2017 Report Share Posted July 21, 2017 On the top right hand side of the original post is a hover over button where you can share this to facebook groups to help get your message out further Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hovmoller Posted July 22, 2017 Author Report Share Posted July 22, 2017 Good tip, thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ira Posted July 28, 2017 Report Share Posted July 28, 2017 On 7/21/2017 at 1:17 PM, hovmoller said: Most other aquarium fish do and these wild discus types are certainly popular overseas so why not in NZ? What *DO* they look like in the wild? I think I've seen some that were claimed to be wild(Pics) and they just looked like standard discus to me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hovmoller Posted July 29, 2017 Author Report Share Posted July 29, 2017 Let me answer your question with another question: what does a "standard" Discus look like? I don't think there is such a thing as a standard discus. There are many different looking discus in the wild, depending on the area they are from. These are roughly grouped into brown,green,blue and Heckel. The problem (for me at least) is that close to all the discus for sale in NZ fish shops are "man made" strains and I don't like those. The few wild ones I have seen have been actual wild caught fish and therefore cost an arm and a leg and are more difficult to keep. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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