Saw these Discus in a museum in Philly

[FisHaRNekEd]

u have to kno the guy in those pictures! he was way to preparred for that last one! its probably u!

C'mon, everybody gots to give a thumbs up in the bubble. Right ?

 

[norma]

very nice picture

 

[green_fox]

those look like wild heckel discus

 

[Nic]

was it the academy of natural science.....only other museum I can think of there that would have fish....

 

[apistomaster]

The Discus are wild caught Blue/Browns and they are in terrible condition.
Notice the sunken starved bodies? My avatar is of a similar race and as you can see, it is well muscled and hasn't that sunken look.

 

[FisHaRNekEd]

^

ya, the museum didnt have many live animals, and it definently wasn't their expertise...

 

[Valkyrie]

those look like wild heckel discus

Definately not heckles.

 

[green_fox]

no?

 

[WyldFya]

As apistomaster said earlier, these are wild blue/brown discus, not a heckel.

 

[apistomaster]

As apistomaster said earlier, these are wild blue/brown discus, not a heckel.

Hi All You Discus Lovers,
If you want to see how pointless it is to ever argue with me about wild discus check out the category, "From the Source" on www.simplydiscus.com
I am also the one who persuaded simplydiscus to open the subforum called The Heckel Project. Heckel remain an enigma when it comes to triggering captive breeding even after over 50 years in the hobby pure bred wild Heckels have only been bred a handful of times.

You will see there, time and again where I poke holes in common misconceptions only to have Mr Heiko Bleher back me up 100%. Bleher is the man responsible for supplying the original best wild discus that were used to develop the modern domestic fancy strains and author of Bleher's Discus Vol. 1, a must have text for serious students of wild discus. Cost: $125.
I have over four decades of experience breeding wild caught discus and study.