Wild Caught Discus Fish - Saturday, July 14th,2007

Wild caught discus fish first appeared in the 1920s and, even now, despite the large number bred in aquariums they are still very much in demand. Though difficult to care for, wild caught discus fish are a rarity that come to inhabit collectors’ special show tanks. In their natural environment, wild caught discus fish prefer the calm parts of rivers, lakes and deep pools where they spend their time in shaded area clean from pollutants. This is why it is essential to recreate the same conditions in captivity too. Wild caught discus fish are the real kings of the Amazon area and make great valuable treasure in aquariums.

Before buying wild caught discus fish of your own, it is good to document yourself as much as possible about the great challenges their breeding involves. There are quite a large number of books written on how to look after wild caught discus fish; you can even enjoy some very impressive photos meant to illustrate the variety in the natural habitat with all their strips and colors perfectly matched in the clear water. Issues such as water filtration and the acclimation of the wild caught discus fish are essential for a successful experiment, particularly since it may cost you a little fortune.

Moreover, in case you are really interested in enriching your colony with some wild caught discus fish it is a good idea to get all the necessary information required to the specimens’ origin, transportation and health condition. Before actually buying wild caught discus fish make sure they are in good shape and have been treated well along the long journey. You may even rely on some professional advice to check the health status, particularly since wild caught discus fish come pretty expensive and you need to know what you pay the money for.

Mention should be made that wild caught discus fish are very photo sensitive. Actually, they are caught with the help of powerful light sources that blind and confuse them. Therefore, when you try to create a proper environment for the wild caught discus fish you will have to keep in mind that their native waters are shady and a little dark. Therefore, the use of powerful lamps around the discus tank is totally inadvisable. Strictly respect such measures if you truly want to make a good home for the wild caught discus fish. Enjoy them!

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DISCUS FISH

BLUE DISCU

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Breeding discus for beginners

More and more people take up the fish breeding hobby, which would explain the large number of materials and documentation sources that teach breeding discus for beginners. Whether you choose an online e-book or a guide you buy from the book shop, breeding discus for beginners may prove more easily said than done sometimes. You need to pay all the attention, because if you follow some very strict guidelines, the rest of the breeding discus for beginners is truly piece of cake. Let’s see how you recognize the best materials about discus.

First of all, if you have no knowledge of the living conditions of the discus in the wild, the material about breeding discus for beginners should help you learn how to recreate the most close-to-natural environment you can. In the same category of breeding discus for beginners falls the understanding of the feeding specificity. Normally you feed the discus frozen blood worms and shrimp, but you may learn that a bag of moss placed in the water will create a closer imitation of the Amazon, as the normal background of these creatures. Thus, breeding discus for beginners requires lots of detailed information and good will on the part of the apprentices.

A great place to learn the secrets of breeding discus for beginners is a site such as www.discus-fish-secrets.com revealing you plenty of tips about the tank conditions and the prevention of disease too. Lots of e-books and videos that deal with breeding discus for beginners are advertised online, the good part is that they come up with solutions that are close within reach and not too difficult to understand. Make sure you choose one that looks reader friendly meaning that you don’t need a huge amount of work to understand the supposedly easy breeding discus for beginners techniques.

Be selective even if you’re looking for information on breeding discus for beginners. Many forums and chats online may bring something new for you to learn, given the fact that many people who enter online conversations have lots of experience in fish breeding. Plus, it is a lot easier to learn from someone else’s mistakes and questions than to apply the trial-error kind of experience on your own. It takes a little time before all the breeding discus for beginners items find direct applicability in daily practice, but time comes for everything. May you be successful in every attempt to you make!

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Discus fish have been popular sinice their introduction to the aquarium trade. First appearing in about 1935, imported from South America(Peru), the only available source until bred successfully in the late 70s. Since that time this gorgeous and graceful fish has gone through a succession of changes in color and even structure. Colors are now almost designer in selection, varieties of blues, greens, reds, golds and combinations of all now are available, hi-fins, and even thread-fins now exist. The most recent addition to the naturally occurring Discus family was the Pineapple variety in the mid 80s. Discus fish are of the family symphysodon, comprised of several subspecies or types. Primary differences are in coloration and generally dictated by the general local in which they are found and collected. All wild Discus are collected from the Amazon River or it's tributaries, the most brilliant and colorful varieties are collected from those areas where the water conditions are high in humus and very acid (5.5 to 6.5) . Royal Blue being an example. Discu will likely hide for a while until settled into their new aquarium, which is quite normal behavior. Now, ...sit back and enjoy the beauty of your new Discu.

