New Discus ID PLEASE

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furcifer158

furcifer158

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So I'm good friends with a guy here in town, and today when I went in to his LFS he told me to come over and look at this discus he got. He wound up just giving it to me for free because I'm not in a good situation right now to be buying expensive fish. He knew that I have just now started to keep discus so it was amazing when he gave it to me.
But since I'm so new to them I still do not know what kind they all are yet. any help I would be great.
Also is it a really nice one or just a common one?
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Well, it looks to be a leopard or a turquoise. By the looks of it, it's pretty small (2.5"~). Unfortunetly, due to its size and its coloration it also looks colored/hormoned. Due to the high amount of the bright blue on it, most likely hormoned. The coloration will fade, and if the fish remains alive after that period of time the final adult coloration may not look like it does now (hence why I stated leopard or a turquoise of sorts...). The shape isnt too bad though. Overall, for it being free I wouldnt complain.

-Ryan
 
Ya you can't ever complain if its free. But I think it only has blue beacuse of the flash. i can't see it on it when its just swimming. but your right on the size is almost 3 inch.
 
Dkarc;2723267; said:
Well, it looks to be a leopard or a turquoise. By the looks of it, it's pretty small (2.5"~). Unfortunetly, due to its size and its coloration it also looks colored/hormoned. Due to the high amount of the bright blue on it, most likely hormoned. The coloration will fade, and if the fish remains alive after that period of time the final adult coloration may not look like it does now (hence why I stated leopard or a turquoise of sorts...). The shape isnt too bad though. Overall, for it being free I wouldnt complain.

-Ryan
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It doesn't look hormoned, just small and a bit stunted. But like he said above, it was free. Probably the reason it was free. Leopards are pretty common these days.
 
To me, it looks like it could still grow into a pretty good fish. Just keep the water clean, and feed the heck out of it.
 
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