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Mutilated Discus
http://www.angelfire.com/id/ttdiscuscenter/photos.html
Go ahead and mutilate the already screwed up Hybrids, but DON'T MUTILATE PERFECTLY BEAUTIFUL FISH. They are FINE without this!
rottbo
02-25-2006, 3:00 PM
no ***** WTF is wrong with people
Princley
02-25-2006, 3:02 PM
i can't belive them fools , i have more to say on the matter but i don't talk like that
rottbo
02-25-2006, 3:03 PM
i just cant believe some people!!! and for something that makes me mad i will shoot the words out there
MarlboroMan
02-25-2006, 3:27 PM
I wonder if the fish know theyre ****ed up.
umm, i know nothing about discus, so can someone explain whats wrong with the picture?
benzjamin13
02-25-2006, 3:34 PM
I was never a big fan of discus anyways :grinno:
umm, i know nothing about discus, so can someone explain whats wrong with the picture?
They had the tails intentionally clipped or modified at a young age so that they don't even possess a tail. So they can look cute and 'heart-shaped', which is BS.. More like they can look like a struggling fish that is already sensative in the first place, and could never compete with other community fish for food. It's sad.
Pangong_ilong
02-25-2006, 3:58 PM
WHY?! WHY?! WHY?! What's the purpose? Poor fish :(
kissme_419
02-25-2006, 3:59 PM
That just breaks my heart. My fish are like my kids. That would be like cutting your kids leg off to make it look cute. That is evil!!!!!
puffer_girl
02-25-2006, 5:02 PM
Just not right!!!! Whoever would do that is just :screwy: .
rook45
02-25-2006, 5:03 PM
that's fu*ked up
Unfortunetly, this practice does happen in Asia...anything to create a new "buzz" about discus. And yes, they do cut the tails off. They do it typically between the sizes of 1/2"-3/4" when they are still very young and developing. I have actually had several tailess discus fry come from a few pairs over the years and I can say that they are not affected by it at all. Its kinda cool to watch em swim though. Regardless, there is a difference between mutilation, and a birth defect....which is also how that whole trend started in the first place. Quite sad indeed.
-Ryan
riftnreef
02-25-2006, 8:08 PM
I doubt they will be around long. Most discus keepers tend to lean towards as pure a fish (outside of color variations) at they can get....much like most cichlid keepers, so the lack of demand will soon make them not worth producing.
"J"
mudskipper
02-25-2006, 9:47 PM
I thought some of the things they did to blood parrots was wrong, but this is garenteed to kill a delicate fish like discus :eek:
Are they cut or is someone breeding a "sport" strain? If they are sports it is no worse then longfin strains of danios or any number of golfish types.
Dkarc
02-26-2006, 12:17 AM
Are they cut or is someone breeding a "sport" strain? If they are sports it is no worse then longfin strains of danios or any number of golfish types.
No, they are cut when very young. Its quite sad.
-Ryan
Steve_89
02-26-2006, 12:37 AM
Ugly...
gomezladdams
02-26-2006, 1:20 AM
nice fish :barf:
werdna
02-26-2006, 1:23 AM
wow morons
DeLgAdO
02-26-2006, 1:28 AM
That just breaks my heart. My fish are like my kids. That would be like cutting your kids leg off to make it look cute. That is evil!!!!!
at least they cant run around like maniacs :grinno:
skinless
02-26-2006, 1:32 AM
when does the laser tattooed edition come out???
I highly doubt the tails of these discus are intentionally "clipped" at an young age.
It that is the case, then why are there only two strains available?
Think about it, if this practice can be done on the red and orange strains, why couldn't it be done on the different strains of discus? Wouldn't that potentially attract a bigger audience by selling more than just two strains?
Or is it a different case?
Are these genetically mutated by birth and it just happens that only the red and orange strains are so far "developed" to produce future generations of "tailess" and "short-body heart shaped" discus?
I believe the latter makes more sense to me unless there are proven facts to disapprove it.
DJ BIG T
02-26-2006, 2:07 AM
:eek: wow thats is sad...
Well I am not sure what the case is but if they are being clipped... that is cruel.
cockroach
02-26-2006, 2:11 AM
that just looks retarded
I really think they are bred that way, they are not much different then the redsnow butterfly discus that have been bred for years, there is also a tailess strain blood parrot and even tailless angel fish. People like oddities and will try to breed anything out of the ordinary like veiltails, shortbodies, angelwing stingrays, etc.
ridether
02-26-2006, 2:45 AM
If there clipped or genetically mutated the idea is stupid. The idea will fade away only to make room for the next stupid idea. You never know they may find a way to make them box shape or even perfect triangles.
sandtiger
02-26-2006, 3:27 AM
Just plain disgusting.
sandtiger
02-26-2006, 3:29 AM
I really think they are bred that way, they are not much different then the redsnow butterfly discus that have been bred for years, there is also a tailess strain blood parrot and even tailless angel fish. People like oddities and will try to breed anything out of the ordinary like veiltails, shortbodies, angelwing stingrays, etc.
Are you sure about this? Any sources? I was always under the impression that fish like the tailess or "unicorn" bloods were physically altered.
sandtiger
02-26-2006, 3:30 AM
I highly doubt the tails of these discus are intentionally "clipped" at an young age.
It that is the case, then why are there only two strains available?
Think about it, if this practice can be done on the red and orange strains, why couldn't it be done on the different strains of discus? Wouldn't that potentially attract a bigger audience by selling more than just two strains?
Or is it a different case?
Are these genetically mutated by birth and it just happens that only the red and orange strains are so far "developed" to produce future generations of "tailess" and "short-body heart shaped" discus?
I believe the latter makes more sense to me unless there are proven facts to disapprove it.
Because red and orange are the color of hearts?
GoodMike
02-26-2006, 4:07 AM
they are clipped, i remember reading quite a bit about them when they were first "made". the tails are clipped young then the body developes in a way so that the top and bottom fin is altered for swimming.
Couple sites mention them being bred, Also that type mutation is not that uncommon in the wild though most are eaten before they can pass on the gene, here is a picture of an adult spotted seatrout ( Cynoscion nebulosis) caught off Texas. Also blood parrots and website http://www.geocities.com/parrotcichlid/general.html
and http://www.aqualog.de/site/latest%20pictures/2002/49newsUK.html
And in channel cats http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=6667893&dopt=Abstract
http://www.aquaworldnet.org/tas/DrNorton18.html
any time you have so many fry being produced you have a chance of odd mutations.
Makorn
03-02-2006, 3:35 PM
:headbang2 :swear: :werd:
Loubard
03-02-2006, 8:37 PM
Jeeeezzzs, let begin a MKF protest agains that kind of deformed fish! Some of you may like it, I hate it.
Fish_are_fishfood
03-02-2006, 9:07 PM
I feel like :nutkick: those people who do that. The sad thing is that people just buy those fish without knowing how bad it is. And half of the ones that do know don't care.
ewurm
03-02-2006, 10:34 PM
That is just stupid. I bet people that buy those also have three legged dogs and one eyed cats.
freeNINETY9
03-05-2006, 12:54 AM
i agree with this. i find it hard to believe that you could even clip its tail without stressing it and killing it. i havent kept discuss but if they are as sensitive as everyone claims wouldnt that be enough to do them in. if its just a genetic thing then its no worse than fancy guppies or longtail tetras and danios.
in fact, in this area there are people breeding what they are calling 'humpback' guppies. ones that have an arched back like they have scoliosis or something. and people like them. as far as them not being able to compete, im sure theyd do just fine in an aquarium. maybe not in the wild but in your own tank theyd be just fine.