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A reference for shopping information for Discu Fish:

http://www.bizrate.com/search__cat_id--1__keyword--discus+fish__lp--1__sfsk--0.html

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Complete discu fish manal

Complete discus fish manual Bill Allen, from Atlanta, Georgia, hoping that your weekend is getting off to a GOOD start. And that your local weatherman is promising good weather for you to enjoy. But, we all know how promises go, right? We've already had some light showers to the north, with more on the way. Must not complain, we surely need the rain. I hope you will find something informative and enjoyable in this post. And if you are one still looking for your pet, I hope ths helps you in your decision-making. Many people who are at the beginning of a beautiful hobby such as fish breeding find it useful to turn to complete discus fish manuals for information and assistance in day to day problems and situations. What should a complete discus fish manual be like? Mention should be made that you need to have a look over a complete discus fish manual before actually investing some money in the tank, the cycling equipment and the tank “inhabitants” as such. Discus fish are considered the most incredible aquarium breed in the whole world, thanks to their colors and their unique qualities, discus make excellent pets. Let’s go over the main things you should expect from a complete discus fish manual. First of all you may want to know what kind of discus fish you want to buy: there are several color variants and three species varieties. All complete discus fish manuals include information and general breed facts, and these are the data you need to begin with. Then, a complete discus fish manual will provide you with the proper knowledge to be able to recreate the correct living habit for this exotic fish: water temperature, pH, purity and necessary oxygen levels. Then the complete discus fish manual needs to make you familiar with the feeding habits and the existence of friendly bacteria in the tank filter that consume the fish waste. Moreover, a complete discus fish manual will prepare you for the right choices in terms of plants and various decorations you may include in the tank. Consequently, complete discus fish manuals present you the most detailed data necessary for the proper breeding of some delicate creature. Discus fish are easily exposed to disease if you don’t take the interest to read the part about the health preservation. Complete discus fish manuals provide the right solutions when you face a crisis situation. You don’t need to know everything in the book, but the simple presence of a complete discus fish manual close within reach when you need it, is really important. Web pages such as www.discus-fish-secrets.com should make you realize what you can expect from a complete discus fish manual: from the first steps of tank preparation to actually breeding the discuss fish. In case you need assistance that goes beyond the information in a special guide, then talk to the vet first and foremost. Good luck! Famous Quote [Something the world really needs today] "President Lincoln's Reinauguration at the Capitol."It was at this moment that Lincoln uttered these words for the ages: "With malice toward none, with charity for all, with firmness in the right as God gives us to see the right, let us strive on to finish the work we are in, to bind up the nation's wounds, to care for him who shall have borne the battle and for his widow and his orphan, to do all which may achieve and cherish a just and lasting peace among ourselves and with all nations." Charles Caleb Colton, a British writer in the 1800's, once said, "Great minds must be ready not only to take opportunities, but to make them". What opportunities are you going to take, and then to make them in your life time? Let me encourage you to start so that you have time to enjoy them. (Bill, the old firefighter) "A friend is someone who Reaches for your hand And touches your heart" Why not touch a heart?

Breeding Discus Fish

Breeding discus fish

It is not uncommon that exotic fish owners find breeding discus fish a little bit difficult to get baby discus. The hardest part about breeding discus fish is finding the right mates, this issue rises from the fact discus like to choose their partners alone, and not anyone suits their “taste”. Under such circumstances, you’ve got two solutions for breeding discus fish: you can either buy a couple or raise them together in a group and hope they will make couples. The first variant is not the happiest, since a discus fish couple can be as expensive as a few hundred dollars, which is a lot.

Therefore, the most advantageous option you’ve got is to start breeding discus fish by creating a discus group of at least six members and keep the fingers crossed that you get at least one couple. How do you recognize mates? Well, breeding discus fish is not that difficult from now on if you follow some basic rules. First of all, the “new-weds” will delimitate a perimeter in the tank and will start defending it against trespassers. This means it’s time for you to move to the second phase of breeding discus fish.

You should prepare a separate tank for your breeding discus fish and keep it as simple as possible. There’s no need to put anything on the bottom of the fish tank, all they need is a vertical surface where they could lay their eggs. Your breeding discus fish should soon begin to spawn. Don’t worry about the eggs that look whitish, those are infertile for sure, as for the rest, it is possible that the parents may eat some of them and protect the others. The good part about breeding discus fish is that they feed their own siblings for a few weeks.

In about three weeks time, you’ll have to move the fry into a special tank as it is not uncommon that the breeding discus fish be injured by their own babies who eat their scales for instance. Once they’re off the parenthood responsibility, the breeding discus fish will begin a new cycle of reproduction and you may have some more siblings soon afterwards. Feeding and water are essential all throughout the breeding period, so, make sure that you don’t make any mistakes. For further professional information on breeding discus fish you can always turn to the advice available on Discus Fish Secrets .

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Famous Quote

[Something the world really needs today]

"President Lincoln's Reinauguration at the Capitol."

It was at this moment that Lincoln uttered these words for the ages: "With malice toward none, with charity for all, with firmness in the right as God gives us to see the right, let us strive on to finish the work we are in, to bind up the nation's wounds, to care for him who shall have borne the battle and for his widow and his orphan, to do all which may achieve and cherish a just and lasting peace among ourselves and with all nations."